Here is a good review of what the Minister said last week at the Canadian Council on Africa's Symposium. "While numbers like these aren’t new for those familiar with investment in Africa, Negatu’s analysis revealed the delay people have in shedding their impression of Africa of forever being hat in hand."
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/10/17/from-aid-to-trade-a-new-africa-paradigm-on-the-rise/
Along the same lines but earlier this month...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trade-not-aid-the-theme-of-harpers-visit-to-africa/article4597741/
“People in Canada are used to hearing of Africa strictly in aid terms, but it’s turning into more of an economic story. … It’s a region that’s growing. Countries are starting to orient themselves outward to exports and growth.” Nice change and just in time too, if we really are seeing a shift.
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