Liberia is Open for Business

Investing in post-conflict Liberia as it embarks on national economic recovery.

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[imonk1980]

So keep watching these propaganda videos folks, keep believing that a new age of prosperity and peace is upon us, keep hoping for the new dawn under African skys. It's not coming: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised".

You see people, there is no getting away from the fact that if we truely want freedom and peace and prosperity for our nation - for our continent - we will one day have to fight these people. Just as they fought us for our land and our resources.

God Bless Our Country

[QuoiRoc]

2011(maybe 2010) I'm going back to Liberia.

[marck224]

@WarmongerWW3 keep dreaming and think that your way is the only way and there's never a time that change will come. Becuase of your belief, it's hard for you to recognize reality. Have you ever heard about BRICS? now, gone are the days when the West controled and exploited my country. For every Western company in Liberia, there's a Brazilan, Russians, Indian, Chinise, and South African company to compete. It's competition that will drive the economy of the new Liberia and not exploitation. So...

[marck224]

@topmodel5k Thank you sweet heart. I have come to the point where I'm sick and tired of other people exploiting us for little of nothing. Enougth is enougth. And this is not just about country Liberia, it's about all of Africa.

[topmodel5k]

@marck224 I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately, exportation of natural resources has been Africa's contribution to the world since the white man first stepped foot on its soil. As long as we continue to export our natural resources we will never fully benefit from the profits much less have control or say in the global market.

[WarmongerWW3]

@marck224 Take a good look at Liberia. "My way" is already there.

[marck224]

@WarmongerWW3 Which time and age do you live in? the stone aged? thats what it sounds like. Now, when ever you think about coming to invest in my country, you better leave that slave master ways of thinking behind. Becuase, if you bring that kind of thinking to Liberia, you might not last long.

[WarmongerWW3]

The iron ore doesn't belong to  Liberia just because it's on Liberian soil. The iron ore belongs to those who are strongest to exploit this natural resource

[zjones1222]

@marck224 Manufacturing is almost nonexistent in America due to the housing market. Innovative strategies may help with use of natural creation of products with timber, rubber, iron and agricultural products. Fishery is in a shortage not only in West Africa but also the United States it does look like fishery will be a market of interest unless their is a creation of inland farming of fish.

[marck224]

@zjones1222 listing the various areas of expertise of AA's will be a good idea. It will help the government better decide how thoes expertise can compansite our areas of need. With that been said, we also have to look beyond the marketing aspect of raw materials to ways to start manufacturing base industries in timber, rubber, iron ore, gold, diamonds, oil, agriculture products, fishery, etc. Marketing is one part of it but manufacturing is the most important part....

[marck224]

@zjones1222 we have been down that road of an export base economy before. It hasn't change anything. Take to consideration that these same coporations that come to invest are thoes very ones who determine the global market price of our mineral resources. Though they don't own these resources, however, they are the ones that set the prices. This kind of system has never helpt us move foward and wont change anything now. We need to move from a raw material export economy to a manufacturing base...

[zjones1222]

@marck224 None of the raw materials would matter much if there isn't a plan for exporting with international corporations. Those living in developed countries are the best marketers which either work for or own Gas stations, Jewelry Exchange and Tourist Businesses. Its a matter of looking for those serious about marketing for Liberia in a way of raw materials spokesman. All it would take is a presentation manual with dividers labeled and letterhead explaining focus of are of expertise.