… The bank reported pretax profits of P1.9 billion in the year ended June 2025.Absa Bank Botswana, meanwhile, which is the country’s second largest bank, expects its pretax profits for the half year to June to increase by as much as P82 million. …
Absa Bank Botswana has officially renewed its commitment as the title sponsor of the Dithubaruba Cultural Festival, pledging a substantial amount of P1.5 million to be invested over the next three years. …
… In a newly announced partnership, Khoemacau Copper Mining and Absa Bank Botswana have joined forces to do just that, promising a lifeline to local entrepreneurs who have long been sidelined from the mining sector’s wealth. …
… One of the platforms at the heart of this transformation is Absa Bank Botswana’s MobiTap, a mobile payment solution that is reshaping how merchants and customers interact in an increasingly digital economy. …
… The appeal was brought by Pro-Serve, Absa Bank Botswana and Unik Construction Engineering after the High Court granted Tau Grading an interim order in November 2025. …
… Absa Bank Botswana Managing Director, Keabetswe Pheko‑Moshagane, explained that the introduction of custody services comes at a time when market participants are placing greater emphasis on robustness, transparency and operational resilience. …
First National Bank Botswana expects pretax profits for the full year ended June 2026 to rise by as much as P235 million, building on P1.9 billion in the prior year. Absa Bank Botswana expects pretax profits for the half year to June to increase by as much as P82 million from P412 million in the prior period.
First National Bank Botswana expects pretax profits for the full year ended June 2026 to rise by as much as P235 million, building on P1.9 billion in the prior year. Absa Bank Botswana expects pretax profits for the half year to June to increase by as much as P82 million from P412 million in the prior period.
Absa Bank Botswana has renewed its sponsorship of the Dithubaruba Cultural Festival with a P1.5 million pledge over three years (P500,000 annually), with funds to support festival growth and community initiatives including financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, and women in business programs.
Preparations are underway for the 2026 Independence Kids Run, scheduled for September 26 in Gaborone's central business district as Botswana celebrates its 60th Independence Anniversary.
Absa and the Yellow Light Taxi Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding to introduce digital payment solutions for taxi operators, aiming to help them build financial records and access business funding.
Khoemacau Copper Mine and Absa Bank Botswana have partnered to empower citizen-owned small and medium-sized enterprises, targeting the SME sector which constitutes about 40 percent of Botswana's economy as part of the government's citizen economic empowerment agenda.
Khoemacau and Absa have formalised a partnership through a Memorandum of Agreement to combine their enterprise development commitments and deliver targeted support to citizen-owned enterprises in the mining value chain, offering financial solutions, business development support, and capacity-building initiatives.
Absa Bank Botswana's MobiTap is a mobile payment platform enabling businesses to accept payments directly on smartphones, targeting financial inclusion and small and medium-sized enterprises. The platform uses industry-standard security controls including contactless payments with PIN verification and EMV compliance to protect transactions.
The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court order that had frozen funds linked to the Modipane-Mabalane Road project and restricted Pro-Serve from managing aspects of the contract, ruling that Tau Grading & Building Construction failed to satisfy legal requirements for an anti-dissipation order. The dispute arose after Pro-Serve terminated its agreement with Tau Grading on the government-backed road project.
Wayde Gabotlale, known as Waydacayn, has amassed 112,300 followers and 5.7 million likes on TikTok in just over two years, becoming among a niche of top Batswana players on the platform. According to the article, Gen Z Batswana on TikTok are disproving cynicism about local support for entrepreneurship by seeking each other out and boosting each other's profiles and businesses.
Absa Bank Botswana has launched custody services offering secure, efficient and compliant solutions for safekeeping and administration of assets. The services are designed to address the needs of pension funds, asset managers, insurers, fund managers, trustees, SACCOs and other institutional investors as Botswana's capital markets mature.