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Botswana, China
Gaborone hopes to seduce Chinese investors with coal

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Botswana's mining authorities, seeking to take advantage of Beijing's embargo on Australian coal and the overheat in South African production, have launched a charm offensive to get Chinese investors to buy their black stuff.

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Inner Circle | Botswana
Lynette Armstrong's levers of influence to consolidate Debswana's diamond business

Having suddenly found herself at the helm of Debswana in 2019 following the premature death of her predecessor, Lynette Armstrong has been running Botswana's leading diamond producer in an acting capacity. With the appointment of a permanent managing director pending, she has been activating her networks as well as renegotiating the contract to sell the company's diamonds with its two shareholders, the Botswanan state and De Beers.

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Lynette Armstrong has been running Botswana's leading diamond producer in an acting capacity.

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Kenya's Minister of Agriculture in Nairobi, in March 2020.
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