The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) is a

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located in

Gaborone Gaborone ( , , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Botswana, largest city of Botswana, with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its metropolitan area is home to 534, ...

Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

. The Botswana share market was established in 1989 and became the Botswana Stock Exchange in 1994. It is governed by the Botswana Stock Exchange Act. The BSE has 36 market listings and three

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: the Domestic company index ( BSE DCI); the Foreign company index ( BSE FCI), incorporating companies which are dual listed on the BSE and another stock exchange; and the All Company Index, which is a weighted average of the DCI and FCI. As well as equities, bonds and Floating Rate Notes are traded. Private investors are estimated to account for under 10% of the total market capitalisation. Foreign-based

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companies make up over 90%. The exchange's normal trading sessions are from 10:00 to 14:00 on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance. The licensing authority for brokers in Botswana is the Ministry of Finance. Membership may be corporate or individual.

List of companies

* Absa Bank Botswana * Access Bank Botswana * Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited * Botswana Telecommunications Corp Ltd * Chobe Holdings Ltd * Choppies Enterprises Ltd
Cresta Marakanelo Limited
* Engen Botswana Limited * Far Property Company Ltd * First National Bank of Botswana * Funeral Services Group Ltd * Furnmart Ltd * G4S Botswana Ltd * Imara Holdings Limited * Letshego * PrimeTime Property Holding Limited * RDC Properties Limited * Sechaba Brewery Holdings Limited * Sefalana Holding Company Limited * Shumba Energy Ltd * Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Limited * Turnstar Holdings Limited

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Botswana Stock Exchange
Financial services companies established in 1995 Stock exchanges in Botswana Companies of Botswana Economy of Botswana Economy of Gaborone Organizations established in 1995 {{Botswana-stub

List of companies

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