African Power Generation -

This is more of a comment on another comment. I really appreciated the first comment about the pulse, Nigeria 'energy savings day' . The focus of every solution lies in the political will. Whether it is Banking, Telecoms, Petroleum, Manufacturing etc. But not totally dependent on this political will.

I want to point out that efforts can be made even before total support from the government comes in. For example in the petroleum sector......there has been continuous FDI's [Foreign Direct Investment] despite the corruption, political instability, poor security to outside technical manpower. As a matter of fact the risks are higher in the petroleum sector than any other in terms of technical manpower. But there seems to be a continuous inflow in FDI investments. Adding to the fact that the actual "Crude Oil Production"  can take up to 5 years to attain. This is most likely because the ROI [Return On Investment] is very impressive in countries like Nigeria.

Where am I going with this......? Chinese foreign investments all over Africa and the globe. What the Chinese have done is simply marvelous. They have looked at each country as they are and simply made allowances for higher risk factors. This helps them seek for the right partners to work with while doing business in developing countries that have all the negative circumstances mentioned above. IT WORKS FOR THEM AND IS PROFITABLE. The truth is countries like Nigeria are growing markets and will absorb Billions of US Dollars from the careful investor who is willing to come to that country and SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT PARTNERS and see for themselves the opportunities available.

So regarding the POWER SECTOR in these countries, search for the right partner and see that it is possible to set up a plant and make government comply. Otherwise countries like China will always take the lion share in Africa and go home smiling. Business schools need to learn a thing or two from Chinese investors and businesses.

THINK OUTSIDE THAT BOX.....THE FUTURE IS REAL AND UNAVOIDABLE.....AFRICA MUST GENERATE POWER.