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Bank Gaborone

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Type
  
Private

Products
  
Banking

Headquarters
  
Gaborone

Industry
  
Finance

Website
  
Homepage

Founded
  
2006


Key people
  
Koos Brandt, Chairman Andre Barnard, Managing Director

Parent
  
Capricorn Investment Holdings (Botswana) Limited

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Bank Gaborone Limited, commonly known as Bank Gaborone, is a commercial bank in Botswana.

Contents

History

The Bank of Botswana issued a license to Bank Gaborone Limited to commence with its full retail banking business on February 1, 2006. Bank Gaborone opened their first branch on Pilane Road, Gaborone during September 2006. Since then, three more branches have been opened; one each in the Main Mall, City Mall, and Francistown. By June 2009, the bank had over 30 ATMs around the country to provide access to their services where the bank did not have branches.

Ownership

Bank Gaborone is a 100% subsidiary of Capricorn Investment Holdings (Botswana) Limited (CIHB). In turn, CIHB is 94.9% owned by Capricorn Investment Holdings (CIH).

Group Structure

Capricorn Investment Holdings owns other financial institutions in whole or in part, including the following:

  • Botswana
  • Capricorn Investment Holdings (Botswana) Limited - 94.9% Shareholding
  • Bank Gaborone Limited - 94.9% Shareholding
  • Ellwood Insurance Brokers limited - 94.9% Shareholding
  • SmartSwitch Botswana Limited - 47.5% Shareholding
  • Capricorn Asset Management Limited - 75.2% Shareholding
  • Capricorn Capital Limited - 100% Shareholding
  • Cyan ES Limited - 100% Shareholding
  • Namibia
  • Bank Windhoek Holdings Limited - 73% Shareholding
  • Bank Windhoek Limited - 73% Shareholding
  • BW finance Limited - 73% Shareholding
  • Welwitschia Nammic Insurance Brokers Limited - 56.7% Shareholding
  • Namib Bou Limited - 73% Shareholding
  • Santam Namibia Limited - 18.3%Shareholding
  • Sanlam Namibia Holdings Limited - 21.5% Shareholding
  • Nammic Financial Services Holdings - 100% Shareholding
  • GH Group Employee Share Trust - 16.4% Shareholding
  • Zambia
  • Cavmont Capital Holdings Zambia Plc. - 44.5% Shareholding
  • Cavmont Capital Bank - 44.5% Shareholding
  • Branches

    As of September 2010, the bank maintains branches at the following locations:

    1. Main Branch - Main Mall, Gaborone
    2. Game City Mall Branch - Gaborone
    3. Molepolole Branch - Mafenyatlala Mall, Molepolole
    4. Francistown Branch - Galo Mall, Francistown
    5. Ghanzi Branch - Ghanzi

    References

    Bank Gaborone Wikipedia