I note that the Zimbabwe issue is being adequately addressed, in consultation with the host regulator. On looking back on the AfrAsia/Zimbabwe problem, one can wonder how the Central Bank could have been so pre-scient … but were we really pre-scient? I would like to believe it was more a case of prudence, not pre-science.
The Bank practices what it exhorts its regulatees to do: “Bank Prudent, Always.” I acknowledge that you at AfrAsia bank differently. The evolution of your off-balance sheet business is very telling – it does show that your appetite for risk is different. There is nothing wrong with that.