Been Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built…

— George Ayittey

But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability.

— Omar Bongo

I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very…

— Alexander McCall Smith

I love Africa, especially Botswana. I could see myself retiring to a little tree house there one day.

— Coco Rocha

For every African state, like Ghana, where democratic institutions seem secure, there is a Mali, a Cote d'Ivoire, and a Zimbabwe, where democracy is…

— Michael Ignatieff

There is this intimacy still in Botswana. It's a country of just under two million people, and there's this sense of connectedness, in that…

— Alexander McCall Smith

My Botswana books are positive, and I've never really sought to deny that. They are positive. They present a very positive picture of the…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.

— Naomi Klein

The Congo is very wealthy from oil money but is not paying its debts and at the same time is applying for special status…

— Paul Singer

“Anybody in any employment in Botswana was expected to engage somebody to help in the house. There was nothing extravagant about this; it was,…

— Alexander McCall Smith

The time has come to end this charade. The debts are unaffordable. If they won't cancel the debts I would suggest obstruction; you do…

— Jeffrey Sachs

Although we live in a safe and stable country, Central Africa as a region has been held back by seemingly perpetual conflict - over…

— Ali Bongo Ondimba