English version In 2009, Olam market value collapsed, and its market share was valued at zero, worthless. A company by the name of Muddy Waters declared that Olam was heading toward bankruptcy. To keep Olam solvent, Singapore’ sovereign fund Tomasek, had to rescue them; but Olam knew they needed to bring in new sources of revenue. To do that, targeted Africa. Olam came to Gabon, linked itself with the Ali Bongo’s regime and made Ali Bongo’ son the second in charge at Olam Gabon. For every project that Olam started in Gabon, the country took huge loan that were funneled to Olam. For one such project, the building of a fertilizer plan in Port-Gentil by Olam, Gabon took out a 750 billion CFA francs loan that went 100% to Olam. The problem? The factory was never built. Who is left to repay the loan? The Gabonese people. Once Olam had established itself in Gabon and that all the money had been received from the Gabonese government, Gagan Gupta wanted to prevent Olam from ...
To read click here Pour lire cliquer ici Traduction française En tant que fondateur et PDG d'Arise Group, l'une des plus grandes plateformes d'investissement dans les infrastructures en Afrique, Gagan Gupta a, en une décennie, développé un portefeuille de plus de 18 projets d'infrastructure à grande échelle à travers l'Afrique. Présent dans 12 pays africains et employant plus de 6200 personnes, construisant des écosystèmes industriels et logistiques, le développement durable est au cœur de sa mission, tout comme le développement des talents africains. La zone économique spéciale du Gabon qu'il a construite en 2021 a été la première zone industrielle neutre en carbone d'Afrique. Il parle ici de ses principales stratégies pour débloquer l'avenir de l'Afrique. Développer les ressources naturelles de l'Afrique Pendand trop longtemps, l'Afrique a exporté ses ressources naturelles. L'ensemble du modèle d'affa...
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