Struggling banks could also benefit from ESP-Bogatsu

FRANCISTOWN: The banking industry anticipates improved business through government’s Economic Stimulus Package (ESP), the chief executive officer of First National Bank of Botswana, Steven Bogatsu, said.

Bogatsu told the bank’s customers during a breakfast meeting in Francistown on Wednesday that if ESP could be implemented well, it had the potential to benefit individuals, businesses and boost the struggling economy of Botswana.

He said businesses and key stakeholders in the banking industry remained confident that their engagement and dialogue with government would improve the management of ESP projects. He encouraged the bank’s customers to invest in the tourism, agriculture and construction sectors because they were the focus of the ESP.

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