BIHL draws hope from Masisi's overtures

Tuesday, September 04, 2018

The country’s largest diversified financial services group, Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited, says early signs from President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s presidency hold the promise of breaking through a stubborn set of factors stifling the sector and the broader economy.

For several years, BIHL has cited falling household incomes, rising unemployment particularly among the youth and restrained growth of the overall economy, as key operating challenges for the group’s subsidiaries.

Two of BIHL’s subsidiaries, Botswana Life and Legal Guard, are heavily reliant on the disposable incomes of the formally employed, as are the group’s associated companies such as Botswana Insurance Company and Letshego Holdings.

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BIHL draws hope from Masisi's overtures

The country’s largest diversified financial services group, Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited, says early signs from President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s presidency hold the promise of breaking through a stubborn set of factors stifling the sector and the broader economy.

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