Africa Lighthouse aims P500m kitty at renewables
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Seeing green: Pule is assessing opportunities in renewable energy
The 11-year-old firm secured a P500 million private equity mandate from the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) in 2018 and has thus far invested half the capital in local entities such as the Funeral Services Group and the Minet Group.
Private equity or capital investment made into companies that are not listed, is a key financier in the economy, particularly in the pursuit of economic diversification, as the Botswana Stock Exchange firms represent a narrow piece of the spectrum of private enterprise.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...