�Incredible� response reported for BTCL shares

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Members of the public buying BTCL shares this week

Batswana have responded strongly to the offer of shares in the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) with more than 15,000 copies of the prospectus collected in the three days since the sale opened on Monday.

Government and BTCL are selling 462 million shares at P1 each in an offer that is both the country’s largest Initial Public Offer (IPO) and also the first privatisation of a parastatal. The offer opened on Monday and will close on March 4, 2016 at 5pm.

Yesterday, BTCL managing director, Paul Taylor said another 10,000 copies of the prospectus had been downloaded thus far, symbolising “incredible” demand for the shares among Batswana.

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�Incredible� response reported for BTCL shares

Batswana have responded strongly to the offer of shares in the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) with more than 15,000 copies of the prospectus collected in the three days since the sale opened on Monday.

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The long struggle for women empowerment in the BDP

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