BDC ramps up subsidiary funding to P190m
Friday, May 30, 2025 | 220 Views |
Supported: BDC is ploughing more funding into investments such as Milk Afric
The corporation posted a loss before tax of P40.7 million for the year to June 2024 and narrowed this to P24.2 million in the half-year to December 2024.
In its latest annual report, the investment agency which boasts an asset value of P5.7 billion, revealed to stakeholders that ramped its spending to support subsidiaries from P42.6 million in 2023 to P189 million in the year to June 2024, an increase of P146 million on a year on year basis.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...