Aggie Pride...Planting the seeds of Entrepreneurship
Late night
Late night
I met the famous Bo Davis today. A former A&M student
working in one of the DRC’s national parks. He proudly wears his Aggie ring with a huge
diamond in it.
Tomorrow I travel to Beni in North Kivu by a private United
Nations charter flight. We are traveling by air because the roads are in
disrepair. It’s almost unbelievable that minerals are actually flown out of the
country. I’m not sure but I believe regions of the DRC are extremely isolated
because the roads are in such disrepair and people are so poor that even if
they were functioning they wouldn't be able to afford to travel.
From Beni I travel with Justice to a small rural city. This
will be the location we perform a baseline survey with the help of locals. Our
baseline survey aims to uncover potential investment opportunities. We have a
bottom up strategy of development- the DRC government has no incentive to
invest in controlling this untamed corner of the world. By planting the seeds
of entrepreneurship, we hope order and governance will return to the region.
