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Inside FNBB’s plan to stay ahead of the pack

Grand launch: FNBB CEO, Steven Bogatsu officiating at the brand reveal in Gaborone recently PIC: FNBB FACEBOOK
Grand launch: FNBB CEO, Steven Bogatsu officiating at the brand reveal in Gaborone recently PIC: FNBB FACEBOOK

While the country’s biggest bank earned its prime position in the market by being the leading innovator of financial services technology, COVID-19 spurred its competitors to close the gap in digitisation. However, First National Bank has an ace up its sleeve, notes Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI

Writing in the group’s annual report for 2022 recently, First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) chairperson, Balisi Bonyongo noted the trend of heightened competition in the banking sector from both direct rivals and non-traditional financial services.

Essentially, the pandemic saw banks and related financial services providers boost their provision of digital services, as the response to COVID-19 included movement restrictions, travel bans and social distancing, the latter limiting the traffic in brick and mortar banking halls.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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