The African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) is a country-led, public-private development partnership between the Government of Botswana, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Merck & Co., Inc/The Merck Company Foundation dedicated to supporting and enhancing Botswana’s national response to HIV/AIDS.
ACHAP has four strategic areas of focus:
1. Scaling-up HIV prevention;
2. Expansion of HIV counseling & testing capacity including post-test services;
3. Continued support to the national ARV program; and
4. Advocacy and mobilization/empowerment of communities and people living with HIV/AIDS. ... [according to site editor's information]
Das African Studies Program an der Indiana University bietet auf diesen Seiten umfangreiche Ressourcen zum Üben von afrikanischen Sprachen. Die "African language materials" unter "IUB Language Lab" und die "Folk Tales and Songs" sind frei zugänglich. Sie bieten Audiodateien und Texte (Oralliteratur, Musiktexte) zu den Sprachen: Bambara / Bamanankan, Zulu, Swahili, Twi / Akan, Wolof, Yoruba, Xhosa, Shona, Afrikaans, Amharisch, Hausa, Südsotho / Sesotho, Tswana, Luganda. ... [Redaktion ilissAfrica]
The Bank of Botswana is Botswana's central bank.
The official website presents general information of the bank and legal framework; releases news, states Botswana's financial and economic data. Users can get access to its publications, statistics and official publications. [Editors EconBiz]
Birdlife Botswana is part of Birdlife International and strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. [according to editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
BAMB is a government Public Enterprise. Its mandate is to provide a market for locally grown scheduled crops such as cereals, pulses/beans and oilseeds, and ensure that adequate supplies exist for sale to customers at affordable prices.
It acts as a one stop agricultural service to the farming community and customers alike: buying, packaging, processing and marketing locally produced grains, pulses; selling a wide range of animal feeds, agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, seeds, pesticides and packaging materials. ... [according to site editor's information]
The Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA) is a body corporate, and hence a parastatal under the Ministry of Agriculture and an associate institution of the University of Botswana. Its mission is to produce high quality graduates, generate suitable technologies and provide advisory services to improve agriculture productivity through:
* innovative teaching;
* relevant research; and
* customer-driven service ... [according to site editor's information]
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is the third biggest party in Botswana. The party was formed in 1998 to provide a credible alternative to the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) that has been in power since independence in 1966. The party leader is Gilson Saleshando. [according to site editor's information]
The BDP is the dominant (conservative) party in Botswana. Its actual chairman is Daniel Kwelagobe in succession of Ian Khama, now President of Botswana. [editors ilissAfrica]
The Botswana Development Corporation is a parastatal that has the task to provide financial assistance to investors with commercially viable projects. It supports projects that generate sustainable employment for Botswana and add to the skills of the local workforce. As far as possible, BDC wishes to limit its involvement in new projects to a minority interest but will bear the major burden of development where this is in the national interest. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) is voluntary Family Planning Association Affiliated to the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). BOFWA promotes service delivery, organisation and management and advocacy for the provision of sexual and reproductive health to enhance better family life for youth, men, women and families. ... [according to site editor's information]