How Botswana Beat Africa's Mineral Resource Curse

[@MiningTheWorldYT]

Will Botswana continue its economic success? Will other mineral-rich countries in Africa follow its example? Share your thoughts in the comments.

[@victorchizurum3979]

Wow this is a miracle Coming from a Nigerian

[@lordnessa5893]

I watched all of your videos except the first one and I like that you talk about mining without hiding the problems behind. May you and Botsawana have a great future!

[@MiningTheWorldYT]

Thank you, glad you're enjoying my videos! More to come soon.

[@lordnessa5893]

@@MiningTheWorldYT Cool! Thanks!

[@uaua-qm2gp]

Very informative. Keep going!

[@MiningTheWorldYT]

Thank you! Will do!

[@leonardovinci_]

Great presentation! Better microphone would drastically improve the viewing experience though.

[@MiningTheWorldYT]

Thanks for the feedback, working on the audio situation!

[@louvendran7273]

Botswana is very much tied to South Africa. The government has to invest in developing medium size manufacturing and medium business promotion from South Africa and concentrate on eco-tourism. Perhaps it can build a power plant on the Zambezi, South Africa will be eternally indebted to them. Moreover, it should concentrate on developing its workforce (youth education) with engineering based vocations. There is a dire shortage of skilled artisans & engineers in the region. The one advantage in Botswana is the absence of corruption, this must be marketed to foreign business/investment coming into the region as it creates a stable base to operate from.

[@MiningTheWorldYT]

Great insight! The power plant idea sounds particularly compelling, given South Africa's issues.

[@correspondance1]

well said, but i dont agree with you that there's no corruption in Botswana cause just recently some politically connected people sold covid PPE's to government at unreasonably exorbitant prices.

[@melaninbotswana2474]

Botswana 🇧🇼 power cooperation has signed a contract to help south africa with electricity with have surplus in Botswana the deal is to export excess power to our brothers in south africa

[@melaninbotswana2474]

​@@correspondance1 there is no country in the world where there is no corruption trust me am a motswana living in canada

[@boitumelochombo3142]

The Zambezi does not flow through Botswana. 😂 The government has setup an engineering school which has been churning out science and engineering graduates since 2017. Unfortunately, thousands of those graduates are roaming the streets due to unemployment. The same is true of artisans. You are right on the need to setup manufacturing in the country. The government has come up with various programs to encourage investment in such. These include financing, Tax breaks and a few others.

[@Dozza53]

Fascinating video. Well done Botswana!

[@arsemodeus]

Solid informative video, much appreciated. If I may offer some constructive advice, it sounds like your microphone is distorting a bit on louder segments - I'd highly recommend looking into gain staging (-12dB target) and if possible upgrading your mic (Rode's Podmic offers great quality for a moderate price). Not sure if you're using an audio interface already or not, but Behringer's U-phoria line offers a good starting point.

[@MiningTheWorldYT]

Thanks for the advice, it's very useful as I'm learning the ropes with recording my own audio and, as you and others have noted, I haven't quite found the right mix. I have what's supposed to be a decent mic (Blue Yeti, with the gain set to around 8 o'clock, almost the lowest point possible) so I suspect my problem may lie in either my surroundings (makeshift home studio) or in the settings when I record (with Audacity), or maybe there's something else I'm missing. I'll read up on gain staging before recording my next video. If you have any other ideas on how to get the optimal audio with a Blue Yeti, or if you'd still recommend another mic - I'd be open to hearing it. And thanks again for putting the time into constructive feedback, for someone just starting out in the KZbin world, it's greatly appreciated.

[@LENINLOVER419]

very interesting!

[@الماليةالعامةوالضرائب]

The disastrous economic situation of Botswana needs a revolution in procedures and thinking

[@mofine23]

there Outputs are contrary to your stament .. that is based on the latest 2024 budget speech ,, theres a lot to work on im not saying its perfect

[@mofine23]

The best African country in terms of Policy ...

[@bluesuedeshoes801]

Good work, I think Botswana needs to open its borders more to skilled workers from the SSA region, it's diamonds won't last forever, and with 2 million people, it needs to focus on being a skilled and service based economy, most skilled workers in SSA are tired of their countries, but Botswana makes it incredibly hard to move, you can't even get one week visas easily, continuing the trend of africans building siloed economies, they can be SSAs version of Gurgaon

[@MiningTheWorldYT]

Thanks, great insight!

[@gabbiet9237]

Its always been the idea that we steer towards a skills based economy. Search for Botswana Innovation Hub (which is sometimes called Botswana silicon valley) and see what we are trying to achieve as far as skills development goes. Botswana also secured a new dealer with De Beers so we can take part in the value chain for our diamonds. As for allowing workers in the country, there is still high unemployment rate amongst the youth so the aim is to help them before opening boarders to workers

[@jaybee4577]

Not only Botswana also Gabon 🇬🇦

[@الماليةالعامةوالضرائب]

Also, the high unemployment rate, especially among young people, is something unusual and unusual

[@KatlegoSegare]

At just below 20% it's lower than most, US included

[@abdalahgunda1319]

Matter Botswana do better but still we have wellness of tecnogy for do much sumart economy

[@الماليةالعامةوالضرائب]

But the degree of inequality on the Gini scale is very high in Botswana, which is second in the world after South Africa in terms of inequality

[@KatlegoSegare]

More lies Namibia and South Africa are much much higher

[@mofine23]

hahaha lol

[@BOIKHUTSOPMMongaMONGA]

Ur research should include who brought this man made curse.

[@الماليةالعامةوالضرائب]

Botswana's sovereign debt is high in relation to the amount of natural resources it possesses

[@KatlegoSegare]

Lies, Botswana has one of the lowest debt in the world, not just amongst African countries

[@KatlegoSegare]

In fact it has the lowest debt in Africa, quite impressive to me

[@mofine23]

thats is a false statement again ,, its debt ratio puts it at 2nd least debted in Africa ..

[@الماليةالعامةوالضرائب]

There are many people who live without electricity or clean drinking water, and their standard of living is deteriorating

[@gabbiet9237]

Actually not many people live without electricity or clean water. I live in the second biggest village in Botswana called Serowe and even for a village the electricity coverage is more than decent.

[@KatlegoSegare]

@@gabbiet9237 This guy is trolling, we are the top 3 in Africa when it comes to access to clean water and electricity.

[@mofine23]

keep the lies coming clearly you have an agenda

[@marcopeel]

Khama how are you?

[@mofine23]

hahhaa lol@@marcopeel

[@JS-jh4cy]

Wasn't that Rhodesia?

[@الماليةالعامةوالضرائب]

ايضا معدل البطالة المرتفع خاصة بين الشباب شئ غير طبيعةوغير عادى

[@abdalahgunda1319]

Botswana walikataa wazungu kuendelea na mkataba yao.ya madini na kuruhusu privet sector lakini Botswana wanaendelea na kulinda.madini yao na wananchi wake hufaidika sisi.mabandati zaidi ya 30 mbuga za wamyama madini mito.yote haya mungu katupendelea lakini uzalu kila siku Hawa hawana mito.wana mbuga za wamyama na madini tuu but Botswana has lmpove better than tanzania with 30 pot and game reserve lake gold sure we Are feliyer Antille we give our pot to dp would with the case on this ather national like gibuti Pakistan Peru das we sense denger point on this campany agreement Wich pass by palament without resech Antille tanzania with painful for they resources to find out cicreat of this campany agreement has weekiness