Kampala — AFRICAN countries should step up regional integration as one of the measures to reduce the high cost of infrastructure development, a study has suggested.
Deepening regional integration is seen as a solution to addressing the infrastructure backlog in Africa and overcoming the region's difficult geography.
The study notes that sub-Saharan Africa has 48 countries, most characterised by populations smaller than five million and small economies with gross domestic product (GDP) of less than $5b.
"The small-scale means governments have difficulty funding the large fixed costs associated with infrastructure development. In addition 15 countries are land-locked and depend on their neighbours to access the global market."
These findings were contained in a report "Africa's infrastructure: A time for transformation" that was carried out in 24 African countries, including Uganda. The study was conducted by a partnership of institutions that include the African Union, the African Development Bank, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, Infrastructure Consortium for Africa, NEPAD and the World Bank.
The report looked at key aspects of infrastructure like power, roads, water and ICT. It indicates that in these areas, regional collaboration could help these economies to reduce the cost of services. For example, over $200b a year in imports and exports moves along the major corridors to the seaports with a combined 10,000km.
Because of the regulatory and administrative hurdles, goods for landlocked countries like Uganda have a transit time of about 20 days for the 1,100km between Mombasa and Uganda. It argues that regional power pools that allow countries share the most cost-effective energy resources, can reduce electricity costs by $2b a year.
"In power, 21 countries have national power systems below the minimum efficient scale of a single plant. By sharing large cost effective energy resources across countries, regional trade can reduce electricity costs by $2b annually," notes the report.
Traffic flows to most Africa's national ports and airports are too low to provide the magnitude economies need to attract services from major international shipping and airlines.
In Eastern and Southern Africa, consolidation of carriers and hubs has been effected with Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa), Kenya Airways (Nairobi) and South African Airways (Johannesburg) emerging as the main areas. However, the report cautions that for integration to be successful it has to be phased.
"Countries must start small, build on successes, think globally. Linking Africa to more external markets and compensates the least fortunate recognising that benefits are not always evenly distributed."
It points out that reaping such benefits would pose institutional challenges that include mobilising political will, developing effective regional institutions, setting sound priorities and facilitating project preparation and finance.
"The political obstacles can trump the economies case. Regional infrastructure involves a high level of trust between countries, not least because of the implied dependence on neighbors for key resources such as water and energy," notes the report.
Because of their size, regional projects are easier to sell to financiers, thus seen to attract private financing or public-private partnerships.
"ICT, power plants and ports and airports have significant potential for private provision and operation. The prospect for larger regional market can attract more private financing," the report suggests.
While large private involvement could overcome the large infrastructure financing gap, governments should ratify and implement protocols to facilitate private investment. Such efforts, according to the report, need to be backed by improving the legal, regulatory and administrative environment in order to yield economic returns.
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Ethiopia : Japan & Ethiopia Sign Agreement For Water Development
QUESTIONS :
Whats In This For Japan ? Whats In This For Ethiopia ?
Will Ethiopia Be In Control Of Its Resources ?
Beware of the Global Organizations that want to control your everyday lives. In the
1970s Americas farmers made the mistake of taking welfare (subsidies, loans, etc..)
from their bankers. Now only a few farmers are left. Americans rarely grow their own
food. Africans can learn from the mistakes of others. Develop local coops between
growers, sellers and buyers. Never give up your sovereignty to anyone.
Jesus Christ said Take precautions against being deceived or trick. (paraphrased from
Matthew 24).
WHO WE ARE ON THE WORLDS STAGE.
1) Each African country is like a separate neighborhood in the world community. And each African country is responsible for running their own neighborhood.
2) Each State within those African neighborhoods (countries) are like houses in their own African neighborhood (country). And each of these States within their unique African neighborhood is responsible for their house in their African neighborhood.
3) Each city within their unique African states House is like a family living in their area of their African state House.
4) Each individual person living in their city is a cell of the Body of Adam ; with a free will and a unique purpose that only that person can fulfill. The contest isnt won by the fast or strong, but those who never quit will win. Those who take a chance to win, when they have the opportunity to win, will win !!! The contest isnt won by the fast or strong, but those who never quit will win. Those who take a chance to win, when they have the opportunity to win, will win !!!
CONCLUSION
a) Each of us are responsible for our own lives.
b) Yet each of us are cells in the Body of Adam . Each of us cells are going through a stage of existence where we will either develop into fruitful cells that reproduce . Or we will become diseased cells that will feed on and corrupt the healthy part of the Body. That is why its important for us to also be team players ; for the Bodys sake. * When we pray we say OUR FATHER . Not my Father GIVE US..not give me.
c) Governments are like organs & systems of the body. Managing the teams of the Body. God the Creator of All is the Architect and Designer of All that is . He alone knows how to run the Government. Isaiah 9:6 The GOVERNMENT shall be on HIS (Jesus Christ) shoulders , not man .
d) Man has tried and tried to play God. The most famous instance was when Nimrod and all the inhabitants of the earth tried to build a tower (The Tower of Babylon) to Heaven see Genesis 10. Africa is no stranger to being used to bring the world together as one. Remember We Are The World ?
e) Governments are under Gods direction. We who are Gods children should follow his guidance. Any governments that exist today and / or movements should be under Gods guidance.
f) People maintain your freedom and dont give them an inch , ever!!!! Dont forget Achebes book "Things Fall Apart " .
First the Pastors Came
Then The Commissioners Came
Then The Governor & The Troops Came And The People Paid These Outsiders
Taxes On Their Own Lands
Next Many People Were Forced Off Their Lands ; While Persons Like Cecil Rhodes, (AND) Businesses like DeBeers got filthy rich from robbing us of our wealth.
And all of these African Tragedies didnt even mention the Slave Trade that has weakened Africa to this day.
g) Achebes book is at work again .
The pastors of agricultural commodities are disguised as things like Private Enterprises. Many individual African countries may have Private Enterprises NOW.
WHAT ARE THEIR FUTURE PLANS ?
In Achebes book after the pastors , came the commissioners. The agricultural commodities commissioners could be the New Laws & Regulations designed to condition the people depend on others instead of their own God-given talent .
The ultimate goal of evil is to trick righteous people into being evil. This is done by either fear, lust, or pride temptations. Evil attempts to get righteous people to get rid of their conscious. Some have sold their souls. Please pray for our leaders and each other.
* Zimbabwe: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ....CONTROLS !!! THE WATER
ZIMBABWE and other countries should control their own resources. One thing I like about President Mugabe is that he is not allowing that colonialism to continue in Zimbabwe.
1) Do you Africans remember people like Cecil Rhodes ?
Rhodesia was what Zimbabwe was called.
2) How about that bloody absentee demon-directed King Leopold II ?
" King Leopold's Ghost " (1998) Adam Hochschild - this book is very informative and enlightening about a wide spectrum of historical views of what the Congo and other oppressed lands are and have gone through.
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HeyNow Afrikan Family !
On Afrikans Investing In Technology , Afrikans abroad & In Afrika
Should Invest In The Technologies around the world And Have It
Shipped To Afrika With The Know-How To Do It Ourselves.. We
SHOULD NOT just allow countries to come into our countries and build
and settle on our lands. If you will allow a stranger to run your country,
Then you will allow then to run your state. If you will allow a stranger to run your state,
then you will allow them to run your city, your neighborhood, your home, your family,
yourself.. We Black Afrikans will be free , when we stop selling ourselves !!!!!!!
America (The Whore Of Babylon) Is Trying To Re-vive it'as dying
soul via other ASIANS & CAUC - ASIANS , But Prophecy Is
Pronounced :
And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of
the south(AMERICA / BABYLON ): ALSO the ROBBERS OF OUR
PEOPLE shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; BUT
THEY SHALL FALL ! [Daniel 11:14 ]
ATTENTION AFRIKA , you have 300 million citizens spread
abroad that need your help getting back to our roots. While you
are looking to countries like America & China to uplift Afrika, Many
of us Black Afrikans spread abroad are proficient in a lot of useful
technologies. Here is a brief synopsis of some of the inventions
that Black Americans have produced. So please help us to get
home.
BLACK AFRICAN INVENTORS AND THEIR INVENTIONS
* Sarah Boone - IRONING BOARD - April 26, 1892
* John A. Burr - LAWN MOWER
* Marie V. Brittan Brown - HOME SECURITY SYSTEM - Dec 2, 1969
* Buridge & Marshman - TYPEWRITER
* George Carruthers - X-RAY MACHINE
* George Washington Carver - PEANUT BUTTER - PAINTS PAINT STAINS ETC
* W.A. Dietz - SHOE
* P.B. Downing - POSTAL LETTER BOX
* Charles R. Drew - BLOOD PLASMA STORAGE SYSTEM
* T. Elkins - TOILET (COMMODE)
* Robert Flemming Jr. - GUITAR
* George F. Grant - GOLF TEE
* J. Gregory - MOTOR
* Michael Harney - LANTERN
* Augustus Jackson - ICE CREAM
* B.F. Jackson - GAS BURNER
* H.A. Jackson - KITCHEN TABLE
* Ruane Jeter - DIGITAL TOASTER - April 14, 1987
* Isaac R. Johnson - BICYCLE FRAME
* John A. Johnson - WRENCH
* P. Johnson - EYE PROTECTOR (GOGGLES)
* W. Johnson - EGG BEATER
* Frederick M. Jones - DEFROSTER - REFRIGERATION CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONER
* Jones & Long - BOTTLE CAPS
* John H. Jordan - CLOTHES DRESSER
* Mary B. Kenner - SANITARY BELT (TAMPONS) - May 15, 1956
* Mary B. Kenner - BATHROOM TISSUE HOLDER - Nov 19, 1982
* Mary B. Kenner - BACKWASHER ( BATHTUB OR SHOWER MOUNTED) - July 29,1987
* Lewis Latimer & Nichols - ELECTIC LAMP
* W.A. Lavalette - PRINTING PRESS
* Maurice W. Lee PRESSURE COOKER
* A.L. Lewis - WINDOW CLEANER
* John L. Love - PENCIL SHARPENER
* Tony J. Marshall - FIRE EXTINGUISHER
* Alexander Miles - ELEVATOR
* Jan E. Matzeliger - SHOE LASTING MACHINE
* W.A. Martin - LOCK
* Garrett A. Morgan - GAS MASK - Traffic Signal
* Lydia Newman - HAIR BRUSH - Nov 15, 1898
* Alice H. Parker - HEATING FURNACE - Dec 23, 1919
* J.F. Pickering - AIR SHIP (BLIMP)
* Purdy & Sadgwar - FOLDING CHAIR
* W.B. Purvis - FOUNTAIN PEN
* L.P. Ray - DUST PAN
* W.H. Richardson - BABY BUGGY
* G.T. Sampson - CLOTHES DRYER
* .W. Smith - LAWN SPRINKLER
* J. Standard - REFRIGERATOR
* T.W. Stewart - MOP
* Paul E. Williams - HELICOPTER
* Granville T. Woods - Roller Coaster
* Thanks to The Black Inventors Museum *
* Address : P.O. Box 76128 - Los Angeles , Calif. (90076)
* Phone (310) 859-4602)
* Director : Ghanaian Mr. Hamza Salifa
AND
ONE AFRICA TOURS & SPECIALTY SERVICES LTD.
* Major Contributor of Information : SEESTAH Imahkus Nzinga Ababio Okofo
[ http://www.oneafricaghana.com/ ]
P. O. Box CC 1251 - Cape Coast
Ghana - West Africa
What can you do to help us ?
Start with contacting Pan-Afrikanist organizations like BLACK
STAR MEDIA (Modelled after Marcus Garveys Vision For Afrika) : They are at
[ www.libradio.net ]. The CEO of BLACK STAR MEDIA is Keidi-Obi
Awadu. He has been on the frontline fighting for our freedom for
over 30 years.
It's Not A Question Of Other Learned Societies.
It's The INFERIORITY COMPLEX WE HAVE TO SHED
St. Paul In A Letter To The Christians In Rome Said :
" For I say, through the grace given to me, to every man that is
among you, NOT TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY Than
He Ought To Think; but to think soberly, according AS GOD HAS
D EALT TO EVERY MAN THE MEASURE OF FAITH .
We All Should Think Highly Of Ourselves, Keeping In Our Mind
That God Gave Us Dominion Over The Earth
, NOT EACH OTHER. !!!!!!!!
So let's please help us to return to our Mama Afrika as Israel
under Moses escaped their exile !!!!!!!
MAMA AFRIKA YOUR CHILDREN WANT TO COME HOME !!!!!!!
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