Just like many previous initiatives that are characteristically packaged with enticing wrappers, the purpose of the project code named ‘The Billion Dollar Map’ is supposedly to ‘map Africa’s natural resources with the aim of delineating more clearly the continent’s uncovered mineral wealth’. While this stated objective may make it seem like a much welcome and timely initiative for Africa, it is pertinent that the Continent does not rush to embrace it like many others it did in the past that later turned out to be either baits or fronts for some sinister interests, or even had outright disastrous consequences on the Continent. Instead, it is of the essence that a project of this magnitude that not only covers the whole Continent but is aimed at potentially unearthing its entire resource endowment potential must be subject to a thorough scrutiny of whose interest it actually represents. Mawa Michael
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:43:36 +0000
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