Front row, third from right: Honorable J. Nkate, Minister of Lands and Housing, Botswana with participants and other distinguished guests
Southern African participants at the GBDI Business Day Session
GBDI Business Forum Luncheon. Distinguished Guests include Dr. Ray Morton, USAID; Botswana  U.S. Ambassador Lang and  Dr. Sharon Shivert, Vice Chancellor, University of Botswana 
Testimonials: Southern Africa

"[It was an] excellent opportunity to network with a well-chosen spectrum of skills; the speeches represent a faculty of well-informed people."

— Sean Kilnhradt, lawyer, South Africa. Participant in GBDI's Gaborone (Botswana) training course, August 2000.

"The GBDI course has been fully informative, interactive and one which will certainly contribute to our country and region's advancement."

— K.F.Lan Chow Wing, scientist, Mauritius. Participant in GBDI's Gaborone (Botswana) training course, August 2000.

"GBDI, through its Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Law training course, is ensuring that the African continent, driven by fear that it might once again miss the bus of opportunities, braces to become an integrated part of the biological resource market. The presentations, information and course materials supplied by GBDI have provided Southern Africa with enough knowledge to elevate [it] from an ignorant, exploited region to become a well informed, major player in the field of biological negotiation."

— Francis Joubert, Lawyer, South Africa. Participant in GBDI Gaborone (Botswana) training course, August 2000.