A Huge tract of Land |
Backed by their governments and bankrolled with huge trade and investment profits and budget surpluses, wealthy nations are acquiring vast tracts of fertile lands from countries in Africa, Asia and
Whereas business contracts ought to be respected and encouraged, pertinent questions need answering: whose land is being leased? If it is trust land, have respective governments consulted their citizens? Why haven’t respective countries allowed local entrepreneurs to make use of this land? Why is it that out of the 31 countries facing acute food shortage, 21 are found in
African leaders and elites ought to look inward and be innovative enough to enable their populations tap the vast opportunities that abound in the continent. Failure to do this will perpetuate the status quo that for centuries has prevented