Letshego mulls share buyback to shore up value
Friday, August 18, 2023 | 340 Views |

Brand power: Letshego is one of the country’s most recognisable brands PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
For a long time the star performer on the Botswana Stock Exchange’s Domestic Companies Index, Letshego’s share price dropped 10% last year and on July 4, sank to 98 thebe, its lowest level in two years.
Thus far this year, the pan-African microlender has shed 6.4 percent, with steep losses between January and June, before a strong rally from July that by Wednesday had lifted the counter to P1.17.
Botswana for the longest time was known for her virulent peace with family being an enviable institution.As the media, we are also scared to be incessantly reporting on these bloody scenes where women are brutally murdered and worse, sometimes in front of their children and loved ones. Yes, we have reported cases where men were also brutally murdered by their loved ones, but such cases are a drop in the ocean.For the past two weeks, Botswana was...