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WATCH: Barloworld lifts dividend as equipment sales boost profit

Business Day TV spoke to Barloworld CEO Dominic Sewela about the group’s interim financial results

20 May 2019 - 16:22 Business Day TV
Barloworld CEO Dominic Sewela. Picture: BRETT ELOFF
Barloworld CEO Dominic Sewela. Picture: BRETT ELOFF

Barloworld has increased its interim dividend 13.8% after earnings grew thanks to better equipment sales in Southern Africa.

The group has also announced that it is in acquisition talks with Wagner Asia Group, a Mongolian-based equipment dealer. 

Business Day TV sat down with Barloworld’s CEO, Dominic Sewela, to discuss the group’s interim financial results and to take a look at the detail of the potential acquisition.

Business Day TV spoke to Barloworld CEO Dominic Sewela about the group's interim financial results, as well as the acquisition the company is hoping to make in Mongolia.

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