Barclays� crown jewel sparkles brighter

Friday, February 20, 2015

Ofong giving answers regarding Barclays. PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

One of Barclays Africa’s fastest growing units on the continent, Corporate and Investment Banking, has identified Botswana as one of its growth areas going forward. Temisan Ofong, Corporate and Investment Banking Africa chief executive, speaks to Mmegi’s MBONGENI MGUNI on the rising star within the pan-African group

Mmegi: What value of business in terms of assets did the portfolio generate across Africa last year?

Ofong: We are in a closed period at the moment and I cannot share those figures. What I can say, however, is that over the last two years, we have been growing our assets by more than 30 percent on a compound basis and this is something that we want to continue, going into the new financial year.

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