Botswana: How to Make a Country Rich (From Scratch)
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- One man - Seretse Khama - is on a mission to turn Botswana from the poorest country in the world into a real life Wakanda.
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I never thought I’d feel such patriotic feelings for a country I’ve never been to
True
Well, USA started off cool for the most part. I just hope things don't turn sour for them as quickly as it did for us.
@@hebercluff1665 US started off cool? Lmao, I think you're forgetting a whole lot of history there buddy
@@AR-qo4zz Americans are very poor at remembering their on history. Though they are very good at lecturing others on not using words that only the Americans think about using.
@@AR-qo4zz im tunisian and even i know that america didnt start cool in fact it start was bloody
Not that it takes away from the good context here, but Sir Seretse Khama wasn't "a random African dude", he was born into one of the most powerful royal families, crowned king at the Age of 4, but was forced into exile for marrying a white British woman
It sounds like he did what he wanted and still helped his people while winning at life
❤Love from South Africa
Holy shit
@@caperature4335 the concept of Chad incarnate
Damn all that for a white girl
Becoming rich as a resource-rich country:
Step 1: Dig every mineral out of the damn soil
Step 2: Try not to be corrupt
Step 3: Try to not be assassinated for not being corrupt. Pretty important.
I'd argue the other way round. And the third point being don't get corrupted by the wealth those minerals bring.
Careful with Step 1: Nauru dug everything out of their resource-rich country and now they're flat broke.
@@PinHeadSupliciumwtf you have no proof
Instruction unclear accidently made my country poorer
Botswana: Surrounded by governments that hates them
Also Botswana: has lots of diamond
Seretse Khama: *I'm gonna do what's called a pro-gamer move*
Seretse Khama: *uses the diamonds to improve the country*
South Rhodesia & South Africa: Hol' up
Botswana: *Uses its natural resources efficiently and doesn't squander them*
Every African Dictatorship: No! This isn't how you're supposed to play the game.
@@arandommemer9926 Some country: "Amateurs"
Botswana: "What did you just say? Punk?!"
Mauritius: "Amateurs"
also some people will go out of their way to purchase diamonds from Botswana.
The writers full of shit.
Botswana being more of a Chad than actual Chad
@@jasonisbored6679 No theyre not
@@thoticcusprime9309 they overran there numerically superior Libyans who had tanks, minefields, helicopters, and a bloated budget using only pickup trucks, some milan missiles, and balls. I won’t pass any moral judgement or say that they have a great economy, but they do seem to have inherited the badass-ness of the different saharan raiders over time. But only the coolest ones ;)
@@jasonisbored6679 algerians ? You mean libyans.
@@rais1685 thank you for the correction
@@jasonisbored6679 You're welcome.
Sir Seretse Khama is the most underrated African leader of all time, followed by his successor Sir Quett Masire... these two men, set the blue print for the country's leaders. We continue to thrive and grow. 🇧🇼
stay live alive stay like forest sexual pregant bed home house secuity
No not the most underrated African president he is just the most underrated period
We all talk about how the Norwegians were utter geniuses when it comes to economy, those who look a Khama go very far
@@benainsworth6995 LMAO. Botswana is literally a PETRI DISH for American pharmaceutical companies.
@@lucasgrey9794 sorry I don’t know what I meant to say in that last bit, but yes I think Africa in general drew the short stick and that is a gross understatement
I’m from Europe. I “discovered” Botswana some years ago on a Saturday evening when I was just chilling on the couch. I challenged myself to find the most stable and promising country in Africa - a continent we mostly hear negative stuff about. I was completely captivated by Botswana when I went through the wiki pages and TH-cam clips. Ever since I have wanted to witness this African wonder first hand. I really hope to visit someday.
Welcome I live here but please do not be convert Christianity to the local San people cause white Christian missionaries are spreading Christianity and people at elephant their traditional African religion
Which part of Europe are you referring to
@@pichooooo pretty sure he's Dutch
Ok so, are you from Ireland, the UK, Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Iceland, France, Monaco, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, San Marino, the Vatican, Malta, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Kosovo, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, Sweeden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, or the small part of Turkey that's in Europe.
Go for it! The people in Bots are so friendly and Gaborone is a great city to explore :) I visited for just 2 weeks and loved it
Also, EDUCATION, for both males and females. When the women are educated also, everyone is included in the teamwork needed to make a nation a happy place to live. And limit the tourism to those that respect animals, and just want to see them and admire the beauty that is Africa.
You can not underestimate the importance of proper education,
It's what topples tyrants and builds nations,
we can never have enough smart people.
Educating women is bad because birth rates drop
Women hold up half the sky -Mao
its not even a gender thing, the more workers you have available, the better
...but tyrants can just go and order things to get fixed! Not like they care about getting anything fixed, but still.
Those men deserved the titles "Sir". That much growth and improvement within a land-locked African country is astounding
They're true knights
They are knighted,both of them.
I think Khama had a better title before it was unlawfully stripped from him and got sent to central America
@@iBhacaBeats Yes, it's a shame that racist regimes like Rhodesia and more notably south africa had such influence with their bullion trade
you are completely brainwashed
Interesting, Botswana kept former colonial officials until the population was educated enough. Don't ask me why but, to me, this seems to have bridged the gap between a colonial past administration and a future (now, current) independent native government. Of course, the officials worked for Botswana, not for the British
It’s amazing what a competent educated administration can do when it’s trying to develop a country rather than divide and conquer it.
100% agree!
@@Jay_Johnson aka the opposite of South africa
There were many who criticized Seretse for it. But he stood his ground and it paid off.
@@FELENATOR aka opposite of Lesotho
Makes me so happy to see good things and prosperity coming to Botswana and Africa. That's what good honest leadership and democracy can do for a nation.
This video is neo-colonial propaganda meant to mislead you into thinking African countries are in the wrong for not being "democratic". Before Gaddafi was assassinated the country was doing great, but now it is pure anarchy.
@@do_omerism1529 mf really shilling for dictatorships
That moment when Argentina is doing the exact OPPOSITE of what is in this video. Literally a case study in how to make a rich country poor.
Brazil as well.
@@peekaboo1575Brazil could literally be a world power if it was just managed better.
@@Beaverhound That's a rather big 'if'. I do not expect it to happen anytime soon.
latin america in general is like this, if our leaders were just like botswana's leaders we would be top 10 richest countries in the world
I think this shows that, almost never, a country is "doomed to fail". The right people in the right positions make things possible
those commas in the first sentence dont make sense.
@@hugoehhh they do
I think that when disgusting people that have too much power kill and inprision *ANY* real opposition - nothing can be done.
@@hugoehhh it does, and it's a common literary technique, but for now we'll just call it an "aside"
Example:
I have a bowl of cereal, filled with Lucky Charms, that I want to eat.
The sentence works with or without the "aside".
@@FishwicksREAL ye true lol mb
finally, a non-corrupt politican
but seriously, every country's leader should aim to be like this
He's the perfect example for the right man in the right place
And the people should have means to remove the leader if he fail to do his job
@@nunyabiznes33 a coup will most likely replace a tyrant with another
I was 13-14 when I knew about him, and I failed to find any significant flaws in his policy that would drop him down to mediocre politician status. Escaping a 13-year-old's extreme cynicism makes him an admirable leader
I mean, if every country could have only 2 million inhabitants and one fifth of the worlds diamonds, I bet more people would be like that lol
So basically:
1.) Get a big fat loan from the International Monetary Fund
2.) Use that money to get resources and tools to extract the minerals
3.) Start trading and exporting with the western world
4.) With that money pay back the loan while making the government stable
5.) Since you still have the tools keep exporting goods and become an export focused economy
6.) Negotiate trade deals so you can freely import and export goods
7.) Use the revenue to invest in health and education
8.) Ecomony booming and your country is gonna go from a low income country to a newly developing country
9.) Country legend
It works as long as the price of commodities extracted is high. Once their prices drop, the economy goes in recession. Good for them that diamonds and copper is stable.
10) allow same sex marriages
@@Luka-im6gqno, don't
@@Luka-im6gq no
@@novinceinhosic3531 Key thing is also just having a leader who doesn't prioritze literally milking every little bit the country has like its there last day on Earth. African leaders struggle with that. Like sheesh embezzle an amount nobody would notice, don't literally treat it like a money fountain :(
A rare case where IMF money is being used effectively 😂
Me literally learning how to create a countries economy instead of doing my homework
I have exams 😭
You'll be surprised how random knowledge comes in handy as an adult.
I literally have three tests tmrw but this is more important. If software engineering doesn't pan out I can always make my own country at least...
You ARE doing your homework
mate i take geography and am looking into developing countries, this IS my homework😃😃😃
Botswana impresses me like no other country.
It isn't perfect, but it actively strives to be and doing a damn good job of it too.
It's not hard to imagine how wrong Botswana could have gotten- just look at Zimbabwe, or most African countries really...
Every country needs a leader like Sir Seretse Khama!
the cooler South Africa
@Daniel & Thabo Mbeki.
they also did a better job of wildlife management than any other country on the planet, then spoiled ignorant westerners try to tell them how to manage their elephant population
@@claimingagate haha, except half of botswana works in South Africa
@@6.5ftkristapsporzingis71 u are lying,anyway half of south africa is tswana territory which was stolen by u ngunis and your European friends.
Not to sound trite, but you can literally tell he's a good person just by looking at his face and his expression. He emanates goodness.
This is why I pity my own country, the Philippines. Has the Natural Resources, and is a great location in the trade route, also has really awesome tourist destinations. Has the potential to be a great country just to be submerged in debt due to corruption.
Some thing here Türkiye. With immigrants it only got worse and worse
@@dersdersdeers648 i dont think only problem Turkey has is immigrants
Yea
It all gets ruined by politics. For context, we sell away our copper for all the world to use (we have like the biggest mine in the world. Almost anything made with copper you see around the world came from here) and we barely use it ourselves, having to then purchase products made OUT OF COPPER. We even dont sell the copper itself in the best way possible (we should be doing some more stuff from were its extracted and it could be sold as pure copper, thus for for higher). Free world my ass, I dont know how its even allowed to have contracts with the US that forces us to not use OUR OWN DAMM COPPER like we SHOULD
kinda the same with Brazil, one of the worst all-round regarding corruption, ideology crap, criminality, and threats from everywhere, due to our size and importance in the world stage. terrifying
How to build a country from nothing:
Step one (1): Be an absolute Chad who isn’t corrupt or power-hungry
Step two (2): Don’t have a military that could coup you, at least in the early years
Step three (3): Stay ideologically non-alignmened so that the CIA or KGB don’t kill you or fund a coup.
Step four (4): Follow this video.
The military part always made me think. How tf are supposed to stop a military coup when the military is made up by a bunch of dick weeds? It's not like they are a democratic institution that will give a vote of no confidence before they come to your house to take over the state. They just show up.
Step three in your list is so important. I don't understand why alot of up-and-coming leaders that died "tragically" didn't understand this.
@@consensualcode9750 probably they were hoping that one of the sides would back them up, with distance playing a major role. South of the African continent wasn't a lapdog for neither the US not the USSR, but in south America, saying "i want to reform our broken and oligarchic agrarian production" was enough to get you couped.
@@consensualcode9750 my country (indonesia) was one of them, sadly. Our first leader got corrupt for power over time despite one of the most important figure for our independence. He's betrayed us from his own proposed ideology to align our nation to one of the factions of cold war. Then, a military coup happened and replaced him for another dictator that was get helped by the west. Since then, almost no one in our political seats is close to even being practical and our economical progress is really slow despite all of our potential.
In most cases the presidents are selected by the west and they are there to save them and if they do the opposite they assassinate them
"be practical, not ideological" hits me hard, since we believe Ideology is number one important
Wanting free health care, free education, and a way out of poverty for the general public is ideology.
@@davidwuhrer6704 All of which needs to be underpinned by a very pragmatic economic policy if you're to have any hope of funding your ideological projects. When in doubt, it's always best to err on the side of pragmatism.
@@davidwuhrer6704 Well, it is true that it is an ideology, but it is a nonpartisan one.
@@davidwuhrer6704 free healthcare at cost from who ?
@@davidwuhrer6704 it's practicality. I don't know why you would say that.
I admire what Khama has done but put some respect on Sankara’s name.
Sankara had an ideology but he was more practical than most African leaders. You need to learn more about him and what he has done for his country in his very short term in power. Although he didn’t have the chance to stay in power for long and his country had almost no natural resources unlike Khama.
Also know that you can’t be practical without an ideology.
You can absolutely be practical without an ideology
Unpopular opinion: Sankara would have gone on to cling to power like most ideologues and contemporaries of his
@@TimKatungi the problem with that is he made no indication of being power hungry and did stuff that reduced his own power like taking away the power of local tribal leaders and not submitting his country to the French. The reason why he wasn’t in office long is because he was willing to take away that power and actually give it to the people (ex, 2 million vaccinations, hospitals and schools built, etc) even if he was killed for it, that can’t be discredited cuz Stalin or something
@@asobacleanenergy every single decision is "ideological".
@@TimKatungi This is most probable ngl. Like most communist/authoritarian leaders, there would be promising starts, but after he gets older, he will become more delusional and power hungry before leading his country into the ground. There are tons of historical examples of this.
I remember growing up and being taught only by whites and Other Africans from Ghaba Zimbabwe etc in our schools because there were very few qualified Batswana teachers.
Today we have taken the baton abd are running the affairs of our country.
Thanks to all foreigners who heeded the clarion call to come and help us when we needed them to run this economy. Forever indebted to you
God bless yall, greetings from the USA.
Just keep doing well
@@tristanband4003 Keep doing well and you could take up the call and teach others who don't have enough teachers. Knowledge is the strongest force of all!
As a South African, I have huge respect for Botswana 🇧🇼
🇿🇦🇧🇼🇿🇦🇧🇼🇿🇦🇧🇼🇿🇦🇧🇼
As soon as I get my shit together I'm moving to Botswana
@@mplance3151 Doing what? Invest, build, open a shop? (that is a genuine question - I hear good stories about BW, but this is the first video I watched about it - I don't know much about it, opportunities etc. I know people from Zim, Swasiland and Moz - never BW (I guess they don't need or want to come here).
@@ibubezi7685 the reason why alot of ppl go to SA not Botswana is becoz
The Borders in SA are easy to cross in
But in Botswana the Borders are strong
@@mplance3151 We dont want u crime addicts plz
I am from India, and I think this is the first time I heard about leaders who is so much dedicated towards the country. Great, I wish Botswana to become a developed country with a great leader again. Great video by the way, and for all Botswanians love from India.
🇺🇲🇮🇳🇧🇼
You never heard of subash chandra who was greatly dedicated to the country
You should learn about the history of Singapore as well, amazing firstq leader
@@rinopw4262 yeah I liked the singapore model.
@@idontknow6859 S.C. Bose never entered politics, despite playing a role during the Independence struggle. Still, everyone knows who he was.
How have I not heard about this before? 😳 This sounds incredible, what an inspiration for other countries 👏 I have now definitely added Botswana 🇧🇼 to my bucket list to visit in Africa ❤️
This is actually really inspiring. Great on you Botswana, may you continue to rise 🇧🇼🇧🇼
This makes feel proud to be a Motswana 🇧🇼.
Me too
I'm not from your country but proud of you all. Keep up the good work!
What's a motswana?
@@BrownDusky Someone from Botswana
Same
This video was a breath of fresh air. I think often times Africa gets sorted into one homogeneous blob where everything is the same throughout the continent. At least for me, many of the countries' names were not notable, and if you asked me to talk about many of the countries, I would not know enough to be able to say something about them. It's nice to know that Botswana has made so much progress and how they did it.
Despite white meddling and sabotage they still made it
@@JohnDoe-sw1rs Racist.
@@JohnDoe-sw1rs Without that “white meddling” Botswana would be nowhere.
@@Sillyboi05 If you see it as that way, you can. I do not like your race, but if you were not a white yourself and saw your own history from an unbiased perspective, my thoughts would make sense to you.
@@JohnDoe-sw1rs ”I do not like your race”
I wouldn't have listed Comrade Sankara. He was an incredible leader for Burkina Faso.
He prioritized education, vastly improved healthcare and made the country self-sufficient in terms of food production. He removed its dependence on the West, like its former master France, and this was his undoing. It was his ideology that helped make his country better for all. But of course, France wanted to maintain its dominance over the region and backed his assassination and coup by Blaise Compaoré. Yes, he may not have been perfect but ultimately, he was a great example for the rest of the continent, to rebuild themselves and not have to rely on a bigger power.
^^
Unlike you, eh?
Sankara was a great guy and he is similar to Seretse Khama. But unlike Khama, Sankara was a power hungry monster who seeks to be Burkina Faso eternal President. That is his downside
@@Kuricang31 Khama literally got elected four times and his party still controls the government. “Power hungry” is relative.
@@BifronsCandle "power hungry" Is almost inevitable. Thus you just have to find a party that are much better and others and can lead the country in better direction
Botswana is doing that under the party. For decades there haven't been any single uprising or coup against the government from the people unlike it's African neighbors. Proving that Botswana under the ruling party is being governed right
I don't like the implication at the end that Thomas Sankara wasn't practical enough to let his country thrive. Burkina Faso was on a very similar trajectory as Botswana until the french murdered Sankara to keep colonial power secure in other parts of Africa. The current state of Burkina Faso is entirely on them and the CIA, not Sankara's devotion to his principles.
Burkina Faso is under leftist leadership now
Why you got to do my man Sankara like that. It’s not his fault he was assassinated.
Yeah! I saw great potential if only sankara wasnt assasinated.
It was, he was too humble. He had very few bodyguards for a head of state and government that's why it was easy to kill him
EXACTLYYYYYYY 😭
@@sicelobhekibafanakhumalo5782 the problem was that it was his deputy who betrayed him🤦🤦
You can only do so much if you decide to ally with the Soviet Union.
Two key points that were glossed over:
-Nationalizing the majority of the mining industry is the kind of thing that got other leaders assassinated. Why was that model allowed to succeed in Botswana and not elsewhere? Is it that he only kept half?
-the IMF loan terms: they are often a death sentence for developing economies but Botswana was able to comfortably service the debt. How? Were the mining rights worth that much? Were the British unaware of that when they were running the country?
Botswana was supposed to be incorporated into South Africa but for Apartheid and the Nazi sympathetic Nats. All development into diamonds came from South Africa as DeBeers held the monopoly. The Tswana have been blessed on both sides of their borders with tremendous resources of diamonds and platinum. Therefore by fiscal prudence, low population minimum corruption the country progressed. To be honest Rustenburg is far more developed than Gaborone.
@Alex Tucker Similar to what Jan Smuts did in South Africa.
There was no mining industry to nationalise. The state built the mining industry then sold half to private investors. They took out loans to buy the equipment, they owned the land. They then sold half of it. I imagine that helped grow the private sector along side the public sector. It also meant that the private companies could take out loans instead of the state.
They didn't take out as much debt. By privatising, I think the private sector took on debt to grow itself. The state grew along side a free economy, rather than the state trying to control an economy.
@@placeholdernameisplacehold7671 Did you ask yourself where the funding came from? Moreover, who were those private organisations? Once you pierce the veil you will revert to my point. Lol. Some of us have been around those from the beginning of the game in Southern Africa.
They only reason the British were interested in Botswana was because of it's location, since the road to the north (which things to and from Rhodesia and South Africa) ran through it
Your story telling format is wonderful. Very creative I loved it.
As an African, this video was heart warming as i was losing belief in Sub-Saharan leadership as a whole
There sure are a lot of economic experts in the comments here. There is more to economics than Socialism vs Capitalism folks! It's not as simple as Socialism bad and Capitalism good. Or vice versa.
@Fergus Redpath I mean they gained power by the country owning half the mining trade. As the comment says it’s more complicate than that. Not everyone is fucking lazy in a socialist society. Also laziness isn’t illogical with new technology. Being smart about everything is the lesson from Botswana.
i mean the protection of property rights is what really helped them, and it's a capitalism thing. Also Botswana is one of the african countries with the highest economic freedom
@@davidescristofaros2241 Oh gee, I wonder if that has anything to do with the onslaught of terror from capitalist nations to non-capitalist countries. Absurd take.
@@jenm1 no, that has nothing to do with anything, no.
Low blow on Thomas Sankara, one of Africa's most successful leaders. He was assinated by the French before he could complelty change the nation. But the time he did have he spent well and improved Upper Volta/Burkino Faso imensly.
TH-camr has a slight bias towards Western European ideals and projects that into African countries, with notable missing context. At this point I’m used to it and just prepare myself for the way Europeans interpret Africa.
He was a communist / socialist so the successes in the country have stagnated when there were no more assets to confiscate. This is how it works in all communist / socialist countries. The joy is short-lived, then there are tears. He died before we see the collapse of his system, so he looks better than he was.
But that does not mean that his successor was better.
@@niklasmolen4753 communism is not socialism. Use words properly
@@chaitanyadandale4569 No one seems to agree on what socialism is, so there does not seem to be a common definition of what it is. I wrote both because I do not know where he stood politically, but now read that he was a Marxist-Lenenist, so I guess the genocide and economic collapse would have come sooner or later.
@@niklasmolen4753 hmmm thanks for clarifying.
I love when real life examples show that democracy is the right way
This is so inspiring. Thanks for sharing. Hope Botswana continue to grow like this, love from India
This makes me so proud of Botswana!
I am a Honduran boy trying to make my country better one day. I want to become a president and make things better for my people.
U got this man
Can foreigners become president is there any eligibility in your Constitution??
@@sidharthraj1423 no, only if you are born in that country you can become their president.
Dang, good luck man. Politics is ugly...
But once when u become president u forgot all those promises and all the people who were backing you,once one becomes a president,u can't please everyone
As a South African my heart is always warmed up by how much Botswana managed to pull together for the region - that said, if we tried to pull this off with our mineral companies talking heads would implode; in a sense they were lucky that for them development followed after independence and that British were keen on keeping an eye on Verwoerd and the boys; if only this worked out as well for Lesotho and Swaziland.
If only that kind of guy led Zimbabwe Rhodesia without any revolution then it would stay a prosperous country plus the civil rights
@@ScottTheBot07 still crying over end of White Minority rule? Cry some more
@Kurishev Tulipov oh yeah that Zimbabwe Rhodesia guy. I don’t know much about him but they say he was pretty good
@@hydrolifetech7911 ain’t crying. Grumbling. Grumbling that Africa would Frick its self over by staging revolutions. Things go a lot better when done peacefully. Maybe it’s cos we were kicked off our farm because of the colour of our skin.
Lesotho was destroyed by political instability brought about by its first communist dictator
Dude be born and decided to be a not corrupt, nor racist, and no power hungry chad
Botswana gives me hope for all of Africa, if they can do it we can do it too
Racists: Black people ruin government!
Botswana: laughs in 1970s
I think the mistake people do is generalizing especially the word AFRICA there are individual countries in Africa you know
Exception is not the rule
U know there are Indian and white Botswanans to tho right
ironicaly this video is about a guy that knew he needed to use his existing white administrators to bridge the gab to a better future.
him not having a race based world view kinda helped him a lot
@@electricangel4488 u know he married a white lady right and had kids with her to
That is incredibly impressive, from 3rd poorest in the world to the fastest growing economy in the world, social progress, almost no educated to 90%, and all of that in just 50 years. Not just that of course, but constant, unrigged, unblocked, landslide elections the entire time! Good on Botswana!
because unlike all other african nation he prioritize practical decision instead of ideological ones
The non-violent revolution and no coup d’etats helped
this channel is great so glad i discovered this
this might just be one of the best videos on yt! amazing congratulations to the author
Tycoon Game (hardest level) : Inherit a tycoon that’s afflicted by plague and fire with no help and no money and make it a legend.
This guy: Sure. No problem. 🤷
Uh since you didn't watch the video, the British actually paid for the government for a while and kept their existing administration in place. So it's not like they had "no money" and "no help".
@@TonkarzOfSolSystem so what?
@@rajyavardhansingh4491 So... that's what happened.
Seretse Khama and his people have managed something extremely impressive.
It's true that they needed help when starting out, but we all do.
@@TonkarzOfSolSystem so they got 5 years of prep basically
@@TonkarzOfSolSystem To be fair, even in the hardest tycoon games you start off with a bit of a loan.
At school I did an assignment about how to run any country better, I chose Namibia thinking it would be easy. Turns out I couldn't think of anything they did wrong. So me, being the genius I am, switched to their neighbour... Botswana... Of all the countries in Africa I chose 2 of the 3 countries that are actually run incredibly well...
why did you chose southern african nations, they are well known to be better run than their northern neighbors.... just look at basically any statistics
better HIV-prevention. In Europe, Aids-rate is 0,1% and in south africa it is almost 20%.
But what's the third one?
@@jasmina.8473 you do realize that South Africa is only one of many southern African countries
@@jessez8503 yes of course?!
I burst into tears of happiness after watching this. I am so damn proud of my fellow Botswanians. I am Indian by the way.
Thank you. But we are called Batswana not Botswananians😁
When Botswana has less corruption and more human rights than the USA:
You know I was waiting for "but", however this turned out to be a wholesome guide on how to make a successful country.
Interesting fact, my Great Uncle (My Grans Brother) was the first Attorney General of Botswana, having worked there when it was still Bechuanaland, and being recognised by the queen twice for his work, he would occasionally get calls from Botswana asking for his advice on matters.
You should be down there doing business
That's awesome!
@@saraf5414 And if you want to look him up he was Alan Tilbury
He also got sent to South Africa during WWII with a load of other people his age, just in case England did fall and they needed people to start again as it were, one of the only reasons he came back in 1945 was the ill health of their father and his subsequent death from cancer in 1945.
Interestingly we are nothing like that part of the family due to my Gran falling in love with a Dorset farmer, and the rest is history.
@@dglcomputers1498 interesting to hear that despite not willing to back down to the Germans the British still made contingency plan for a start somewhere else.
@@dglcomputers1498we thank your great uncle for his service to our Country Botswana 🇧🇼. Most of the Brits who were technocrats here didn't go back after independence. Most got citizenship.
The big difference between Botswana and all the rest of Africa is Botswana's low corruption. Countries like Angola and Equatorial Guinea would've looked like Dubai if they didn't steal all the money
Honestly thank you so much for this video😄👏🏾. Learning so much about a neighbouring country that I never knew about. And as a South African I truly appreciate this as Africa in general pretty much a lot of "bad publicity"🇧🇼
I hope all under developed countries around the world end up like this one day. This proves that whatever terrible situation in life truly can be changed with ambition and drive😁
Just goes to show the power of what having an honest man who loves his country and people in office can do.
I wish every nation could be as fortunate
Honesty is not enough. Being a “good man”, won’t keep the wolves at the door, nor will it stop rampant plagues and infant mortality. Hard work, ambition and discipline are the key virtues that has shaped the world we live in
@@arkhammemery4712 and respect for law
Sounds great except he wasn't a random dude....he was the chief of one of the three biggest tribes in the country....Power applied progressively 🤠
The benefits of capitalism and democracy is amazing
@@oluwaseyijohnson3162 yes
@@oluwaseyijohnson3162 Yes, going from rich European to rich immigrant in America is amazing.
@@oluwaseyijohnson3162 it’s mixed economy 50% owned by gov and 50% by private and seems more socialist than capitalism. And maybe you don’t know what capitalism is
@@mechamedegeorge6786 I said “more socialist than capitalism “
this was such a feel good video. i am so emotional and happy for Botswana :')
I like your form of presentation. Actually got me hooked..and I learned something.
Honesty botswana got really lucky with their leader whos could see the future
i wouldn't say luck since Khama is already a royal family member so that means he's from the core of the people.
@Zoog Minarchist Oh how envious I am...
Honestly
I wouldn't even be typing on this phone if it wasn't for him
@@alexp5569 lot of envious or ignorant people can prevent these skillful people from benefiting of their skills. Humans take for granted what is easy for them but "grass is greener" in other people who seem to be better at other things. This is hardship of life, to overcome.
Sad but true. Seretse Khama and the majority of Botswana's leadership were the exception to the rule. They didn't embrace any marxist or left leaning garbage that the rest did and they had foresight.
The Top Gear ending was such a good addition. The two presidents genuinely seem like they are awesome.
Damn, great video! I loved the small animations
Dang, I'm impressed that a landlocked country did well! Nice one, Botswana
Holy hell you're editing and commentary style reminds me of other history documentarists on youtube who have thousands more times of subscribers than you, I hope you reach 1k soon and blow up someday, you deserve it with this level of quality + future improvement.
Jekiee Wakiee I was thinking the same thing. Very big CPG Grey vibes :)
@@jfduug4994 the "how to be a dictator" video ikr
well he's got 137k now :D
This was definitely a witty , interesting and well deserved tribute to Sir Khama. Most of us in Africa (maybe especially Southern Africa) do envy his leadership. Except there is only one correction in the video there by 5:51. I do not know a single African leader that was more practical than Thomas Sankara. In fact if one were to do a video on how to start a country, TRULY from scratch, by the bootstraps, from being a nobody and succeed whilst doing - then it would have to be about Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara!
Yeah it’s a bit weird to try to contrast one of the best African leaders of all time with another one of the best African leaders of all time instead of referencing one of the many cases where poor leadership was the primary reason for failure
Sankara wasn't perfect. There were human rights violations and anti-worker measures against teachers.
@@chriskopp1361 he wasn't but he didn't deserve to be assasinated. I know in my heart Sankara was best for his country at the time. the same applies to Gaddafi. they just didn't want anything to do with the West which is fine.
@@chriskopp1361 not the "he was no angel" speech 😂🤣
Lol
Sir Seretse Khama was not a 'random dude', he came from the nobility of an ancient culture.
The best video every African politician should watch and try to implement.
It angers me greatly to hear in the very opening of this video that Burkina Faso's development has supposedly come at the expense of democracy and freedom. Sankara and the people of Burkina Faso have greatly ADVANCED their freedom from colonial oppression, vaccinated a record breaking number of people and built a thriving socialist-oriented economy, only for Sankara to be ousted by a French sponsored coup. As a Brit (and I as a German, both former colonising nations), we really should be the last ones to whine about any democracy related issue in the Third World. Burkina Faso under Sankara was much more democratic, than Britain, the US, or Germany are today. There is a good reason why multiple parties in Burkina Faso still consider themselves Sankarist.
...So it was a dictatorship, then? Thanks for admitting it in so many words lol
I have learned about Botswana's relatively successful modern history only today, and conveniently this video was uploaded recently. Bravo, you have earned a sub, good sir.
“During our trip to Africa, you may recall we went to a PARK IN BOTSWANA”
~George W. Bush
Wow. Thanks for introducing me to this country. I'll keep an eye out for botswana
Am I the only one talking about the MEGA-DOPE BOTSWANA SLIPPERS?! And not only that, but the VICE-PRESIDENT of Botswana riding down on a MOTORCYCL-PARACHUTE on TOP GEAR?!🏍️
That was the point when Botswana really got my attention. And i'm glad, it's a wonderful country.
@@johnmccnj yes I'd love to go to Botswana some day
That was the most iconic part of BDF day
As a motswana I feel like saying thank you. Also to add he was a great leader and it was a success because the people were united and humble
Thank you for the very interesting video. God bless Botswana!
I'm in love with this video... Never knew about this country's past until now... Thank you, and instant subscribe!
This video is a absolute joke.
Dont freaking inform yourself through TH-cam video.
Yes Botswana's story is inspiring and educational, but you have to keep in mind that most of what was done is not feasible for a lot of other countries, first of all being a British colony is usually not fun but it is very potentially useful if the Britt's didn't fuck up your borders too bad. Not only does it increase the number of companies willing to work with you, your previous colonial administration is incredibly useful to govern untill your people are willing and able to take their place. Botswana was also lucky to not have inherited any ohh I don't know civil wars, race violence and other such problems usually left behind when the Britt's have to draw a border. Overall there is plenty to be learned and applied from Botswanas story but you can't deny the fact that they got lucky.
Botswana's success is only due to 1 reason, Khama, a rich elite born from a rich family, educated in Oxford, and practiced as lawyer in UK. He knows rule of law and democracy and he is smart, he knows economics. He is not like those stupid military leaders who are just aged street kids who know nothing apart from figiting
@@sww3679 lol stay mad ez
A lucky start mean nothing when your nation is lead by an incompetent and corrupt leader
botswana joined the british so they dont get invaded by the dutch
Yep, that and to put it simply he had the foresight to kiss the ring in order to at least buy his people time . These people tend to ignore it the British and the American who have continued to destabilise many these countries post colonial so their corporations can continue to loot as much as possible with build in deniability, if he would tried to remove the British out of power he would’ve faced the same fate . look what happened to Zimbabwe , these propagandist would say Zimbabwe has gone to shit because of dictatorship but ignore the fact Zimbabwe has been Under sanctions from America all these years because they dare to kick out the people who Colonise , slaved , killed countless of their people. White supremacy at it finest .
This was very informative, as a Motswana citizen thanks for spreading the word of how we developed so far😁
First time I have heard of a history of this country. Respect and good wishes.
Step number 0: being an honest, competent and unbiased person who wants to genuinely help his country instead than being just a narcissistic corrupt liar stirring hatred to gain more.power (which is what 90% of politicians sadly are).
Step 1: have large amounts of mineral wealth sitting under your country.
Look at how much natural resources south america has and yet...
Saudi arabia and the gulf states: Or oil, hell yeah brother. Oh and you must also suck up to the west really hard, cuz otherwise they're gonna bomb the shit out of you, exploit your country and you won't see a nickel from what they earn. Or get China to back you up, then you should be good.
So, most of Central Africa, Arabia, and South America?
@@Gonbatfire venezuala is a perfect example of having boundless resources but not actually investing it
@@Gonbatfire and central America
I had no idea Botswana was so posperous, Stay Strong, Be Stronger.
Respect from India
Seretse Khama: a person that should be known, studied and admired by everyone.
Behold, Switzerland, But in Africa
Hey, I was gonna say that
I love your content so much. I would love to see it skyrocket in popularity!
The way this is animated is outstanding for a small channel. First time ive ever seen. Keep Up!
Be practical instead of ideological would solve 50% of the worlds problems
Wow...I genuinely learnt something new today. Cheers.
Real life Wakanda
What about Ethiopia
shut the fuck up
Agreed
@@mulopwe rude
@@bowser3017 aren't you all having civil unrest in Ethiopia?
That was awesome. Finally something positive from history and a leader that cared for his people and actually won in life. Made my day better
Thanks for uploading.
Basically just don’t have corrupt leaders and politicians, got it.
Loved it brother! Please carry on!
That was amazing. I love this . Thanks for showing that Africa is more, way more we get from media
I know where my next African holiday is now! Botswana’s recent history sounds inspiring!
Word of advice, never take out a loan from the IMF.
Seems like every country to do so ended up worse.
The end of the video gave me major Templin Institute vibes. High Quality has been achieved.
This is surprisingly good, never I have ever know more about Botswana after independence anywhere else on TH-cam
Botswana is a beautiful country with amazing people! I loved visiting it a couple of years ago. Will be going back again in the near future! 🙂
Man really just walked into office and said "aite let's fix up this whole shit".