Andrew is from Uganda. See "Good African Coffee."
Here's the link to their site:
www.goodafrican.comAbout Africa: "We have entrepreneurs, but we don't celebrate that."
53 countries in Africa. 900 million people.
"Africa produces products but they do not consume."
14,000 coffee suppliers in his company.
Handouts don't generate change.
"There is no country in the world that has developed through handouts."
"Trade is the only sustainable way to take a country out of poverty."
Africa contributes only 2% of world's merchandise.
"Every time we look at Africa, we only see the problems and not the opportunities."
"Aid is not effective. Aid is not really aid."
"Aid undermines accountability."
[He's talking about how government aid is making things worse in Uganda. Yet, this is the same strategy we use to fix problems in the U.S. Go figure.]
"The best kindness you can demonstrate is by helping people help themselves."
"That's how the most advanced economies developed."
"Trade not aid."