Why Botswana

1. No foreign exchange controls.
2. The Africa Growth & Opportunity Act of the United States allows new opportunities for duty free and quota free access to U.S markets.
3. Corporate tax is only 15 % for manufacturing companies and IFSC companies.
4. Duty free and quota free access to EU market.
5. Duty free access to South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.
6. Preferential access to markets of 14 Southern African countries.
7. Botswana is the most transparent country in Africa, according to Transparency International. There is an official policy of zero tolerance for corruption.
8. Low personal income tax, the highest bracket being only 25%.
9. Zero corporate tax under Development Approval Order.
10. Industrial relations are good and trade unions are not militant.