by Renata Samadova -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Access Bank Botswana Borrows $20m from OPEC Fund for MSMEs, 30% Earmarked for Women

Access Bank Botswana, a subsidiary of the Nigeria-based Access Bank Group, recently agreed to borrow USD 20 million from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund for International Development to on-lend to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), with USD 6 million of the total

by Harriet Ritchie -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Alpha Direct of Botswana Expands Insurance Service to Zambia, Plans Equity Raise

Botswana-based insurance underwriter Alpha Direct recently expanded its operations to Zambia under the name Alpha Insurtech Zambia. Alpha Insurtech is partnering with Zambia-based General Alliance Insurance to