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BBS confident of scaling greater heights

Seeing opportunity: Tafa believes BBS is primed for growth PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Seeing opportunity: Tafa believes BBS is primed for growth PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Three years ago, BBS became the country’s first indigenous commercial bank, entering a cut-throat market dominated by South African giants. Speaking to MBONGENI MGUNI, MD Pedzani Tafa says Batswana play an essential role in building their own giant

Pedzani Tafa is not looking for blind patriotism. She explains that BBS Bank is a fully-fledged commercial bank with a suite of products and services that serve customers’ domestic and foreign needs.

Three years into the initial five-year strategic plan that has guided the bank since it began commercial banking operations in 2022, Tafa says there is value in building an entity whose returns directly contribute to growth within the economy.

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