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BPOPF assets soar past P90bn but ‘bumpy road’ beckons

Confident: Malindah says the risks are no reason to panic
Confident: Malindah says the risks are no reason to panic

The BPOPF’s assets grew by nearly eight per cent to P90.1 billion in the year to March 2022, but the country’s single largest investor expects a “bumpy road ahead” from the Ukraine conflict and escalating recession risks globally.

The fund had grown to P93 billion by December last year, before retreating to P90 billion at the end of the financial year due to instability in invested markets.

“From April to now, we have had pressures such as higher global inflation and it’s a bumpy road going forward, but these are temporary,” Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) CEO, Moemedi Malindah told journalists recently. “It should not be a cause for panic even though it’s about levels that have not been seen in a long time.”

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Students wellbeing is a priority

The research presented at the recent Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union symposium should serve as a wake-up call to us all.We are so focused on coding, artificial intelligence, and the jobs of tomorrow that we are neglecting the basic safety and emotional well-being of the children sitting in our classrooms today.Statistics are deeply worrying. One study revealed that 34% of secondary school learners in Gaborone meet the criteria for a...

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