Bank Gaborone
| Private | |
| Industry | Finance |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Gaborone, Botswana |
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Key people
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Koos Brandt, Chairman Andre Barnard, Managing Director |
| Products | Banking |
| Parent | Capricorn Investment Holdings (Botswana) Limited |
| Website | Homepage |
Bank Gaborone Limited, commonly known as Bank Gaborone, is a commercial bank in Botswana.
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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.[1]
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:[2]
Botswana
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- 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
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- 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
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- Cavmont Capital Holdings Zambia Plc. - 44.5% Shareholding
- Cavmont Capital Bank - 44.5% Shareholding
Branches
As of September 2010[update], the bank maintains branches at the following locations: [3]
- Main Branch - Main Mall, Gaborone
- Game City Mall Branch - Gaborone
- Molepolole Branch - Mafenyatlala Mall, Molepolole
- Francistown Branch - Galo Mall, Francistown
- Ghanzi Branch - Ghanzi
