Mar 10, 2020 6:32 AM
Replying to Daire Guiney
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Dear Anton,
One thing that needs to change about Africa is it perception and how it is perceived by the West.
I was the generation that grew up with Band Aid and Live Aid and raising money for starving children in Africa.
This is still continuing to this day with many charities actively engaged and on the ground in war torn African Countries.
As a result there is a perception that African people cant look after themselves and everything was fine when a large proportion of African countries were colonies.
This stigma and reputation is hard to shift and I feel that the next growth in African will be exploitation of a different kind. It wont be about natural resources but the next sweat factories, markets for cheap products and locking in to long term contracts to managed a countries national assets.
So I think Africa needs to get its mojo back, realize they have tremendous wealth in their people and see beyond cultural differences and understand that if properly managed Africa should be the riches continent on the planet.
Daire
