Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management invested US$13.4 million in 2004.
Company Headquarters: Botswana
Business focus: Consumer loans
On loan: US$192.4 million
Employees: 389
impact highlights
- Letshego is among the top three most profitable domestic companies on the Botswana Stock Exchange
- 37% of Letshego’s top line growth now comes from outside Botswana (the company is present in seven southern and eastern African countries)
- Kingdom Zephyr helped Letshego develop an incentive and remuneration package aligned with their competitors’ to boost the company’s ability to attract highquality employees in all its markets
- Corporate governance at Letshego is benchmarked against international best practice
- The group donates 1% of its profit after tax to community initiatives