October/19/2013 1:16 pm Posted By: GC Staff
MUST READ: BBC Africa’s Komla Dumor Takes Issue With The Frustrations Of The Continent’s Bureaucracy
Clearly, Komla Dumor has nailed it rightly…
The sort of bureaucracy in all sectors of Africa is beyond measure, making life extensively difficult for the ordinary people engaged in legitimate businesses.
The irony of this that; in spite of the bureaucracy which makes it a headache for legitimate people and goods to move from one end of Africa to another, the illegal stuff are able to pass through this frontier easily—kind courtesy of bribery and corruption…
Via BBC;
A few years ago I had an interesting conversation with an Ethiopian businessman as I was sitting at a bar in a hotel in Addis Ababa.
He had come over and introduced himself, telling me that he was an exporter of meat products and business was going well.
I asked him where his major markets were; he responded: “Mainly the UAE and Gulf region.”
What about other African countries I enquired.
He gave me a quizzical look as if I was asking him a silly question.
He then explained why it was cheaper to send his products to the Gulf than across the border to another African country.
He gave me a long list of complaints from red tape bureaucracy to transportation costs and other “hidden fees”.
Ironically he claimed that someone in the Gulf was re-exporting his meat with a different label to the African countries that he found too expensive to export to.
His sentiments are backed by numbers: Whereas roughly 60% of Europe’s trade is with other European countries, only 12% of African trade is with other African countries.
I can relate to some of the issues my businessman friend raised.
Frank talk
I have had the pleasure of travelling to several nations across Africa – and each country has given me extraordinary experiences and there are many places that now really feel like home when I touch down: Johannesburg, Maputo, Nairobi or Lagos.
However the process of getting from point A to point B can still be a struggle.
Earlier this year I travelled to Morocco for a big African conference.
October/19/2013 12:52 pm Posted By: GC Staff
TWEET OF THE DAY: The Woman Who Loves Them Rich-Naomi Campbell Spotted With Nigerian Millionaire Kola Aluko
Naomi Campbell loves them when they’ve REAL cash so having been spotted with Nigerian millionaire-Kola Aluko is interesting pic.twitter.com/OFgKLwMEGQ
October/19/2013 1:16 pm Posted By: GC Staff
MUST READ: BBC Africa’s Komla Dumor Takes Issue With The Frustrations Of The Continent’s Bureaucracy
Clearly, Komla Dumor has nailed it rightly…
The sort of bureaucracy in all sectors of Africa is beyond measure, making life extensively difficult for the ordinary people engaged in legitimate businesses.
The irony of this that; in spite of the bureaucracy which makes it a headache for legitimate people and goods to move from one end of Africa to another, the illegal stuff are able to pass through this frontier easily—kind courtesy of bribery and corruption…
Via BBC;
A few years ago I had an interesting conversation with an Ethiopian businessman as I was sitting at a bar in a hotel in Addis Ababa.
He had come over and introduced himself, telling me that he was an exporter of meat products and business was going well.
I asked him where his major markets were; he responded: “Mainly the UAE and Gulf region.”
What about other African countries I enquired.
He gave me a quizzical look as if I was asking him a silly question.
He then explained why it was cheaper to send his products to the Gulf than across the border to another African country.
He gave me a long list of complaints from red tape bureaucracy to transportation costs and other “hidden fees”.
Ironically he claimed that someone in the Gulf was re-exporting his meat with a different label to the African countries that he found too expensive to export to.
His sentiments are backed by numbers: Whereas roughly 60% of Europe’s trade is with other European countries, only 12% of African trade is with other African countries.
I can relate to some of the issues my businessman friend raised.
Frank talk
I have had the pleasure of travelling to several nations across Africa – and each country has given me extraordinary experiences and there are many places that now really feel like home when I touch down: Johannesburg, Maputo, Nairobi or Lagos.
However the process of getting from point A to point B can still be a struggle.
Earlier this year I travelled to Morocco for a big African conference.
October/19/2013 12:52 pm Posted By: GC Staff
TWEET OF THE DAY: The Woman Who Loves Them Rich-Naomi Campbell Spotted With Nigerian Millionaire Kola Aluko
Naomi Campbell loves them when they’ve REAL cash so having been spotted with Nigerian millionaire-Kola Aluko is interesting pic.twitter.com/OFgKLwMEGQ
October/19/2013 1:16 pm Posted By: GC Staff
MUST READ: BBC Africa’s Komla Dumor Takes Issue With The Frustrations Of The Continent’s Bureaucracy
Clearly, Komla Dumor has nailed it rightly…
The sort of bureaucracy in all sectors of Africa is beyond measure, making life extensively difficult for the ordinary people engaged in legitimate businesses.
The irony of this that; in spite of the bureaucracy which makes it a headache for legitimate people and goods to move from one end of Africa to another, the illegal stuff are able to pass through this frontier easily—kind courtesy of bribery and corruption…
Via BBC;
A few years ago I had an interesting conversation with an Ethiopian businessman as I was sitting at a bar in a hotel in Addis Ababa.
He had come over and introduced himself, telling me that he was an exporter of meat products and business was going well.
I asked him where his major markets were; he responded: “Mainly the UAE and Gulf region.”
What about other African countries I enquired.
He gave me a quizzical look as if I was asking him a silly question.
He then explained why it was cheaper to send his products to the Gulf than across the border to another African country.
He gave me a long list of complaints from red tape bureaucracy to transportation costs and other “hidden fees”.
Ironically he claimed that someone in the Gulf was re-exporting his meat with a different label to the African countries that he found too expensive to export to.
His sentiments are backed by numbers: Whereas roughly 60% of Europe’s trade is with other European countries, only 12% of African trade is with other African countries.
I can relate to some of the issues my businessman friend raised.
Frank talk
I have had the pleasure of travelling to several nations across Africa – and each country has given me extraordinary experiences and there are many places that now really feel like home when I touch down: Johannesburg, Maputo, Nairobi or Lagos.
However the process of getting from point A to point B can still be a struggle.
Earlier this year I travelled to Morocco for a big African conference.
October/19/2013 12:52 pm Posted By: GC Staff
TWEET OF THE DAY: The Woman Who Loves Them Rich-Naomi Campbell Spotted With Nigerian Millionaire Kola Aluko
Naomi Campbell loves them when they’ve REAL cash so having been spotted with Nigerian millionaire-Kola Aluko is interesting pic.twitter.com/OFgKLwMEG
Naomi
Campbell loves them when they’ve REAL cash so having been spotted with
Nigerian millionaire-Kola Aluko is interesting
pic.twitter.com/OFgKLwMEGQ - See more at:
http://www.ghanacelebrities.com/#sthash.DCDx0Tty.dpuf
Naomi
Campbell loves them when they’ve REAL cash so having been spotted with
Nigerian millionaire-Kola Aluko is interesting
pic.twitter.com/OFgKLwMEGQ - See more at:
http://www.ghanacelebrities.com/#sthash.DCDx0Tty.dpuf
Naomi was spotted with this nigerian millionaire kola aluko,Who is an international businessman. His commercial interests span a number of industries globally and include energy and private aviation.We all know naomi love them when they have real cash so spotted with kola is kinda interesting#lol
