I never thought I’d feel such patriotic feelings for a country I’ve never been to

Botswana being more of a Chad than actual Chad

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 KZfaq clips. Ever since I have wanted to witness this African wonder first hand. I really hope to visit someday.

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*

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. 🇧🇼

finally, a non-corrupt politican but seriously, every country's leader should aim to be like this

A rare case where IMF money is being used effectively 😂

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.

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

Becoming rich as a resource-rich country: Step 1: Dig every mineral out of the damn soil Step 2: Try not to be corrupt

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

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.

Those men deserved the titles "Sir". That much growth and improvement within a land-locked African country is astounding

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.

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.

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

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

I think this shows that, almost never, a country is "doomed to fail". The right people in the right positions make things possible

When Botswana has less corruption and more human rights than the USA:

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.

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!

Me literally learning how to create a countries economy instead of doing my homework

Dude be born and decided to be a not corrupt, nor racist, and no power hungry chad

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.

As a South African, I have huge respect for Botswana 🇧🇼

"be practical, not ideological" hits me hard, since we believe Ideology is number one important

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.

This is actually really inspiring. Great on you Botswana, may you continue to rise 🇧🇼🇧🇼

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.

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.

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 ❤️

I burst into tears of happiness after watching this. I am so damn proud of my fellow Botswanians. I am Indian by the way.

This makes feel proud to be a Motswana 🇧🇼.

Why you got to do my man Sankara like that. It’s not his fault he was assassinated.

Your story telling format is wonderful. Very creative I loved it.

This is so inspiring. Thanks for sharing. Hope Botswana continue to grow like this, love from India

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?

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.

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.

I love when real life examples show that democracy is the right way

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. 🤷

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.

As an African, this video was heart warming as i was losing belief in Sub-Saharan leadership as a whole

Dang, I'm impressed that a landlocked country did well! Nice one, Botswana

Racists: Black people ruin government! Botswana: laughs in 1970s

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.

this channel is great so glad i discovered this

Seretse Khama: a person that should be known, studied and admired by everyone.

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!

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.

this was such a feel good video. i am so emotional and happy for Botswana :')

Botswana gives me hope for all of Africa, if they can do it we can do it too

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...

You know I was waiting for "but", however this turned out to be a wholesome guide on how to make a successful country.

Lol Sir Seretse Khama was not a 'random dude', he came from the nobility of an ancient culture.

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😁

Honesty botswana got really lucky with their leader whos could see the future

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.

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! 🙂

Damn, great video! I loved the small animations

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 🤠

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.

Until this day, I thought that it was impossible to grow without some sort of suppression of human rights. Botswana proves me wrong. I would like to read more in details about this nation.

I like your form of presentation. Actually got me hooked..and I learned something.

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

The Top Gear ending was such a good addition. The two presidents genuinely seem like they are awesome.

This shows how important leadership is. A while away is the country of Equatorial Guinea. The country is literally drowning in money from its oil reserves, and yet the vast majority of its population lives in extreme poverty while the elites splurge in luxury. Botswana is an example of a government that truly loves and cares for its people. All governments throughout the world should try to emulate this.

The best video every African politician should watch and try to implement.

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!

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.

Behold, Switzerland, But in Africa

4:15 damn where have i seen that before *Franklin Roosevelt vibes*

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.

Real life Wakanda

I wish teachers and the media would cover success stories like this instead of just all the doom and gloom we hear about when we hear about Africa.

Be practical instead of ideological would solve 50% of the worlds problems

Step 1: have large amounts of mineral wealth sitting under your country.

This was very informative, as a Motswana citizen thanks for spreading the word of how we developed so far😁

Man really just walked into office and said "aite let's fix up this whole shit".

Wow. Thanks for introducing me to this country. I'll keep an eye out for botswana

1. Have a good leader.

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

I'm in love with this video... Never knew about this country's past until now... Thank you, and instant subscribe!

“During our trip to Africa, you may recall we went to a PARK IN BOTSWANA” ~George W. Bush

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?!🏍️

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.

Wow...I genuinely learnt something new today. Cheers.

First time I have heard of a history of this country. Respect and good wishes.

I had no idea Botswana was so posperous, Stay Strong, Be Stronger. Respect from India

I didn't know about Botswana's story...we have so much to learn from these African nations....we have to take note of them. India's gonna learn from you be assured.....love from India🇮🇳❤️🇧🇼

Thank you for the very interesting video. God bless Botswana!

I know where my next African holiday is now! Botswana’s recent history sounds inspiring!

I feel like alot of african countries are starting to sprout, examples like morocco, Rwanda and Botswana! Respect!

I love your content so much. I would love to see it skyrocket in popularity!

Thanks for uploading.

Man, I feel really good about all this stuff that i didn’t do, thanks britmonkey

The way this is animated is outstanding for a small channel. First time ive ever seen. Keep Up!

Nice content. Hidden gem of Africa.

Healthcare, public education, peace, non-corrupt, etc. The usa should take notes lol

What a wholesome video. Thanks.