United States businessman to invest in Namibia
American businessman Christopher Cox has expressed interest in possible investments in Namibia.
Cox was speaking to the media after he paid a closed-door courtesy visit to President Hage Geingob at State House last week.
The businessman, who referred to himself as a friend to current US President Donald Trump and now a new friend to Geingob, said he had always had an interest to work with Namibia.
He said Namibia has a good political system and great opportunities for economic development.
“I want to bring US ambassadors and investors from around the world to Namibia to take advantage of this opportunity as there is going to be over 450 million Africans who will have joined the workforce in 20 years' time,” Cox said.
According to him, it is important to bring economic development to Africa to deal with the demographic bulge which will occur then.
He added that investing in African countries would contribute to employment, which will result in bringing hope and peace to the people.
Cox, who is also involved in other business partnerships with Chinese manufacturing companies, deemed it a great opportunity to bring some of these companies to Namibia, as the political system works so well here.
“Namibia is a great place to do that seeing as it is on the western coast of Africa and it would be easy with shipping goods, for example.”
He reiterated that bringing economic development to Africa would also benefit the entire world as a whole as it would mean creating more opportunities for the rest of the countries.
Cox told the media that he was satisfied with the outcome of the visit with the Head of State.
He revealed that his first step towards this initiative would start in 2018, during which a delegation from the USA would be visiting Namibia, followed by another one from China.
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Cox was speaking to the media after he paid a closed-door courtesy visit to President Hage Geingob at State House last week.
The businessman, who referred to himself as a friend to current US President Donald Trump and now a new friend to Geingob, said he had always had an interest to work with Namibia.
He said Namibia has a good political system and great opportunities for economic development.
“I want to bring US ambassadors and investors from around the world to Namibia to take advantage of this opportunity as there is going to be over 450 million Africans who will have joined the workforce in 20 years' time,” Cox said.
According to him, it is important to bring economic development to Africa to deal with the demographic bulge which will occur then.
He added that investing in African countries would contribute to employment, which will result in bringing hope and peace to the people.
Cox, who is also involved in other business partnerships with Chinese manufacturing companies, deemed it a great opportunity to bring some of these companies to Namibia, as the political system works so well here.
“Namibia is a great place to do that seeing as it is on the western coast of Africa and it would be easy with shipping goods, for example.”
He reiterated that bringing economic development to Africa would also benefit the entire world as a whole as it would mean creating more opportunities for the rest of the countries.
Cox told the media that he was satisfied with the outcome of the visit with the Head of State.
He revealed that his first step towards this initiative would start in 2018, during which a delegation from the USA would be visiting Namibia, followed by another one from China.
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