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After the success of Best of Botswana Volume 1, it gives me great pleasure to introduce readers to Best of Botswana Volume 2.

I am most encouraged, but not entirely surprised, that our country should warrant a second volume of this exclusive book so soon after the first volume. Taken together both volumes amply demonstrate that Botswana is a country of great potential, full of success stories that we can and should share with the rest of the world. In this respect one finds today a growing confidence and determination among our people that they shall succeed in taking their society to the next level as a hub for regional prosperity, through innovative economic diversification.

Botswana is located at the heart and epicentre of Southern Africa. We have therefore worked hard to forge win-win collaborations to entice trade and investment into the region through our memberships in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and Southern African Customs Union (SACU).

Having positioned ourselves positively we provide an ideal platform for local and international investors to take advantage of emerging regional opportunities.

In spite of the recession, all indications are that these partnerships will continue to grow in importance.

Our long established tourism sector is moving beyond its traditional focus on the fabulous wilderness and wildlife of traditional destinations such as the Chobe-Okavango to also ensure greater access to the natural and cultural heritage of other areas within our beautiful country. While we offer the world diverse landscapes teeming with wildlife, we are also a country of culturally diverse and proud people – a quality that is poignantly captured in the pages to follow. Our people are truly the ones that are celebrated in this book, as their enterprising spirit is that which continues to build Botswana.

Global conservation and preservation is also an issue of great concern.   Our approach to ecological issues has earned us international recognition.  We have taken steps to protect our fragile and life sustaining environment by educating our citizens on the importance of eco-friendly tourism.

This book is the next best thing to a visit to Botswana – for tourists and business people alike. Every country needs to promote itself and what better way than to showcase their successes and achievements through a quality volume such as this. We are proud that as a country known for its good governance, peaceful coexistence with its neighbours and which uses its natural resources for development of its entire people, we can be assured that this publication will continue to showcase our rich heritage.

Sunset in the Okavango Delta

The Republic of Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It meets Zambia at a single point.

Traditional Dancers

Geographically the country is flat and up to 70% of Botswana is covered by the Kalahari Desert. Botswana was one of the most impoverished countries in Africa when it became independent in 1966. Today, it is home to a stable political system and a rapidly developing market economy. Being closely tied with the economy of South Africa, the country's economy is one of the most successful in Africa and is dominated by the fast-growing service sector, world-renowned diamond industry, tourism, and manufacturing. For many decades, Botswana had the highest economic growth rate of any nation. It has held free and fair democratic elections since independence. 

The World Bank cites Botswana as one of the world's great development success stories.

Elephants in the Chobe Game Reserve

Tourists game viewing in the Chobe River

The Toyota Desert Race in Botswana

An art exhibition in Botswana

Gaborone City