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Afreximbank, gov’t advance talks on $1.5bn package

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One of Africa’s leading multilateral financiers, Afreximbank, has executed an MoU with the Finance ministry, paving way for the utilisation of a $1.5 billion support package first offered by the institution in 2022, BusinessWeek can reveal.

The Cairo-headquartered supranational, of which Botswana is a member, offered the three-year country programme in 2022, but talks eventually broke down, reportedly over terms. In 2024, the bank, with assets approaching $45 billion, said it was still open to further discussions with Botswana.

In the last fortnight, Afreximbank senior officials were in the country to progress dialogue on different forms of cooperation, BusinessWeek has established.

Editor's Comment
Let the courts follow the money

“Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.”– B.R. AmbedkarThe amount of money at play threatens to test the integrity of the country’s financial system, giving more reason to why the courts must be fully given leeway to lean on the matter and reach a conclusion.Botswana has spent decades building her reputation as a stable and credible financial jurisdiction.The...

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