We Need A Diversified Banking Sector
Monday, October 24, 2016
We wish to welcome the new Governor as he starts his chapter. We hope he will have a lasting legacy like his precessors. Pelaelo takes over at a time when Botswana is grappling with unemployment.
Surely, BoB’s duty in the current situation is more than just monitoring inflation, but most importantly exploring immediate and long-term solutions that it can offer as the banking regulator to diversify the banking sector with a view to creating diverse players in the sector for job creation and attraction of foreign direct investment in this highly untapped sector which has largely focused on commercial banks.
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