Bank profits return to winning ways

First National Bank Botswana, the country’s largest bank by all metrics, expects its pretax profits for the full year ended June 2026 to rise by as much as P235 million. The bank reported pretax profits of P1.9 billion in the year ended June 2025.

Absa Bank Botswana, meanwhile, which is the country’s second largest bank, expects its pretax profits for the half year to June to increase by as much as P82 million. The bank reported pretax profits of P412 million in the prior period.