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The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built upon its own indigenous institutions.

But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability.

I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side.

Botswana has an incredible future if it can wrestle the HIV scenario to the ground.

For every African state, like Ghana, where democratic institutions seem secure, there is a Mali, a Cote d'Ivoire, and a Zimbabwe, where democracy is in trouble.

Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.

The Congo is very wealthy from oil money but is not paying its debts and at the same time is applying for special status at the World Bank. That's shocking and disingenuous.

What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.

Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.

Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do it in relative peace and security.