BOTSWANA PAYS STUDENTS TO GO TO UNIVERSITY – HERE’S WHY AFRICA SHOULD COPY THIS
While most African students struggle with fees, accommodation, and survival—Botswana’s government PAYS them to attend university.
THE FACTS:
✅ P1,500/month ($114) for on-campus students
✅ P1,950/month ($144) for off-campus students
✅ EVERY tertiary student qualifies
✅ It’s not a loan—it’s FREE money
And President Duma Gideon Boko just promised to INCREASE it to P2,500/month ($190) for ALL tertiary students.
WHY BOTSWANA CAN DO THIS:
➡️ Diamonds + good governance = investment in people
➡️ They understand: Educated citizens = Prosperous nation
➡️ No corruption eating education budgets
➡️ Leadership that believes youth ARE the future, not just says it
COMPARE THIS TO THE REST OF AFRICA:
1️⃣ NIGERIA : Students protest unpaid allowances for months
2️⃣ KENYA : University funding crisis, mass dropouts
3️⃣ SOUTH AFRICA : #FeesMustFall protests, student debt crisis
4️⃣ GHANA : Students struggle to afford basic meals
Meanwhile Botswana students receive MONTHLY CASH to focus on their studies instead of survival.
THE MESSAGE:
This isn’t charity. It’s INVESTMENT.
Botswana ranks among Africa’s most stable, prosperous nations not by accident, but because they invest in human capital.
When you pay students to learn, you get:
➡️ Higher graduation rates
➡️ Less dropout due to poverty
➡️ Students focused on education, not hustling
➡️ Skilled workforce ready to build the nation
AFRICA, TAKE NOTE:
We have the resources. We lack the WILL and systems to use them for our people instead of foreign bank accounts.
Botswana proves African governments CAN prioritize citizens over corruption. It’s a CHOICE.
President Duma Boko is continuing this legacy. Students are waiting for that P2,500 increase, but even the current system is LIGHT YEARS ahead of most African nations.
If Botswana can do it, why can’t the rest of us?
Maybe because our leaders are too busy stealing what should go to students.
This is what good governance looks like. Africa, we can do better.
African hype media
The article and its author assumes a size that fits all. What is the population of Nigeria or Kenya? What is the population of Bostwana?
Just that should put things in perspective and shows the writer of the article let alone its editors didnt stop to ask themselves fundamental questions.
Just to further shed light to the point I am making. We all come from homes. Hopefully with parents. Would it be right to compel your parents to provide what the neighbour next provides for his children? Can your parents afford to splurge on you while your sibbling go hungry? Each home has priorities and those priorities are based of the constrains of the parents who provide for the based on the income that the parents earn. Quit publishing articles that sow seeds of discontent in Zambians that seek to breed disquiet among us…. While I illuminate the notions of the article by way of a family, Zambia is still trying to “wade its way” out of bankrupcy. A situation where we tried to “keep up with the Jones” in more developed economies. And look where it ended us up in? Lets not pretend this country and all others are the same. Lets apprecaite our differences and live within our means. Whatever our government can do appreciate their efforts and work hard by being productive for the burden to be lifted for the next generation. Hard work a small population and productivity is maybe why Bostwana is able to afford what it can give its youths. Lets learn from them by working hard for the next generation.