Iconoclastes
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- May 26, 2014
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I didnt say having minerals is a crime. Kenya for a very long time been cursing why it wasnt endowed with so much. You saw the euphoria that met the news about the first discovery of oil in Kenya.1)Kenyan firms that post 5x profits are banks. And we know why they do that(The every broke GoK is always borrowing)
2) Is it a crime to have minerals? can you fault Saudi arabia's prosperity because they have oil? Is service industry the only way for a country to prosper?
3)There are many countries with minerals and cant manage it properly and be wealthy, Tanzania was one of them, Fortunately JPM plugged that hole
My point is that the key attractant of investments into Tanzania is minerals, whereas in Kenya is the presence of a larger middle class group as well as better educated and highly skilled labor. Truth.