Barack Obama: Africa should stop making economic excuses

[Stankonia]

thats pathetic, truly fukking pathetic.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Africa's weath/natural resources is still being stolen to this day, bytch nikka.

and their leaders let it happen. Some of these heads of state aren't immune to that criticism.

In this world you only own what you defend.

If that means foregoing a World Bank loan or killing outsiders, you do what you must, if you feel you must.

Period.

 

[OG_StankBrefs]

So over dis false flaggin nikka.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Barack Obama: Africa should stop making economic excuses
US president tells African leaders to look inward for solutions instead of blaming the west for the continent's problems

Barack Obama greets African attendees of a leadership fellowship in Washington. He says African leaders should look forward, not back. Photograph: UP/Landov/Barcroft
The US president has told African leaders to look inward for solutions to the continent's economic problems instead of making "excuses" based on a history of dependence and colonisation.

Barack Obama, who was speaking to 500 young Africans finishing a six-week Washington leadership fellowship, will host the Africa leaders summit in Washington next week. He said while it was important for developed countries to consider providing targeted debt relief, it was time to end the notion that all of Africa's problems resulted from "onerous debt imposed by the west".

"At some point, we have to stop looking somewhere else for solutions, and you have to start looking for solutions internally," Obama said. "And as powerful as history is, and you need to know that history, at some point, you have to look to the future and say, 'OK, we didn't get a good deal then, but let's make sure that we're not making excuses for not going forward.'"

Obama's remarks amounted to a rejection of comments last month from the president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who said western neocolonial domination of Africa had impeded development. At a summit of the 54-nation African Union, Mbasogo also blasted what he said were excessively low exchange rates, problems with the pricing of natural resources, and western-imposed barriers to international trade.

Obama said there was not a single country in Africa that could not makebetter use of its resources. "There are a lot of countries that are generating a lot of income, have a lot of natural resources, but are not putting that money back into villages to educate children," he said. "There are a lot of countries where the leaders have a lot of resources, but the money is not going back to provide health clinics for young mothers."

The summit will convene economic and political leaders from across Africa to discuss the continent's development and the US's role in partnership and investment. The three-day conference will start on Monday.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-d...ca-leaders-summit-economic-excuses?CMP=twt_gu

This part is true and ya'll ALL know it.

Ain't no reason for some of these heads of state to be in power.

 

[714562]

US gives billions to Israel, but Africa gets the

There are several African nations among the top U.S. aid recipients, though

 

[Rekkapryde]

why he always gotta blame black people?

I don't think it's "blame". I get what he's saying. I think it's more "you got fukked over, the mufukkaz in power aint gonna give you shyt for free, so take it upon yourselves as a group to build yourselves up".

Of course it's easier said than done, but I do think the countries in Africa should take control of their shyt. If it means the people kicking out all of these mufukkaz who get rich off of Africa's resources without giving back, so be it. If it means "war", I think many would fall back seeing as how China would have their back in many of these countries.

Even here in the states, I do think we have WAY more power than we think in this country, ESPECIALLY economically. We can EASILY shut down and/or hurt the pockets of a lot of mufukkaz if we banded together. All these other groups go out of their way to help each other, we still have work to do in that area.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

How the heck did I vote for this moron???

 

[Rekkapryde]

How the heck did I vote for this moron???

Yall need to stop....you know the alternative..

And I don't think he's wrong in that the fact that some of these countries need to control their own resources and give back to its people (man of the fukked up countries there don't).

However, the problem is that "others" control the resources in these countries and they need to

 

[BiggWebb79]

This part is true and ya'll ALL know it.

Ain't no reason for some of these heads of state to be in power.

Yea but you know self responsibility is a no go for some of these nogros

 

[88m3]

US gives billions to Israel, but Africa gets the

http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/data/fast-facts.html

It's more fun when we use facts.

 

[humble forever]

obama keeping it real and you know he has a clearer view of what's going on in africa in the present day than some coli poster militant


one of us said what he said on here yall fakkits would rape that person with negs

i caught one the other day for implying parts of africa may not be so safe to "visit and fix" or whatever yall plan to do
stay salty and dreamin

http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/data/fast-facts.html

It's more fun when we use facts.

gets me heated to see how much money we are wasting in Afghanistan

 

[Kritic]

US gives billions to Israel, but Africa gets the

[devil] well africa and africans aren't smart enough to form an organization like aipac to do the lobbying for their govt's or companies. so fuq em [/advocate]

 

[88m3]

Recipients—By Region (obligations)

• Sub-Saharan Africa received the largest share of economic assistance—25 percent.
• Of the 48 countries that received over $100 million in economic assistance, 20 were in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Of the 182 countries that received economic assistance in 2012,
  • 48 were in Sub-Saharan Africa,
  • 47 were in Europe and Eurasia,
  • 37 were in Asia,
  • 31 were in Latin America and the Caribbean,
  • 18 were in the Middle East and North Africa, and
  • 1 (Canada) was non-regionally specified.

• The United States remained the world's largest bilateral donor, obligating approximately $48.4 billion—$31.2 billion in economic assistance and $17.2 billion in military assistance. By comparison, the United States obligated $30.7 billion and $18.3 billion, respectively, in FY2011.
• $19.1 billion of the $31.2 billion in obligated U.S. economic assistance went to 182 countries; the rest was obligated to non-specified regions. Afghanistan received the most, approximately $3.3 billion, while Brunei received the least, just $3,950.
• The U.S. disbursed $19.0 billion in economic assistance to 184 countries; it disbursed $14.2 billion in military assistance to 142 countrie

FY2012 Top 5 Recipients by Region of U.S. Economic Assistance
(Obligations, in $US millions)
Country20112012
Asia
Afghanistan2,6673,326
Pakistan7591,138
Bangladesh217246
Indonesia234214
India106174
Europe and Eurasia
Russia904339
Ukraine209207
Georgia8878
Kyrgyzstan6077
Kazakhstan9076
Latin America and the Caribbean
Colombia286544
Haiti1,198510
Guatemala153130
Mexico335118
Peru133102
Middle East and North Africa
Jordan536832
Iraq1,142783
West Bank/Gaza469457
Yemen79237
Lebanon115141
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethiopia552865
Kenya865746
Tanzania453399
South Sudan344395
Congo (Kinshasa)403370
SOURCE: USAID Foreign Assistance Database (http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/).
Prepared by USAID Economic Analysis and Data Services.

 

[Poitier]

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Africa: How Obama Can Get the U.S.-Africa Summit Right
BY TOBY MOFFETT AND AUBREY HRUBY, 17 JULY 2014
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GUEST COLUMN

Washington, DC — Washington in early August is known for inactivity. During these long and hot 'Dog Days', Congress departs for its annual recess. Families, including the First one, pack up for an annual vacation.

But this year, the President will host the biggest group of country leaders to ever visit our Capitol for a summit, all at once. This one-of-a-kind event, featuring three days of official meetings, will include participation by leaders from nearly 50 African countries.

Better late than never, one might say. As we all have heard, seven of the 10 fastest growing countries in the world are African. But, in recent years, the United States has had to get in line to engage with Africa. Roads, dams and airports are being built. So are hotels and office building skyscrapers. And pipelines and power plants.

More often than not, it's the Chinese who are doing the building. If not them, it's the Brazilians or Turks or Indians. Even Malaysia, Norway, and Russia are kicking our butt.

The line is getting longer and the competition stronger. Now African countries investing across Africa are making us look bad. After South Africa, Morocco is the second largest investor in Sub-Saharan Africa among nations on the continent.

Maybe this Obama summit will begin to change all that. But these are not your grandfather's African leaders. This generation is, by and large, better educated, more accomplished in fields other than politics, more likely to have been elected in free and fair contests, and more likely to embrace the rule of law than their predecessors.

The leaders do not come begging. They do not come to lobby our President for a new aid package. They are more interested in partnerships than handouts. They are the ones being courted now - by dozens of global companies but, usually, not ours.

We've both been in waiting rooms outside the offices of important ministers in many African countries. We've both noted the high-level business delegations from those other countries march in and out, often departing with major contracts. We've rarely seen American executives there.

This summit won't significantly make up that deficit. But it can provide a solid roadmap for U.S. relations with these countries in the years ahead and a platform for mutual commercial prosperity.

But only if the President and his team pay attentions to these 'dos' and 'don'ts':

The Don'ts

1. Don't preach and patronize. Most political leaders don't enjoy listening to their counterparts talk at them - diplomacy by nature is about dialogue. And in this case, the danger is even greater; most African leaders think the United States is, at best, hesitant on Africa and, at worst ignorant and condescending.

2. Don't treat this as a Lions Club convention. Heads of countries don't do strategic meetings en masse or sit through 'break-out' sessions.

3. Don't raise expectations too high, desperately seeking concrete results from the summit. You've won points just by creating the event. Don't try to overreach with vague and/or warmed-over initiatives. If you try to feature 'accomplishments' that are mostly borrowing on existing programs and already-approved funding, these leaders will see through it.

The Dos

1. Do create important audiences for what these leaders have to say. Most U.S.-based global companies are late to the game (you know who you are!). Insist that CEOs come to DC to listen to these leaders. It's likely they'll be impressed with what they hear. Follow up is everything and the White House must continue to encourage and support U.S. firms as they launch business development efforts in the region so to effectively speed up market success. Do the same with a group of university and college presidents who will be educating the next generation of U.S. and African leaders.

2. Do provide some focus. Talk to these leaders about how to make the Obama "Power Africa" initiative more relevant and effective. Include CEOs of both fossil and renewable-based companies in the discussion. Africa's energy future is diversified and to overlook resources is to slow poverty alleviation and job creation.

3. Do spend time on partnerships to address terrorism, not only its ugly threat but also its origins. Countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and the countries of the Sahel need some reassurances here.

4. Do use social media to launch a massive discussion between the young people of America and their counterparts in these African countries. Half the people on the world's second most populous continent are under 15 and 70% are under 30. People-to-people diplomacy helped to bring down the Berlin Wall and can be effectively wielded to forge lasting and meaningful ties between the U.S. and Africa. Remember, President Obama captured the hearts and minds of young Americans in his campaigns. He can do it again across borders.

Approaching the summit in this fashion can have very positive effects. Africa is now becoming a recognized part of the global fabric. Multibillion dollar deals are getting done, an African won an Oscar, m-commerce is taking off, there will be an African tech IPO - pretty soon Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela will not be the only African names that Americans know.

'Dogs Days' or not, some great things can happen in DC this year.

Toby Moffett is a former member of Congress from Connecticut and a senior advisor at Mayer Brown, LLP. He has represented African countries, companies and NGOs for more than twenty years. Aubrey Hruby is a Visiting Fellow at the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council and is a consultant helping countries do business across African markets.

 

[Kritic]

don't be so overly reactive. he's just trying to get the republicans off his back about impeachment