The trouble with banks
Friday, May 17, 2013
Bank Gaborone and First National Bank are tied at the top of the rankings for the most customer-focused banks in Botswana, the 2013 KPMG Africa-wide Banking Industry Customer Satisfaction Survey has shown. The two banks scored 73.3%, followed by Stanbic (72.2%), Barclays (71.3%) and Standard Chartered (70.4%). While Bank Gaborone is a relatively new player in the market after coming in six years ago, the others are more established names in the industry.
The yet to be released KPMG report provides insight and results from their survey of over 25,000 retail banking customers from 14 countries across Africa including Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, C™te d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
These legal professionals, who are entrusted with upholding the rule of law, face numerous challenges that compromise their ability to effectively carry out their duties.Elsewhere in this edition, we carry a story on the lamentations of the officers of court.The prosecutors have raised a number of concerns, calling for urgent attention from all relevant stakeholders, including the President, Minister of Justice and the Attorney General. Their...