WASHINGTON: A leading African billionaire said that “misinformed” US businesses need to study up on the continent’s opportunities, suggesting they start by Googling.
In Washington for the US-Africa Leaders Summit —President Barack Obama’s historic effort to juice up the sagging US economic relationship with the continent — telecommunications tycoon Mo Ibrahim said businesses haven’t needed such an event to get going in Africa. “Everywhere in Africa there are Chinese businesspeople, there are Brazilian businesspeople. None of us went to Brazil, or to Asia or to China to tell them, look, come and invest in Africa. They found out themselves and they come and invest. That’s how basic business people behave,” he said.
He added: “Why do we need to come and inform these misinformed American businesses? You know, you guys invented Google. Use it please.”
AFP
