Botswana

Botswana is moving to establish a regulated cannabis industry as the government seeks to diversify the economy and reduce its longstanding dependence on diamonds.
Botswana's President Duma Gideon Boko has officially declared that under his administration, no minerals will be exported from Botswana without undergoing local processing.
Namibia and Botswana are collaborating on the development of a jointly-owned oil refinery to reduce dependence on imported refined petroleum products.
Gabriel Phinda, a Batswana entrepreneur born in Botswana and currently lives in the United Kingdom has taken the footwear industry by storm with his sneaker brand X-manhunt.

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