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Inner circles | Botswana
Farouk Ismail, Choppies founder and political philanthropist

One of Botswana's wealthiest tycoons, Farouk Ismail, frequently donates to the country's most high-profile charities. Founder of country's supermarket leader Choppies, which has stores across southern Africa, this charitable strategy is a way of making friends with Botswana's heads of state. [...]
Published on 18.09.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes
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Inner circles | Botswana
Lynette Armstrong's levers of influence to consolidate Debswana's diamond business

Having suddenly found herself at the helm of Debswana in 2019 following the premature death of her predecessor, Lynette Armstrong has been running Botswana's leading diamond producer in an acting capacity. With the appointment of a permanent managing director pending, she has been activating her networks as well as renegotiating the contract to sell the company's diamonds with its two shareholders, the Botswanan state and De Beers.

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Lynette Armstrong has been running Botswana's leading diamond producer in an acting capacity.

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