The 2nd diamond revolution :: Mmegi Online

An ambitious plan for Botswana to chart its own course in the diamond industry, which has been on the drawing boards at Government Enclave since 2002, is about to unfold. As WANETSHA MOSINYI reports, key aspects of "the second diamond revolution" entail almost parting ways with the De Beers single channel and selling on the free market, as well as establishing a whole gamut of downstream industries

If it were up to Dr Akolang Tombale, the coming of "the second diamond revolution", a reference to the proposed Botswana Diamond Centre and its ambitious projects, would be implemented as soon as possible.

The second diamond revolution will see the Botswana government develop a separate diamond marketing process outside the De Beers system. Tombale, who is the Coordinator of the Diamond Hub, said in an exclusive interview with Business Week that if the BDC was implemented properly, it would contribute to the industrialisation of Botswana.

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