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Conversations from Africa are brief accounts of what is directly heard and seen during visits to individual African countries. It is left up to the reader to make his or her own conclusions.
Paul Runge
We land on the airstrip at Kilwa, some one hour's flight north of Lubumbashi. We alight and are met by a small party of local dignitaries.
There is a line of 4x4s waiting to conv...
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"So how is the Zimbabwean economy doing?"
The government official sitting opposite me suddenly develops a far-away look. "You've read the figures. You know".
But then he hastens to add: "Despite all the negative talk, there are projects in our country. There is new talk about the Lupane and Gwaayi Gas Projects in Matabeleland. Our power utility, ZESA has just signed a USD160 million cont...
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"Remember, be careful not to talk down to these people - they're very proud and often very educated".
My travel companion has been to Ethiopia many times and is clearly tied at the umbilical cord to the place. I recall all the Ethiopian PhD's who drove me in their taxis to the World Bank in Washington and sense some validity regarding his point about the Ethiopian education levels.
Addis Air...
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