LEA appeals for more SME funding

Speaking at the launch of a special SME Credit Express Facility by Standard Chartered Bank at the GICC, Matome - who is regarded by many as an investment wunderkind, having been chief executive of the BSE during the seminal stages of the Botswana bourse, among his achievements - said other banks should stop their pessimism towards funding small businesses.

"The hour is late for local financial institutions to rise to the challenge by emulating Standard Chartered Bank and engage themselves with the SMME sector of our economy," he said.