It is the worst thing when people feel their views are not heard by politicians. So it is quite refreshing when they are. Paul Biya in Cameroon had to bow to popular opinion and reverse the way his administration is handling issues that affect the majority of the population.
In an age of cynicism about politics, when anti-politics flourishes, what it is happening inside Biya political party shows that people power still works.
Times change and public taste is fickle and despot Biya in Cameroon during his nearly three decades in power has dragged once-wealthy Cameroon into the gutter.
Corruption has precipitated the collapse of the economic policy, leading to devastating poverty in the country. Paul Biya is personally responsible for the downward spiral of the economy and destroyed investment industry in the process.
Hafis Ruefli, from Muttenz in Switzerland and leader of the HR Globalinvest organisation said, the alternation or the after Biya regime was not a magic bullet for the country and admitted he has yet to be convinced of the wisdom of all those fighting underground and in exile about taking the power after Biya
Hafis said that his attitude towards the issue had changed since as a young man from the Far North in Cameroon, he has supported his country`s independence.
Hafis said that, after Biya, the newcomers would have to find a way of working with those in place rather than competing against them.
Asked if the after Paul Biya is workable, Mr Ruefli said " it depends what model you are looking for really, whether it would help the country to be separated from those who have worked with Biya regime, I really don`t know. Personally I still have to be persuaded about that"
Hafis Ruefli said " the after Biya is not an end in itself but should only be the result of concluding that it is the best way of bringing about real social justice."
This debate said Hafis, needs to be rooted in how best we care for the vulnerable, stand by the poor, nurture our children, protect the environment and welcome the stranger. Hafis is looking forward to the after Biya for a Cameroon working together with the other in a real need to build a fair society and successful Cameroon economy.
Promoting a development oriented micro-finance adapted to the creation of wealth in rural sector is one of the philosophy of the HR Globalinvest, and what Biya regime has failed to deliver since in Cameroon. Hafis has a real intention about Cameroon future.....
In an age of cynicism about politics, when anti-politics flourishes, what it is happening inside Biya political party shows that people power still works.
Times change and public taste is fickle and despot Biya in Cameroon during his nearly three decades in power has dragged once-wealthy Cameroon into the gutter.
Corruption has precipitated the collapse of the economic policy, leading to devastating poverty in the country. Paul Biya is personally responsible for the downward spiral of the economy and destroyed investment industry in the process.
Hafis Ruefli, from Muttenz in Switzerland and leader of the HR Globalinvest organisation said, the alternation or the after Biya regime was not a magic bullet for the country and admitted he has yet to be convinced of the wisdom of all those fighting underground and in exile about taking the power after Biya
Hafis said that, after Biya, the newcomers would have to find a way of working with those in place rather than competing against them.
Asked if the after Paul Biya is workable, Mr Ruefli said " it depends what model you are looking for really, whether it would help the country to be separated from those who have worked with Biya regime, I really don`t know. Personally I still have to be persuaded about that"
Hafis Ruefli said " the after Biya is not an end in itself but should only be the result of concluding that it is the best way of bringing about real social justice."
This debate said Hafis, needs to be rooted in how best we care for the vulnerable, stand by the poor, nurture our children, protect the environment and welcome the stranger. Hafis is looking forward to the after Biya for a Cameroon working together with the other in a real need to build a fair society and successful Cameroon economy.
Promoting a development oriented micro-finance adapted to the creation of wealth in rural sector is one of the philosophy of the HR Globalinvest, and what Biya regime has failed to deliver since in Cameroon. Hafis has a real intention about Cameroon future.....
Today world has more than enough resources to accelerate progress in human development for all and to eradicate the worst form of poverty from our planet. Advancing human development is not an exorbitant undertaking for example it has been estimated that total additional yearly investment required to achieve universal access of basic social services would roughly be $40 billion. Which is only .1% of world GDP and it will cover the bill for basic education, health, nutrition, reproductive health, family planning safe drinking water and sanitation for all.
ReplyDelete2.Social justice means moving towards a society where all hungry are fed, all sick are cared for, the environment is treasured, and we treat each other with love and compassion. Not an easy goal, for sure, but certainly one worth giving our lives for! and to not be afraid.
if you take an exemple of Financial and nonfinancial services to the
commodity sector in Cameroon
Cameroon is a country where financial and
non-financial services strategies for processors,
producers and traders have developed over a
period of almost 20 years. The process was spearheaded by the Gatsby Root Crops Project,
1985-93, with a focus on improved technologies
for cassava, yam and sweet potatoes. It was
replaced in 1994 by a sustainable financial institution, the Cameroon Gatsby Trust (CGT),
which continued multiplying and disseminating
improved varieties, but at the same time provided microcredit to the producers. During a third
phase individual credit was replaced by group
lending, comprising microcredit through solidarity
groups and mesocredit to associations of
small groups (at a satisfactory repayment rate
of 96.5%). This also marked the cultivation
of a most remarkable approach: building on preexisting indigenous self-help groups including
rotating and non-rotating savings and credit associations, which are ubiquitous in Cameroon
and neighboring countries. A fourth phase started in 2003 by adding a range of nonfinancial services, comprising skill training in such fields as soap-making and tie-dye making, food conservation and tuber multiplication; group andassociation management training; financial management; and facilitation of local and regional trade fair participation. The trade mark of CGT is now the combination of financial services with business development services for three major market segments in the commodity sector: producers, comprising yam, cocoyam, sweet potatoes, plantains, corn and cassava as well as livestock farmers; cassava and textile processors; and traders in food, handicrafts, textiles and livestock. The CGT approach constitutes an option in which special emphasis is placed on (i) group and association formation on the basis of pre-existing indigenous group structures, (ii) internal financial intermediation based on savings, (iii) their upgrading to sustainable formal organisations, (iv) access to refinancing by CGT, v) networking among associations, and (vi) linkages of associations with other institutions. "Syngentafoundation, Basel"