StanChart retail unit delivers P791m ahead of sale
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Big returns: Masupe announced bumper numbers for SCBB this week PIC KENNEDY RAMOKONE
For the full-year to December 2024, StanChart's total income stood at P1.065 billion earning an operating income of P478 million. The increase in earnings was attributed to the growth of the WRB division and improvement in margins enjoyed from wealth management and banking products targeting the middle-income members of society.
In a briefing this week, the banks officials shared that the WRB division had been boosted by an increase in wealth assets under management which grew three times in comparison to 2023, with the broader WRB division growing by 11%.
Whilst we join Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) and other stakeholders in commending the rise in top grades, a testament to the unwavering effort of many teachers and pupils, this progress is fundamentally shadowed by a failing that shames our society. The stark, persistent urban-rural divide is not just a statistic, but an active betrayal of thousands of young Batswana.The figures are a damning indictment. When pass rates in...