Afriset Fintech

Who can issue e-money in Botswana?

As of 2023-05, 10 entities are on the official Bank of Botswana register under the Botswana licence category this dataset maps to e-money issuance ("Electronic Money Issuance") — issuing stored value and holding the customer float under that licence. Other institutions (e.g. licensed banks) may hold customer funds under separate authority. The full, source-linked list is below.

Maintained: this official source is re-checked on a weekly schedule — last checked 2026-08-04 · unchanged since the previous check.

Source recency: Bank of Botswana's official list is dated 2023-05 — the most recent official publication; verify current status directly with Bank of Botswana. Entries below are as reported by that list — not a statement of current status.

“E-money issuance” here is the normalized activity: Issue stored-value / electronic money redeemable at par and hold the customer float. The category of licence that lets a provider keep customers' money.

Activity id (as used by the Afriset MCP): fintech:EMONEY_ISSUE

Electronic Money Issuance

Bank of Botswana · 10 entities · source date 2023-05
  1. Botswana Postal Services Limited
  2. Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited
  3. Code Fintech Proprietary Limited
  4. Fastech-Epay Proprietary Limited
  5. Mascom Wireless Botswana Proprietary Limited
  6. Mobipay Proprietary Limited
  7. Motshelo Mobile Proprietary Limited
  8. Okp Botswana Proprietary Limited
  9. Orange Money Botswana Proprietary Limited
  10. Tylersoft Technologies Proprietary Limited

Source: Bank of Botswana

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