Covering up the social crisis. @Botswana peaceful exterior hides a more troubling story.

Women derive 40% more benefit than men from public services in Botswana like health education and social protection read in @gazettebw @Ndaba_Gaolathe @BogoloKenewendo @WorldBankAfrica @undp @BWGovernment

Development must maximize jobs, living standards, economic growth not expenditure. Botswana thinks otherwise @gazettebw @duma_boko @WorldBankAfrica @UNDP_Botswana @IMF @TheEconomist @BBCAfrica

Botswana is the only country that allocates free plots of land to its citizens. With a waiting list of 650,000 or 30% of its adult population the system has proven unsustainable.

More valuable than diamonds is a nation’s credibility. Is Botswana starting to risk theirs?

Autism is hardly recognized in Africa. It’s time that is should be.

The classical development economy model has been failing Botswana for many year. Time is right to change it. My item in The Botswana Gazette.

Environment takes centre stage in Botswana

Oil refineries are taking off in Southern Africa but might they become sunken assets? My item ⁦@BWGovernment⁩ ⁦@UNDP_Botswana⁩

Raising the living wage may give ⁦@BWGovernment⁩ an economic boost ⁦@BogoloKenewendo⁩ ⁦@UNDP_Botswana⁩ ⁦@WorldBankAfrica⁩ ⁦@ilo⁩

Development times lines are generational my item ⁦@gazettebw⁩ ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BogoloKenewendo⁩ ⁦@UNDP_Botswana⁩ ⁦@WorldBankAfrica⁩

Botswana’s economy increasingly unsustainable now controlled by debt financing.

In the post diamond era? ⁦@BWGovernment⁩ needs to aim for efficiency. My item this week in ⁦@gazettebw⁩ ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BogoloKenewendo⁩ ⁦@WorldBankAfrica⁩ ⁦@IMFAfrica⁩ ⁦@UNDP_Botswana⁩

Building more infrastructure has not led to more jobs and growth for many years. Botswana needs a new a new model based on doing more with less. ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BogoloKenewendo⁩ ⁦@BWGovernment⁩ ⁦@UNDP_Botswana⁩ ⁦@WorldBankAfrica⁩ ⁦@TheEconomist⁩

A young influencer wakes ⁦@Botswana⁩ ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BogoloKenewendo⁩ ⁦@BWGovernment⁩ ⁦@UNICEFBotswana⁩ ⁦@Hatab_Botswana⁩

Death by a thousand cuts as Botswana struggles to come to terms with a post diamond future. ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BogoloKenewendo⁩ ⁦@DeBeers⁩ ⁦@TheEconomist⁩ ⁦@IMFNews⁩ ⁦@business⁩ ⁦@WorldBankAfrica⁩ ⁦@XHNews⁩

Putting the cart before the horse. Building a large new city centre bus terminus without a public transport policy.My item ⁦@gazettebw⁩ ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BogoloKenewendo⁩ ⁦@gaboronecity⁩ ⁦@KetlhalefileFC⁩ ⁦@Gabz_FM⁩

Formalization not consumption explains the surge in beef consumption in ⁦@Botswana⁩ ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BogoloKenewendo⁩ ⁦@BWGovernment⁩ ⁦@WHOBotswana⁩ ⁦@UNDP_Botswana⁩

Building km without building factories is slowly killing Botswana’s economy. My item ⁦@gazettebw⁩ ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BogoloKenewendo⁩ ⁦@IMFAfrica⁩ ⁦@WorldBankAfrica⁩ ⁦@UNDP_Botswana⁩