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Project 3820

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  1. October 2026
  2. Weekend Post

    … Boko visited Project 3820 in Fujian Province, a development model connected to Botswana’s plans for that hub, and also examined Chinese industrial and battery technology. …

    Botswana courts Chinese capital as business forum turns diplomatic warmth into deals
  3. Daily News Botswana

    … The visit also included a benchmarking tour of Project 3820 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, which is key to Botswana's plan to establish an e-mobility hub in the Serorome Valley. …

    Boko hails China development model
  4. Daily News Botswana

    … Ms Bokhutlo-Mutapati said President Advocate Duma Boko, who was in Fuzhou in Fujian Province, yesterday, had visited Project 3820, a celebrated Chinese development blueprint that was done in phased manner and had transformed Fuzhou over the past 30 years, from a struggling econom …

    Botswana eyes e-Mobility hub
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Botswana seeks Chinese investment beyond diamond extraction

The News

Botswana hosted a business forum in Beijing with 30 local companies meeting Chinese businesses to convert political ties into commercial partnerships and investment. President Duma Boko pitched Botswana as a stable gateway to Southern Africa, seeking Chinese capital and expertise in factories, processing, technology, and market access—not just raw material financing—as diamonds account for more than 80 percent of the country's export earnings.

19 October 2026 · Weekend Post →

Monday 19 October

  1. Botswana seeks Chinese investment beyond diamond extraction

    Botswana hosted a business forum in Beijing with 30 local companies meeting Chinese businesses to convert political ties into commercial partnerships and investment. President Duma Boko pitched Botswana as a stable gateway to Southern Africa, seeking Chinese capital and expertise in factories, processing, technology, and market access—not just raw material financing—as diamonds account for more than 80 percent of the country's export earnings.

    19 October 2026 · Weekend Post →

Tuesday 13 October

  1. Boko says Botswana wants to emulate China's development model

    President Duma Boko told President Xi Jinping in Beijing that Botswana wants to follow China's rapid development path, praising China for lifting over 800 million people out of poverty in less than four decades and commending its visionary leadership since 1949.

    13 October 2026 · Daily News Botswana →

Monday 12 October

  1. Botswana plans e-mobility hub with China partnership

    Botswana aims to establish an e-mobility hub for producing and assembling electric vehicle components, leveraging its 50-year diplomatic relationship with China. A site has been identified in Serorome Valley along the Tropic of Capricorn for the project, with President Advocate Duma Boko visiting China to benchmark against Fuzhou's 30-year development transformation.

    12 October 2026 · Daily News Botswana →

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