Bank Gaborone bounces back to profitability

Bank Gaborone has been operating in Botswana for 10 years
Bank Gaborone has been operating in Botswana for 10 years

Bank Gaborone made a profit after tax of P18 million in the year ended June 30, 2016 from a loss of P21.6 million in the previous year as cover for bad debts reduced by almost half.

While the 45% drop in impairment charges to P21 million helped shore up profits, the bank also gained from a 30% rise in net interest income to P133 million.

“Cost to income ratio reduced from 92% in June 2015 to 73% as at June 2016, mainly due to increase in net interest income, while costs decreased marginally following an enhancement of the effectiveness and efficiencies of processes,” said the bank.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

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...

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