He will enjoy my support.” Masisi’s BDP dominated politics in Botswana for nearly six decades, since independence in 1966. The nation of just 2.5 million people will now be governed by another ...

Botswana is located at the center of Southern Africa, positioned between South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. One of the world’s poorest countries at independence in 1966, it rapidly became ...

Botswana’s GDP has grown steadily ever since independence — during which time its people have enjoyed both the presence of a free market and the absence of corruption. According to the ...

Botswana before independence was the Protectorate of Bechuanaland, established in 1885 and run originally from Mafeking. It was landlocked, adjoining South Africa and very much at the mercy of the ...

Few predicted the seismic election upset that made Duma Boko President of Botswana. Last October, the 55-year-old ...

President Duma Boko has been named one of the leaders on the Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025 list, being recognised for leading the seismic change last year that brought Botswana’s first ...

Alfaro, Laura, Debora L. Spar, Faheen Allibhoy, and Vinati Dev. "Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough." Harvard Business School Case 703-027, March 2003. (Revised November 2005.) ...