BIHL CEO nominated for prestigious award
Friday, September 09, 2016
BIHL Group and BIHL Group CEO, Catherine Lesetedi-Letegele, have both been short-listed for the prestigious Africa Investor (Ai) Capital Markets and Index Series Awards. The Group has been short-listed in the category, “Best Performing Company Award” and Lesetedi-Letegele for “CEO of the Year.”
The awards ceremony, which Lesetedi-Letegele will attend to represent the group, is part of an invitation-only summit by Africa Investor that will be hosted from September 19, 2016 onwards at the NASDAQ Stock Market in New York City. It will be held alongside the UN General Assembly to engage investors and analysts.
Said BIHL Group Chairman, Batsho Dambe-Groth: “This is a phenomenal honour for all of us at BIHL Group and across our family of businesses. Congratulations to the entire BIHL family, our Strength in Numbers, on making BIHL a business that is not only a proudly Botswana success story, but indeed one of international acclaim.”
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....