New BSE board to give SMMEs a boost

Thapelo Tsheole
Thapelo Tsheole

Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) have welcomed the Botswana Stock Exchange’s (BSE) decision to introduce a specialised board with relaxed listing requirements tailored for their sector.

BSE chief executive officer, Thapelo Tsheole unveiled the new board known as Tshipidi, at Thursday’s Second Listing and Investment conference, teasing SMMEs with few details about the upcoming launch.

“The Tshipidi Board for SMMEs is due soon, which will have lower entry thresholds for companies, such as the minimum number of investors required,” he told the conference.

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BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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