Ghana's Obama Mahama Faces Election Test

[Frangala]

This is old but interesting interview with CIV's President. They've had an impressive few years, also backed by export of raw materials, but have coupled this with big investment in infrastructure.

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yea CIV has been getting it right post conflict and has been growing very fast. It's good to see a Francophone country on the right path

 

[How Sway?]

Yep. No industrialization, no manufacturing = no significant growth. All that "Africa Rising" narrative was based exportation of raw materials/raw commodities. The link is industrializing which means electricity, infrastructure and eventually manufacturing to employ low skill labor en masses and become what China was 25-30 years ago and become the world's factory.

I've been posting this video on this forum any chance i can get. Skip to 11:00

 

[Regine Hunter]

fukk mahama.
purposefully shutting off power in certain districts simply because i doesnt like the ethnic group that lives there
fukk that motherfukker

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Mahama is a kinder, gentler Buhari. Governance by propaganda.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

I've been posting this video on this forum any chance i can get. Skip to 11:00

Nigeria is doomed in the long-run, but that's a topic for the Nigeria geo-politics thread.

 

[MrPentatonic]

that oil discovery made Ghana go from an example from democracy/good governance to a resource curse country

this is an exaggeration imo

 

[Frangala]

this is an exaggeration imo

Why do you think Ghana is such a mess then in your opinion?

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

The Ghanaian govt spent too much after offshore oil was tapped. Then the commodity downturn and oil glut happened.

Didn't they go to the IMF/WB in the last few years?

 

[TTT]

Their oil find was good but not substantial in the way that countries like Gabon or Libya experienced. A larger find may have made a difference and the rest of the country that rely on agriculture may have had some investments instead of smuggling their cocoa through Ivory Coast to get good prices.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Their oil find was good but not substantial in the way that countries like Gabon or Libya experienced. A larger find may have made a difference and the rest of the country that rely on agriculture may have had some investments instead of smuggling their cocoa through Ivory Coast to get good prices.

Ivory Coast's experimentation with aiding cocoa farmers is right next door. All Ghana has to do is copy their best practices.

 

[Frangala]

New President in Ghana

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[DrBanneker]

New President in Ghana

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Didn't see that coming....hopefully change for the better

 

[Regine Hunter]

New President in Ghana

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