Africa Progress Panel: A Sinister Gathering With Evil Intentions

What makes this a sinister gathering that impedes the ability of the people of Africa to design their own course for the future is found in the sentence following that reads: “This year’s report will argue that Africa can and must unleash green
and blue revolutions in its agriculture and fisheries.” This gathering is more about how to loot and plunder Africa, than it is for the betterment of the African people. Out of this meeting, and meetings like it, the African people will be forced into the acceptance of the same social evils that envelope the countries the participants are from.
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Kofi Annan and Other Panel Members to Launch 2014 Africa
Progress Report — Grain, Fish, Money

NEW YORK, April 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Thursday, May 8th 2014,
the Africa Progress Panel will release its annual Africa Progress
Report – Grain, Fish, Money – Financing Africa’s Green and Blue
revolutions, at the World Economic Forum on Africa held in Abuja,
Nigeria.

Chaired by former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, last year’s report
Equity in Extractives – Stewarding Africa’s Natural Resources for all,
made headlines with its analysis of the oil, gas, and minerals
industries in Africa.

This year’s report will argue that Africa can and must unleash green
and blue revolutions in its agriculture and fisheries. It will
highlight the opportunities for Africa of the world’s growing demand
for food and the critical importance of agriculture and fisheries for
two thirds of people in Africa engaged in these sectors. The report
will also recommend related policies, including policies to scale-up
Africa’s infrastructure and extend its financial services. The report
will also outline the urgent need to stop the plunder of Africa’s
timber and fisheries.

The following Panel Members and Members of the Secretariat will be
attending WEF on Africa to outline findings shared in the report.

— Kofi Annan, Chair, Africa Progress Panel, and former UN Secretary-General
— Olusegun Obasanjo, Member, Africa Progress Panel, and former President of
Nigeria
— Peter Eigen, Member, Africa Progress Panel, Founder of Transparency
International, and Founding Chair and Special Representative of the
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
— Bob Geldof, Member, Africa Progress Panel, Musician, Businessman, Founder
and Chair of Band Aid, Live Aid and live8, Co-Founder of DATA and ONE
Advisor and Advocate
— Caroline Kende-Robb, Executive Director, Africa Progress Panel
— Max Bankole Jarrett, Deputy Executive Director, Africa Progress Panel