How Africa and rich countries can both profit from renewable energy

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• Johnson Tunu @johnsontunu2 10 years ago

  Foreign capitalists are more likely to be attracted to projects which will bring them profit and can benefit European as well as African economies.If terrorism can be kept at bay, then ambitious projects such as converting th ...
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  Foreign capitalists are more likely to be attracted to projects which will bring them profit and can benefit European as well as African economies.If terrorism can be kept at bay, then ambitious projects such as converting the Sahara, Sahel and elsewhere into a solar energy hub for both continents. Many job opportunities will open up, helping to reduce the unwelcome youth labour flow to Europe. European governments and capitalists need to play a more active role in economic development in post-colonial Africa, as they have done unintentionally in China. All the talk of reparations for colonial and slave exploitation will fall on deaf ears just because no humans will do such a grandiose thing unless it's in their self-interest. If Europeans want to ease the migration pressure on them, they must be more responsive to mutually beneficial development projects. They must put more pressure on limitless term leaders on the continent, because good governance, which is a prerequisite for foreign investment,is also necessary to curb labour outflows. Obama's recent visit to our continent and his messages on term limits are in the right direction.

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• MARCUSAMPADU 10 years ago

  Such a timely article and only one response, either Ghanaweb visitors don't understand what Mr. Abubakar painstakingly wrote or they don't find it political enough. We are lost, to put it mildly.

  Such a timely article and only one response, either Ghanaweb visitors don't understand what Mr. Abubakar painstakingly wrote or they don't find it political enough. We are lost, to put it mildly.

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