Al Mansour’s billion-dollar pledges face reality check

The excitement surrounding Qatar’s Al Mansour Holdings and its whirlwind multibillion-dollar investment pledges across Africa – including Botswana’s much hyped US$12 billion deal – is fast giving way to growing skepticism.

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