DATE:
January 17th, 2007 - 7:pm
LOCATION:
Laurelwood NW Public House (map), upstairs - back room.
SUGGESTED LINKS:
WIKIPEDIA: Africa
GOOGLE NEWS: Africa
UNITED NATIONS: Economic Committee for Africa
ZNET: Africa Watch
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: Africa
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How many people typically attend these events?
Hello Snoop - usually about 10-15 people come to the event. Can be as few as 5, or as many as 25, depends on the topic.
Simple:
Africa is poor, b/c of poor governance.
We don’t care, b/c we are exploiting the situation for our own profit; it is in our interest for the situation to remain as it is, there.
Africa is the last frontier which must be looked at with more care. Europe feels they have a huge emigrant control problem, turning away thousands of Africans... If Africa were not so poor, if they felt that they could have hope and improve their lives, they wouldn't want to leave. I have been asked by many people I encounter if I could invite them to the US (an invitation letter is needed for most to visit the States from Africa). In simple economics, we in the US and Europe and Asia (minus China & dev Asia), must look at outsourcing labor and Africa will be the next stop. If infrastructure, education and energy are not made a priority by the rest of the world, then we'll be paying for this grave mistake. Well those are my two cents: all the best from Sudan, Frank
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