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Access Bank Botswana
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Company details
- Legal name
- Access Bank Botswana Limited
- Listing
- ACCESS on the Botswana Stock Exchange, active (observed 2026-10-08)
- Sector
- Not classified (our classification from the stated principal activity)
- Financial year ends
- 31 December
Overview
Year ended 31 December 2025 · annual report, signed / final · source
Source and wording notes
Published summary of audited statements for 2024: final status not established
Published by Access Bank Botswana Limited as 'Audited Summarised Consolidated Financial Statements'. No auditor's report on the summary is printed and the auditor is not named; p5 states 'This summarised publication is not audited but these numbers are extracted from audited financial statements.' The commentary is signed (handwritten signatures, page image p2) by Mr Boiki Matema Wabo Tema (Chairman) and Mr Sheperd Aisam (Managing Director), undated. No board approval date is printed.
Source: Access Bank Botswana AUDITED SUMMARISED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 (undated)
2023: figures from a published summary
These columns come from a summary of the audited statements, not the full audited financial statements. 'This summarised publication is not audited but these numbers are extracted from audited financial statements.' (p5) No auditor's report on the summary is printed. The summary states 'This summarised publication is not audited but these numbers are extracted from audited financial statements.' (p5); the auditor and the opinion on the full statements are not stated. Summarised consolidated statements of profit or loss and OCI (with a % change column) and of financial position (p3), of changes in equity and of cash flows (p4), basis of presentation, stated capital and a summarised segment report (p5). Group figures only; no separate Company columns; no other notes. Net fee and commission income is printed as one line (no fee income/expense split).
Source: Access Bank Botswana AUDITED SUMMARISED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 (undated)
FY2023 figures come from a published summary of audited statements (summary), final status not established — see the column notes.
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Net interest income
BWP 369 million
368,822 BWP thousands · p72
−10.9% vs 2024
Interest income less interest expense, as printed.
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Income from operations
BWP 649 million
649,148 BWP thousands · p72
−1.8% vs 2024
The bank's own total of its income lines before credit impairment and operating expenses, under its printed label. What it includes differs between banks; it is not revenue.
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Profit / (loss) for the year
BWP 79.9 million
79,877 BWP thousands · p72
−20.2% vs 2024
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Total assets
BWP 10.8 billion
10,808,094 BWP thousands · p73
+7.3% vs 2024
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Customer deposits
BWP 7.48 billion
7,475,965 BWP thousands · p73
+3.0% vs 2024
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Total equity
BWP 1.15 billion
1,150,816 BWP thousands · p73
+7.5% vs 2024
Large amounts are rounded for reading (BWP million / billion / trillion); exact figures as printed are under each amount and in the tables. No currency conversion.
Financial statements
Exact figures as printed. Each column comes from one filing; labels are as printed in the newest filing. Amounts in BWP thousands unless the row says otherwise; brackets are negative.
† from a supplementary filing for the same year · ‡ signed audited statements preferred over a disputed figure · “–” is a printed dash, explained below the table
Column sources
- FY2025 — annual report, signed / final; reported for the year · source
- FY2024 — annual report, signed / final; comparative in the FY2025 filing · source
- FY2023 — published summary of audited statements (summary), final status not established; comparative in the FY2024 filing · source
- Published summary of audited statements for 2024: final status not established. Published by Access Bank Botswana Limited as 'Audited Summarised Consolidated Financial Statements'. No auditor's report on the summary is printed and the auditor is not named; p5 states 'This summarised publication is not audited but these numbers are extracted from audited financial statements.' The commentary is signed (handwritten signatures, page image p2) by Mr Boiki Matema Wabo Tema (Chairman) and Mr Sheperd Aisam (Managing Director), undated. No board approval date is printed.
- 2023: figures from a published summary. These columns come from a summary of the audited statements, not the full audited financial statements. 'This summarised publication is not audited but these numbers are extracted from audited financial statements.' (p5) No auditor's report on the summary is printed. The summary states 'This summarised publication is not audited but these numbers are extracted from audited financial statements.' (p5); the auditor and the opinion on the full statements are not stated. Summarised consolidated statements of profit or loss and OCI (with a % change column) and of financial position (p3), of changes in equity and of cash flows (p4), basis of presentation, stated capital and a summarised segment report (p5). Group figures only; no separate Company columns; no other notes. Net fee and commission income is printed as one line (no fee income/expense split).
Income statement
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Annual reportreported for the year | FY2024Annual reportcomparative in FY2025 filing | FY2023Published summary of audited statements (summary)comparative in FY2024 filingsource limitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effective interest and similar income | 939,000 | 888,503 | 900,890 |
| Effective interest expense and similar charges | (570,178) | (474,639) | (492,122) |
| Net interest income | 368,822 | 413,864 | 408,768 |
| Impairment credit on financial assets1 | (80,209) | (39,534) | (14,700) |
| Net interest income after impairment credit on financial assets23 | 288,613 | 374,330 | 394,068 |
| Net trading income | 84,034 | 38,662 | 31,742 |
| Fair value loss on financial assets at fair value through profit and loss4 | (13,309) | (9,545) | –5 |
| Net fee and commission income | 289,810 | 257,792 | 172,286 |
| Fee and commission income | 378,452 | 322,806 | Not reported in this filing6 |
| Fee and commission expenses | (88,642) | (65,014) | Not reported in this filing6 |
| Income from operations7 | 649,148 | 661,239 | 598,096 |
| Personnel expenses | (252,495) | (211,671) | (207,804) |
| General and administrative expenses | (192,955) | (210,547) | (202,851) |
| Depreciation and amortisation expenses8 | (44,818) | (47,519) | (74,658) |
| Other operating expenses | (55,308) | (56,870) | (60,507) |
| Total operating expenses | (545,576) | (526,607) | (545,820) |
| Profit before tax | 103,572 | 134,632 | 52,276 |
| Income taxation expense | (23,695) | (34,504) | (10,172) |
| Profit for the year | 79,877 | 100,128 | 42,104 |
| Gain on revaluation of land and buildings910 | 570 | 1,005 | 1,870 |
| Deferred tax on revaluation of land and buildings1112 | (125) | (221) | (412) |
| Other comprehensive income for the year13 | 445 | 784 | 1,458 |
| Total comprehensive income for the year attributable to owners of the parent14 | 80,322 | 100,912 | 43,562 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: is.total_operating_income.
Notes and alternative reported figures (13)
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Changes in expected credit losses and other credit impairment”; “Impairment credit on financial assets”.
- “Net interest income after impairment credit on financial assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Subtotal: net interest income after the impairment line.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Net interest income after impairment credit on financial assets”; “Net interest income after loan impairment charges”.
- “Fair value loss on financial assets at fair value through profit and loss” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 14.1.
- Not reported in this filing: Not printed in the summary publication. Net fee and commission income only.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Income from operations”; “Total net revenue”.
- “Depreciation and amortisation expenses” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 26: depreciation and amortisation, one line.
- “Gain on revaluation of land and buildings” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: OCI, items not reclassified.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Changes in revaluation of property”; “Gain on revaluation of land and buildings”.
- “Deferred tax on revaluation of land and buildings” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: OCI, items not reclassified (note 28.3).
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Deferred tax effect on the above”; “Deferred tax on revaluation of land and buildings”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Other comprehensive income”; “Other comprehensive income for the year”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Total comprehensive income for the year”; “Total comprehensive income for the year attributable to owners of the parent”.
Balance sheet
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Annual reportreported for the year | FY2024Annual reportcomparative in FY2025 filing | FY2023Published summary of audited statements (summary)comparative in FY2024 filingsource limitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and balances with the Central Bank1 | 489,134 | 621,903 | 324,457 |
| Balances with other banks | 1,733,949 | 1,203,115 | 1,499,069 |
| Balances due from related parties2 | 7,944 | 140,491 | 257,353 |
| Derivative financial assets | 4 | 4,744 | –3 |
| Investment securities | 1,526,879 | 1,796,122 | 1,144,229 |
| Loans and advances to customers | 6,456,871 | 5,711,480 | 6,134,639 |
| Current tax receivable | 25,817 | 8,131 | 24,609 |
| Other assets | 374,074 | 359,466 | 250,482 |
| Property and equipment | 151,866 | 165,815 | 169,880 |
| Intangible assets | 40,243 | 49,818 | 44,943 |
| Deferred tax asset | 1,313 | 9,407 | 1,150 |
| Investment in subsidiary4 | –3 | –3 | Not reported in this filing5 |
| Total Assets6 | 10,808,094 | 10,070,492 | 9,850,811 |
| Balances due to related parties7 | 16,311 | 49,473 | 5,908 |
| Deposits from banks | 1,227,892 | 570,813 | 14,547 |
| Deposits from customers | 7,475,965 | 7,258,555 | 7,734,242 |
| Borrowings8 | 765,668 | 851,478 | 808,328 |
| Derivative financial liabilities | 1,053 | 547 | –9 |
| Other liabilities | 170,389 | 269,132 | 246,204 |
| Total liabilities | 9,657,278 | 8,999,998 | 8,809,229 |
| Stated capital | 222,479 | 222,479 | 222,479 |
| Retained earnings | 910,950 | 831,073 | 802,945 |
| Revaluation reserve | 11,296 | 10,851 | 10,067 |
| Other reserves | 6,091 | 6,091 | 6,091 |
| Capital10 | 1,150,816 | 1,070,494 | 1,041,582 |
| Total Equity and Liabilities11 | 10,808,094 | 10,070,492 | 9,850,811 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.total_assets.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.total_liabilities.
Notes and alternative reported figures (9)
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Cash and balances with the Central Bank”; “Cash and balances with the central bank”.
- “Balances due from related parties” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 12.1.
- “Investment in subsidiary” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 31 (Company columns; nil for the Group).
- Not reported in this filing: Not printed: the summarised consolidated statement of financial position (p3) has no investment-in-subsidiary line for 2023.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Total Assets”; “Total assets”.
- “Balances due to related parties” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 12.2.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Borrowed funds”; “Borrowings”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Capital”; “Total equity”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Total Equity and Liabilities”; “Total equity and liabilities”.
Cash flow
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Annual reportreported for the year | FY2024Annual reportcomparative in FY2025 filing | FY2023Published summary of audited statements (summary)comparative in FY2024 filingsource limitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash flows from operating activities before changes in operating assets and liabilities1 | (133,410) | (165,423) | (258,721) |
| Movements in operating assets/liabilities:23 | 281,301 | 53,530 | 564,175 |
| Loans and advances to customers4 | (775,878) | 406,418 | 446,509 |
| Balances with other banks5 | 211,646 | (211,525) | (29,424) |
| Balances due from related parties6 | 139,333 | (148,124) | (3,253) |
| Other assets7 | (2,016) | (123,518) | (132,570) |
| Derivative financial assets8 | 4,740 | (4,744) | 20,838 |
| Deposits from customers and banks9 | 835,584 | 74,289 | 220,445 |
| Other liabilities10 | (99,451) | 16,622 | 62,121 |
| Derivative financial liabilities11 | 505 | 547 | (20,302) |
| Balances due to related parties12 | (33,162) | 43,565 | (189) |
| Interest received | 907,169 | 867,28213 | 884,098 |
| Interest paid14 | (527,077) | (468,600) | (426,715) |
| Taxation paid15 | (31,880) | (26,095) | (29,769) |
| Net cash (used in)/ from operating activities16 | 496,103 | 260,69417 | 733,068 |
| Purchase of property and equipment | (17,454) | (25,077) | (18,125) |
| Purchase of intangibles assets | (18,300) | (21,219) | (9,221) |
| Additions to Investment securities1819 | (1,570,427) | (27,074,918) | (6,826,928) |
| Disposals of Investment securities2021 | 1,847,597 | 26,254,508 | 6,707,488 |
| Net cash generated from /(used in) investing activities22 | 241,417 | (866,706) | (146,786) |
| Dividend paid | (43,000) | (29,000) | –23 |
| Proceeds from Borrowings24 | –23 | 25,000 | 368,997 |
| Repayments on Borrowings25 | (57,695) | –23 | (193,341) |
| Payment of principal on lease liabilities | (8,515) | (8,382) | (7,811) |
| Net cash utilised in financing activities26 | (109,210) | (12,382) | 167,845 |
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents27 | 628,310 | (618,393) | 754,127 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year28 | 1,583,803 | 2,198,176 | 1,439,488 |
| Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash equivalents held | (17,514) | 4,020 | 4,561 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of year29 | 2,194,599 | 1,583,803 | 2,198,176 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: cf.cash_from_financing.
Notes and alternative reported figures (28)
- “Cash flows from operating activities before changes in operating assets and liabilities” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Profit before tax adjusted for non-cash items and net interest income (adjustment lines not transcribed).
- “Movements in operating assets/liabilities:” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Subtotal of the changes in operating assets and liabilities, printed above its components.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Movement in operating assets / liabilities:”; “Movements in operating assets/liabilities:”.
- “Loans and advances to customers” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating: change in loans and advances to customers.
- “Balances with other banks” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating: change in balances with other banks.
- “Balances due from related parties” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating.
- “Other assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating.
- “Derivative financial assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating.
- “Deposits from customers and banks” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating.
- “Other liabilities” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating.
- “Derivative financial liabilities” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating.
- “Balances due to related parties” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating.
- Published summary of audited statements (undated) prints 867,283 (thousands, p4) for this line and year.
- “Interest paid” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating: interest paid (deposits, borrowings and other funding).
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Tax paid”; “Taxation paid”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Net cash (used in)/ from operating activities”; “Net cash from operating activities”.
- Published summary of audited statements (undated) prints 260,695 (thousands, p4) for this line and year.
- “Additions to Investment securities” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Investing.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Additions to Investment securities”; “Additions to investment securities”.
- “Disposals of Investment securities” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Investing.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Disposals of Investment securities”; “Disposals of investment securities”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Net cash (used in)/generated investing activities”; “Net cash generated from /(used in) investing activities”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Proceeds from Borrowings”; “Proceeds from borrowed funds”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Repayments on Borrowings”; “Repayments on borrowed funds”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Net cash generated from financing activities”; “Net cash utilised in financing activities”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents”; “Net increase in cash and cash equivalents”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period”; “Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Cash and cash equivalents at end of year”; “Cash and cash equivalents for the period”.
Segments
Segment data not yet collected for this company in the pilot.
Dividends
Proposed or recommended, declared and paid are different events and are kept apart. A statement that no dividend was proposed does not mean none was paid.
| Year ended | Event | Wording as printed | Amount | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | Dividends paid (cash flow statement) | Dividend paid |
(43,000) | BWP thousands | Annual report, p76 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Dividends paid (cash flow statement) | Dividend paid |
(29,000) | BWP thousands | Annual report, p76 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | Dividends paid (cash flow statement) | Dividend paid |
0printed “–”, read as nil | BWP thousands | Summary statements, p4 |
Sources
Each filing used on this page, newest period first. Dates are the document's own; the date we retrieved a file is shown separately and is never a publication date.
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Access Bank Botswana Limited Integrated Report 2025
Year ended 31 December 2025 · Annual report · signed / final
Audit: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Firm of Certified Auditors, Gaborone), unmodified opinion · signed
Auditor's sign-off: PricewaterhouseCoopers; Practicing member: Sheyan Edirisinghe (CAP 004 2026)
Final status: Independent auditor's report on the consolidated and separate financial statements (PDF pp68-71; opinion p68) closed with the handwritten-style 'PricewaterhouseCoopers' firm signature over 'PricewaterhouseCoopers, Firm of Certified Auditors, Practicing member: Sheyan Edirisinghe (CAP 004 2026)', dated 13 July 2026, Gaborone (PDF p71, page image). Statements approved and authorised by the board on July 9, 2026 and signed by Mr Boiki Matema Wabo Tema (Chairperson), Mr Davis Tele (Audit Committee Chairperson) and Mr Sheperd Aisam (Managing Director) (PDF p67, page image).
- Document date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Published
- 25 Sep 2026
- Auditor's report
- 13 Jul 2026
- Board approval
- 9 Jul 2026
- Retrieved by us
- 8 Oct 2026 (not a publication date)
- Used for
- statement columns FY2025, FY2024
- Basis
- consolidated statements · BWP thousands (printed “P'000”)
- 'Impairment credit on financial assets' prints bracketed amounts ((80,209); 2024: (39,534)), i.e. a charge, kept as printed. The cash-flow subtotal 'Movements in operating assets/liabilities:' is printed above its nine components. 'Net increase in cash and cash equivalents' prints (618,393) for 2024.
- The statement of financial position is presented in order of liquidity (no current or non-current subtotals). Total equity is printed under the label 'Capital'. Below the statement two '-0' figures are printed (a rounding check), not transcribed.
- Notes 12.1 and the credit-risk exposure note (PDF pp101, 143) state that 2024 note disclosures were restated (presentation of related-party balances); the face of the statements is not marked restated and no comparative is marked restated here.
- Earnings per share is printed in thebe (basic and diluted 11.0; 2024: 13.8, p72); stored in pula (÷100) with the printed figure and unit kept.
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Access Bank Botswana AUDITED SUMMARISED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Year ended 31 December 2024 · Published summary of audited statements (summary) · final status not established
Audit: Auditor not stated (named); no auditor's opinion on the full statements in this document
Final status: Published by Access Bank Botswana Limited as 'Audited Summarised Consolidated Financial Statements'. No auditor's report on the summary is printed and the auditor is not named; p5 states 'This summarised publication is not audited but these numbers are extracted from audited financial statements.' The commentary is signed (handwritten signatures, page image p2) by Mr Boiki Matema Wabo Tema (Chairman) and Mr Sheperd Aisam (Managing Director), undated. No board approval date is printed.
- Document date
- none printed — undated
- Auditor's report
- date not recorded
- Board approval
- date not recorded
- Retrieved by us
- 8 Oct 2026 (not a publication date)
- Used for
- statement columns FY2023
- Basis
- consolidated statements · BWP thousands (printed “P'000”)
- The statement of financial position is presented in order of liquidity (no current or non-current subtotals). 'Net cash generated from financing activities' prints (12,382) for 2024. The text layer matches the printed page (p3 page image).
- The statement of changes in equity prints 'Balance at 1 January 2023 (before restatement)' 1,028,509, a 'Restatement*' of (30,489) to retained earnings and a restated opening balance 998,020; '*A summary of the restatements performed in 2023 is provided in the full 2024 annual financial statements' (p4). The 2023 comparative columns of the other statements are not marked restated.
- Earnings per share is printed in thebe (basic and diluted 13.8; 2023: 5.8, p3); headline EPS printed the same, not transcribed. P2: a dividend of 6 thebe per share declared on 28 December 2024 for the year 2024, payable 22 April 2025.
- No auditor's report on the summary is printed. The summary states 'This summarised publication is not audited but these numbers are extracted from audited financial statements.' (p5); the auditor and the opinion on the full statements are not stated.
- Summarised consolidated statements of profit or loss and OCI (with a % change column) and of financial position (p3), of changes in equity and of cash flows (p4), basis of presentation, stated capital and a summarised segment report (p5). Group figures only; no separate Company columns; no other notes. Net fee and commission income is printed as one line (no fee income/expense split).
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- Access Bank Botswana Limited (registration number C086/384) and its subsidiaries (the Group)
- Exchange copy
- retrieved 2026-10-08T18:15:56Z
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