Keepers of the information age

Trevor-Document Bank Managing Director. PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Trevor-Document Bank Managing Director. PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

Providing storage and management for tens of terabits of electronic data and about 33,000 cubic metres of paper documents, Document Bank Botswana has played a critical but often overlooked role in the growth of the country’s services sector. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI, speaks to the company’s founder and director, Trevor Swanepoel on the journey since 1992

Prior to the news last week that Africa’s largest information management group, Metrofile Holdings Limited, had bought Document Bank Botswana, the local company largely flew under the radar of public attention.

For many, Document Bank Botswana is merely a landmark in the office parks of eastern Gaborone.  Few are aware that the 24-year-old company has played an integral role in the technological revolution of the past two decades that has supported the growth of the services sector.

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