[quote=Jamani][quote=Impunity][quote=Jamani]Why do we have to look at the worst examples.... why cant we look at Qatar Saudi, UAE etc [/quote]

Because they dont have negro blood flowing in their systems.
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Sorry, my dear if thats how you are reasoning.... people need to believe in themselves beyond colour. Respect starts from oneself and for your information a good number of the locals in UAE and Saudi are indeed black people.
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How many countries in Africa produce oil in substantial amounts?
How many of them are prosperous?
Their is something unique in us Africans,(may be most of us!)
How many tribes forms the people's republic of Iran? More than Kenya I bet, but see how far they have used their oil.
We as Africans has a long way to go with this oil thing. This you can take to Citi Bank.
People will want to see the oil resource as "their time to eat", and not as "their time to build the country"...

I think the oil resource can be godsend if managed properly.

Africa is leaping big.... Angola for example, though the gap between the rich and poor is still an issue, the country has achieved an annual average GDP growth of 11.1% between 2001 to 2010. Oil in Angola accounts for more than 50% of GDP, 90% of export revenue, and 80% of govt revenue.

Pilferage of state oil resources will occur [even in Qatar, UAE, Saudi etc some fellas do steal money] but we are better of with this resource than without.

[quote=Jamani][quote=Impunity][quote=Jamani][quote=Impunity][quote=Jamani]Why do we have to look at the worst examples.... why cant we look at Qatar Saudi, UAE etc [/quote]

Because they dont have negro blood flowing in their systems.
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Sorry, my dear if thats how you are reasoning.... people need to believe in themselves beyond colour. Respect starts from oneself and for your information a good number of the locals in UAE and Saudi are indeed black people.
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How many countries in Africa produce oil in substantial amounts?
How many of them are prosperous?
Their is something unique in us Africans,(may be most of us!)
How many tribes forms the people's republic of Iran? More than Kenya I bet, but see how far they have used their oil.
We as Africans has a long way to go with this oil thing. This you can take to Citi Bank.
People will want to see the oil resource as "their time to eat", and not as "their time to build the country"...
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How many countries in Africa produce oil in substantial amounts? in subsahara Africa i can only think of Nigeria. The tribes in Iran might not be more than Kenya, though its a large country compared to ours with 30 provinces a population of about 90M.
I have a problem with your statement that implies black people cant manage oil proceeds just because Nigeria has issues with it. While i agree a lot has to be done by African people and govts in terms of corruption (in this regard we have a new constitution) i dont agree that we cant manage oil and i wont take that to any bank.[/quote]

We as sub-Saharan African have to change in a big way the manner we perceive what a national resource is.
Even before the commercial value of the Turkanoil is confirmed the pokot has already laid(spl.) claim that the land is theirs.
Until "we" make them view the oil-find as a natural and national resource then we have a looooong way to go...we may need two decades of tribal fighting and civil war about the oil-find for us to learn and move forward!
It seems we cant learn from other people's mistake but our own.

And you may now take this UNAITAS! :-)

[quote=Jamani]UNAITAS...hahaha...[/quote]

BTW: what is this UNAITAS business. I've been seeing this in many places and I've no clue [for the 1st time]

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