Botswana's Duma Boko on Trump, diamonds and unemployment - BBC Africa
Botswana’s new president's main focus - and the reason behind his victory - is his promise to improve the economy.
Duma Boko says amongst his first moves will be to to sign new deal with global diamond giant De Beers.
Boko believes the agreement has been in jeopardy because of how his predecessor handled negotiations over diamond sales.
With diamond revenues assured, investors would have confidence in Botswana, which would bring in money to the country, Boko told the BBC Africa Daily podcast.
This would aid his ambition to create jobs - 100,000 a year over the next five years.
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