The Electric Car - A dream by people without electricity!

President Mokgweetsi Masisi is an exorbitant optimist, a good quality to possess when you are attempting to launch a revolution in the car industry.

Promising to change mass market industrialisation with something seemingly far-fetched may not pass as a great reputation to have, let alone acknowledge. President Masisi wishes to see Botswana successfully develop an electric vehicle (EV)

This bullish announcement was first made at a BDP Regional Congress in February 2019, a few days after a return from Davos, Switzerland, where Audi provided 50 green electricity powered EVs for the annual meeting.

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CAF is a joke, but...

We are told of massive spin-offs for hosting countries, which we assume was the catalyst behind putting in the bid.We are not too sure if it is a one-size fits all, where any hosting nation reaps the benefits or it’s on a case-by-case basis.There are arguments from both ends, with hosting a sure way to accelerate infrastructure development and a guaranteed cash flow during the 30-days of the tournament.There is a bump in employment creation...

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