This, combined with medium- to long-term project financing, would help build the nation’s productive capacity and therefore attract investment and stimulate innovation and more vibrant and efficient production of goods and provision of services. Channelling back credit in this direction should, therefore, generate more business for you, Access Bank PLC, in Botswana.
Honourable Minister and Distinguished Ladies & Gentlemen this plea for enhanced funding of productive domestic  economic activity is against the background of ample domestically mobilised financial resources, especially by the pension fund industry. A substantial part of these resources is, for prudence and optimisation purposes, rightly invested 6  abroad to preserve capital and generate return, given the domestic constraints.