Thanks LJD, I absolutely agree with a lot of your points, but also want to
point out that it is up to Africans to take advantage of such initiatives
and demand to be a leader in controlling what rightfully belongs to them.
 It is indisputable that US is one of if not the biggest market in terms of
investment. So for Africa to have the opportunity to access US markets and
for US businesses to invest in Africa it is a great opportunity...

Now the question is whether our leaders will live to our expectations by
taking advantage of this situation. Africa without a doubt is the last
frontier in terms of economic prosperity and political freedom. So I think
we also need to look at the potentials  of such an opportunity...

Watching the Business forum I think there were significant projects
initiatives signed by heads of business executives. It is a matter of what
will Africa demand at the table... I see positive things from this summit
and again you can call me an optimist...

Thanks

Demba


On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I say an utterly worthless jamboree for the ordinary of Gambia, and the
> rest of Africa.
>
> Even more confounding is the rather perplexing issue of rulers, and a
> continent, that refuses to grow up in international transactions, public,
> or private. If there is any benefit at all, the US is the main beneficiary,
> economically speaking, considering Africa's widely accepted status as a
> major, virtually untapped market. It is a vast emerging market for buying
> and selling, and on either side of that coin, US businesses have the
> resources, and the expertise, and every conceivable advantage considering
> the clout that anchors Uncle Sams global merchants transacting across
> international boundaries. If someone needs you, he comes to you, not you to
> him. Childish rulers leading resource-rich countries in a global economic
> climate every bit saturated for the mature economies in their own internal
> markets. The scramble is truly under-way and with rulers interested in the
> now, individual countries, and the continent, would be short-changed
> however you look at it. And the ensuing contracts, some very long term, are
> going to be enforced by international rules that work only against the
> powerless.
>
> The US is well aware that decision making in Africa, even in the somewhat
> admirable countries like Senegal, and Ghana, is still a one-stop-shop, and
> therefore quite immature. There is effectively no scrutiny of even
> transactions that bind a country for decades in the future. All an
> 'investor' needs is to sort out a few persons to freely loot a national
> economy.
>
> A sad occasion indeed as there is no need talking about governance in a
> gathering whose sole purpose is enlarging the US economic base.
>
>
> LJDarbo
>
>
>
>
>
>
>   On Monday, 4 August 2014, 23:19, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>
> What was the purpose? How realistic? Or photo-up for both sides? What was
> talked about? How binding?
>
> Was anyone concern with democracy and the protection of the rights of the
> people. Or more aid for Ebola and other problems continuous bad governance
> caused and/or compounded?
>
> What's the real benefit? Who're the beneficiaries? Why domestic
> oppositions/CSOs not invited to counter government heavy-handedness? Or
> they believe governments will police themselves without vigilant citizens?
>
> Should the later happen - who will represent Gambian dissents? Giving we
> have no National Face!
>
> What say you?
>
> Burama
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