The most beautiful city in Botswana! Francistown, A drive through.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ธ.ค. 2022
- This city is beautiful despite the fact that it's the second largest. The planning follows a European style where the cbd area is divided into a grid by roads running through it. One other fun fact is that most of these roads are one way!
I lived in Francistown between 1991-1998. It changed a lot . Beautiful and peaceful place
Botswana is taking the necessary strides to improve its infrastructure, manufacturing, education etc. Botswana is a modal country
Looks way better than many cities in the USA. Seems a lot less stressful to drive in too.
In usa they teach u that Africa is a bad place to live in .
In usa they teach u that Africa is a bad place to live in .
It's the easiest place I've ever driven and I'm from London
gorgeous
I haven't been home in nearly 10 years! I miss Botswana every day! Thanks for taking me back just one more time ,🥺
Wow! I never realised that Francis Town was developed like what I’ve just seen. The city & its roads are well planned & no open drainages like in my country. Well done Botswana
R u a India teacher
Lovely and beautiful, well planned and organized watching from Zambia.
This was a lovely drive through. Taking me through different places I love. I miss Francis town.
I'm from the UK, it kinda reminds me of the UK, the left hand sided traffic, the signs, the plates, the traffic lights and all that. It feels like the UK lol
Great City great roads network very damn clean, I was in this city back in 2000
Very clean city and not congested. I am proud of my home city..
Nice place😊
Nice 👍
Southern Africa isnt as populated as west africa. Botswana now has about 2m the whole nation.
Styaing in Lagos, originally from Zimbabwe.
Miss my Hometown😭😭this was really nostalgic
that makes the both of us
U are a good vlogger Dan, I love Francistown I wish I purchase a house there
Nice place
Nice looking town. Hard to believe it’s Africa. Botswana has obviously done a great job developing itself.
Why it hard to believe is africa? Africa is a continent
Love from Namibia
Will have to visit Namibia one day. I hear a lot of good things about it! 🚙🛵✈️
Nice town. I went there in 2022, it was just like this. Although the new road layout is a bit confusing.
Interested in visiting this country. Botswana is our neighbour and is a country rarely heard about in the news unless their pres makes a state visit. Looks like it has no problems of it own?
Francistown Botswana
This city is very good it even better than Lagos and Nairobi it looks more modern
How many people have seen on the street so far? There's hardly anybody in the whole Country. People make places not just empty road. Lagos and Nairobi is crowded and more older looking but full of vibrancy and lively compared to what we are watching here.
Compare the best part of here to some where In lekki phase one in lagos then talk
You must be mad to compare this ugly City to a vibrant Lagos. This is a lifeless city with nobody in it.
@@kyrianuwandu1162it's an early morning drive, ofc they won't be as much people ☠️
This must have been a Sunday. The streets are so empty.
I live in Francistown, so I know most of the parts, I live in the CBD (Town Center)
is it quiet? or they play the noisy amapiano?
Looks like in England
what i was thinking, prob from past british colonialism
Nice place indeed. Why does it look so empty? From West Africa.
It was a Sunday morning!
First time seeing a city without people, what's the economic status of this city
The city had about 147k people according to the last census. Its the second largest city in Botswana. The city is located on Botswana's main air and transport routes. Mining and Agriculture are important activities in the area.
I would be there soon. I hope the house rent is affordable?
House rent is affordable. It depends on the neighborhood you wish to stay, generally not too bad. Its around P300 a day in lodges and a P1000+ in hotels. If you get a Batchelor pad its around P2000 a month. A 2 beds would set you off from P3000 to P7000 depending on the neighborhood and the kind of house. A family home is from P4000 and up to P12000+. With apartments and family homes, they dont come with furniture si you bring your own.
The biggest reason why Botswana opened it's borders to Zimbabweans it's becauae their population is very small there is no activities in Botswana,industry and commerce is sleeping
Nothing against Ghana. I understand it was a hub when Europeans were stealing Africans and taking them to other continents, and people have a lot of ancestors from Ghana, but I'm so surprised Botswana isn't a bigger part of the diasporan conversation. I still have a big love in my heart for ❤Botswana ❤, that I can't explain even though I've never been to any African country, YET.
What kind of stupid talk is this? Botswana is in Southern Africa and therefore does not have historical ties to the descendants of slavery like Ghana and other Countries in West and Central Africa. Part of the draw for African diaspora to Ghana is the connection through slavery and history, but nothing stops you from migrating to any Country on the African Continent. Many black Americans live in other African Countries other than Ghana. Ghana and Sierra Leone so far are the only Countries offering diaspora black people easiest access to Citizenship.
@@kyrianuwandu1162 What kind of stupid reply is this? I know where Botswana is. I was inferring why don't more diasporans look at Botswana as a place to live? Ask if you don't understand, instead making assumptions. If this is how you respond to those of us in the diaspora face-to-face, you are going to get yourself hurt or worse. I'd like to see a video of you calling an AA stupid to his face.
@@kyrianuwandu1162 There are no diasporan wars. It's Africans on the continent being rude as hell to diasporans who are inserting money into the economy & believing in the Year of Return.
Europeans have been financially raping the continent for hundreds of years, & they get their asses kissed when they come. Real interesting...
@@kyrianuwandu1162 Southern Africa is mostly populated by bantu people whose original home was West Central Africa, same origin like African Americans except they migrated way before and within the continent.
Talking Crap ! Africans were BOUGHT not STOLEN !!
With all due respect, Francistown is not developed nor amazing at all. It's just a junction of highways with small settlements, malls and service station.
The locals should stop referring to Francistown as "Ghetto". That term has negative connotations, and Francistown is the opposite in every way. 😊
It's just a nickname 😂
I agree; the word “ghetto” clearly does not apply here.
There are no people on the streets like other African countries 😂😂😀👍
We have quite a small population andy guess is this video must have beem made very early in the morning when movement was still quite low. Plus in Botswana there are areas restricted from street vendors so u wont see a lot of them with their shacks everywhere
Botswana as in most Southern and east african countries, was europeonised as they had no intention of leaving... I love the idea of walking down a street and getting something I like rather than having to go into a store with suspicious eyes following me around. It's Africa not Europe where it gets cold for 6 months of year. In summer people there open up street shops.
@@wilcoxdaniel9825 not true, Botswana was never Europeanized. It was not a protectorate, not a colony. No one was interested in it cause it had no natural resources at the time and is largely arid and a desert, so they saw it as hopeless. Batswana developed their country from the ground, no different from Ethiopians
Yes, Botswana was colonized by the British in the late 19th century. In the 1880s, the British government established a protectorate over Bechuanaland in order to prevent it from being colonized by other European powers. The protectorate was later extended to include what is now Botswana. In 1966, Botswana gained independence from Britain and has since become a stable democracy with a growing economy.
It's hot af😂
Most beautiful city in Botswana 😂nice joke
Covid time
December last year!
Ghetto
NIGERIA ?
Botswana 🇧🇼!