[Jakarta Post] President Barack Obama is promising to make sure that U.S. aid to Africa gets to the people who need it most, such as farmers and entrepreneurs, and not Western consultants and administrators.
In a speech Saturday in Ghana, Obama said that was why $3.5 billion in food assistance would be channeled toward new methods and technologies for farmers, instead of simply sending U.S. goods to Africa.
The American president, making his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa, said wealthy countries like the U.S. had a lot to gain by opening their doors to more goods and services from Africa.
He says that would help reduce poverty and create wealth on the continent, while creating new markets and demand for American goods. |