‘Continent Ready for Business’

27 April 2011

Liberia’s foremost youth activist, Kimmie Weeks has told 5,000 delegates attending the World Ventures International Convention in Las Vegas Nevada that Africa is “open and ready for business and investments.” Mr. Weeks, who served as keynote speaker for this international conference told his audience that Africa’s rapidly growing economy offered investors incredible opportunity for high returns on investment and for new markets.

Speaking for thirty minutes, Kimmie Weeks highlighted a wide range of issues affecting African nations ranging from civil conflicts, corruption, high unemployment amongst youth and high rates of extreme poverty.   He noted: “there is poverty everywhere in the world, but the poverty that affects much of Africa is the extreme poverty that kills.”  Mr. Weeks went on to share his own experiences as a child in the midst of the Liberian civil war.

While outlining the problems faced by Africa, Weeks closed his speech on a positive note and pointed out that the resilience of Africa and Africans was a key factor driving the growth of the continent.  “There is a great deal of hope and resilience across the continent,” Weeks told his audience. He also pointed out economic indicators to support his call to investors by highlighting that on the whole African countries were experiencing rapidly growing GDPs, low inflation, and major increases in capital investments and returns.     He also encouraged the World Ventures Company to explore starting to offer tours to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ghana.   He proudly pronounced:  “I can tell you for a fact that much of the beaches across the continent are like paradise on earth.”

The 5,000 delegates from around the United States and over 19 countries had gathered to attend a three day conference called the World Ventures International.   World Ventures is a Texas based lifestyle company engaged in marketing travel-related products and high-end luxury tours at discount prices.

Later this month, Kimmie Weeks will address the World Forum on Early Childhood Development in Honolulu, Hawaii and is expected to call for major reforms to pre-primary education in Liberia.

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