Central Africa Infrastructure Development
The lack of
infrastructure is usually viewed as a detriment to industrial
development in
Central Africa. The unique nature of the markets in the east of
the DRC
and other locations in Central Africa have the potential of yielding
significantly better returns on investment but only if the unique
characteristics
of this market are developed in a uniquely different manner.
Our approach views the
development of the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) business community
in
Central Africa as an important component of our investment
strategy. We
will not only foster closer cooperation between the foreign investor
and the
SME business community but will invest in profitable local business
activities
as an additional avenue of increasing the return of our investment
portfolio. Consistent with this policy will be an active
involvement in
large scale infrastructure development projects that will utilize the
local SME
business community as our partners.
An example of our unique approach
is the direction of our current plantation effort. African
Green Footprints is growing
plantation
forests on a large scale basis. We are
also working with the local communities and Partner Organizations to
explore
the feasibility of working with the local population to grow several
small
scale commercial forests that together will equal the area of a large
scale
plantation. Additionally our same forest infrastructure will be used to
also develop
agriculture, micro finance, and carbon offset finance to provide the
economies
of scale necessary to also organize cooperative based agriculture
production
for the export market. This will allow the
local communities and our Partner Organizations to develop a
substantial competitive
advantage and increase the standard of living of a larger portion of
the population
and allow our organization to realize additional income.
Our unique African Business Incubator Model
approach will develop business skills as quickly as possible in our
community
and SME partners by demonstrating practical skills that will more
quickly increase
income. The normal Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) strategy that
is so
common in other more parts of the world will be replaced by our ABIM
that focuses
on strengthening the local business community.
Together with our community and business partners we will
develop our joint
capacity to engage in larger development and infrastructure projects
while we
increase the regions ability to absorb higher levels of FDI in an
organized and
transparent manner.