Miles Nan: A Chinese with an African heart

When Miles Nan got an invitation from a Chinese compatriot already residing in Botswana then, he did not hesitate to start packing his bags and heading to the Promised Land. He did not doubt his friend’s advice and he got busy selling his company bonds.

“I had some businesses in China, but I decided to sell my bonds and headed for Botswana. I knew little except what I was told by my friend. The technology then was far from advance, hence we could not Google more about Botswana. But I knew it was some part of Africa with beautiful nature, peaceful and loving people. “After I got a first visiting visa to Botswana in 1998, and upon my return to China, the Botswana Ambassador in China was impressed with the feedback I gave him about the business opportunities and friendliness of Batswana in general,” he says.