Essays on Botswana

Precious Ramotswe is a fictional character in a series of novels under the title The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith. The author positions Mma Precious Ramotswe as the protagonist who is the number one or the first female detective in Bostwana. Indeed, the author refers to Ramotswe as Mma which is a Setswana term to show respect to a woman. Ramotswe is one unique woman who is bold enough to act as a detective and solve mysteries (Smith, 3). Each of the books in which Ramotswe features is a continuation of the previous ...

In preparing for this assignment, a list of all countries of the world by land area was obtained from the CIA website and was sorted in a spreadsheet from countries with the largest land area to countries with the smallest land area. A total of 224 countries were obtained, and after elimination of all countries with a land area smaller than Belgium, a total of 137 countries remained. Data on global infant mortality rates was obtained for each country in the reduced list and was recorded as deaths/1000 live births . To obtain a dissection of these figures in to ...

Introduction

This is one of the landlocked nations that border Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia. The dominant language spoken in Botswana is the Set swana. Botswana was colonized by the British government and attained its independence in 1966 (Dollar, David and Roberta 11). The country appreciates and respects non-ethnic citizenship; it also promotes the concept of liberal democracy among its citizens. Women empowerment or the place of a woman has not only been a major issue of discussion in Botswana, but also in other parts of Africa. In most African nations, women do not possess equal socio-economic opportunities as ...

Debswana is a mining company that deals with the production of diamond in Botswana. Debswana has a unique partnership between the DeBeers Company and the Government of Botswana. Currently, Debswana is the leading diamond producer in the world and has its operations staged in four major mines of Damtshaa Mine, Janine Mine, Letlhakane Mine and the Orapa Mine. The company is the largest private sector employee with over 8000 employees. The company has heavily invested in the future of the communities by participating in the community development projects in the areas of their operations. The purpose of this paper ...

USB should focus on expanding globally and offer retail banking services to clients in Africa. There are many African nations that present USB with a ready market to exploit thus fostering its growth and development. Most of the African nations are developing economically thus allowing the bank to take advantage of the growing market. Besides, most of the nations are politically stable thus encouraging the bank to enjoy the political climate existing in the continent by offering banking services to the nations. Besides, many African nations have also fostered the use of technology in their operations that making them ...

Introduction

There have long been questions in the political science world regarding African nations and why African nations have developed in the way that they have. In general, African nations face high levels of corruption and conflict; some consider colonialism to be the most significant problem for Africa, but many political scientists consider the issue to be much more nuanced and much more complex than can be described only by the after-effects of colonialism (The Economist Staff). Significant bodies of literature have been written on each African nation, and to examine the historical trends for each nation independently would be ...

The African continent, a region rich with resources and inundated by poverty is also one that has been the original location for the AIDS epidemic. The onset of the epidemic began in the 1970’s with ever increasing numbers of people catching this cureless disease that attacks one’s immune system. As the various nations in Africa continued to see a rise in deaths and new cases of the AIDS virus something interesting happened in the 1990’s in Uganda and Kagera. While other nations continued to see the surge of devastation that was occurring as a result of ...

Country: Namibia

With the rapid rise of the interstate conflicts, spurred by centennial political disagreements on national borders, states’ national security is threatened to erode in territorial disputes, conflict spillover, national movements or insurgent interference with state boundaries. The Republic of Namibia is an independent state that seeks to prosper through friendly political and economic relationships, for which reason, diplomatic relationships with its neighboring countries are highly desired. Notwithstanding, the problem of the future of state’s boundaries limit the development of political and economic partnerships and alliances in the area due to unsettled negotiations over states’ borders, which impede the ...

Introduction

Botswana is a very beautiful African country. She hosts some of the best wildlife and is a hot tourist destination in the Africa since it is located on the southern side of the continent.

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Promoting Stability in Africa International Law Enforcement Academy Fighting HIV/AIDS

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Diamond Interests Trade Interests Conclusion Through Food aid and medical supplies, the government of Botswana has greatly benefited from the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR). As such, the country is of utmost interest to the US Introduction Botswana is a very beautiful African country. She hosts some of the ...