FORGET ABOUT THE CROWD

Mark 10 verse 48: ‘Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’Jesus stopped and said, ‘Call him.’ So they called to the blind man, ‘Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.’ Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.’What do you want me to do for you?’ Jesus asked him.The blind man said, ‘Rabbi, I want to see.’

Someone recently said to me: “The story to be told by Africa is not comprehensively understood. There are so many negative noises around us that the positive noises are lost in between. We have an obligation to unlock all the business opportunities in Africa but we have to do it profitably.
Some people make allegations that some small African states are too small individually to make sense, this is fallacy as we can’t create clusters in a business sense if we can’t use the smallness to our advantage.”
We have to open Africa to business and do it profitably.

That is the buzzword for reaching the year 2022.
In the last few weeks, I said something in this column about the commercialisation of goat production in Swaziland as a new industry. 
This attracted interesting reactions from around the global business community as I believe the article was and is online as you read this.
Due to the many local inquiries about this possible lucrative initiative, I am shedding more light today.

From the onset, I am humbled by the interest and support shown by our Ntondozi MP and Minister of Agriculture.
We are ready to visit Ntondozi Inkhundla any time they call us, to explain this new industry.

It is funny how most Swazis, especially those not really in a needy situation were so keen on telling me why they think this will not work in Swaziland.
They even said how wrong it was to establish an industry to supply Swazi meat to non-Christian countries in the Middle East. Why am I supporting a different faith? Destructive people can be very creative, I tell you.
Among those showing interest in this initiative, I got a call from a goat meat specialist in Europe.
This gentleman has been working on this for a while, engaged by development agents trying to help Africa.

He highlighted to me the social and economic roles goats can play in food security and income generation.
He shared ways of unlocking the potential of goats including issues of breed improvement, farmer participation, development of farmer organisations, service provision, credit, insurance and improving domestic and international marketing. All this for Swaziland? Remember we must unlock Africa’s opportunities profitably.

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