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Letshego secures £15m senior loan

Letshego-Proparco Partnership signing 65
Letshego-Proparco Partnership signing 65

Homegrown microlender, Letshego Botswana, has secured a senior loan deal worth £15 million (P257 million) with Proparco aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Proparco is a development finance institution owned by the French Development Agency and private shareholders from across the globe.

The £15 million deal is expected to support Letshego's quest to improve more lives with inclusive finance products across Botswana.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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