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THE CURRENT IMPASSE IN EPA NEGOTIATIONS

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THE PRICE OF SUCCESS

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BEHIND THE CHAOS IN CAR

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AFRICANS IN THE IRISH LABOUR MARKET

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synergise its work in accordance with those aims wherever possible. Those goals are to improve issues of Education,

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STEVE BIKO AND 3RD

PAN-AFRICAN LECTURE

A great leader of the Black Consciousness

Movement (BCM) and perhaps South

Africa’s most influential and radical

student leader in the decade after the

Rivonia trials. A law student, denied of

his fundamental right of freedom, Steve

Bantu Biko who was a political prisoner

and later killed in detention, will be the

topic of this year’s lecture.

The yearly pan-African lecture started

in 2012, and seek to open up new vista

of knowledge and awareness of Africa’s

history particularly struggles and future.

As convention demands, each year’s

lecture takes a topic from a particular

region in Africa, and so does the guest

lecturer. The inaugural lecture was on

Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s contributions to

pan-Africanism, and had Adekunle

Thompson as the maiden lecturer. In

2013, we talked of the role of Julius

Nyerere to the progress of Africa today,

having Dr. David Nyaluke as the lecturer.

This year lecture will be on Steve Biko.

There will be recognition of those who

have distinguished themselves in our

community, plus other activities. The

pan-African lecture series shall continue

to seek support from all on the positives

of Africa

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Villagers have fled Gorsi Tourou in northern Camer-oon after more than 300 heav-ily armed men, suspected

to be members of the radical Nigerian group, Boko Haram, reportedly attacked and began looting and burning down houses.

The President of Chad, Idriss Deby Into, highlighted on Friday in Luanda the impor-tance of the African states to

work concertedly for the resolution of situation in the Central African Republic (CAR).

The oil company Soco In-ternational PLC will end its operations in Africa’s old-est national park, known as

Virunga National Park, and also is committing to remain out of all other UNESCO World Her-itage Sites after WWF campaign.

The United States Depart-ment of State issued a warn-ing to its citizens about “potential terrorist threats”

against Western and Djiboutian interests in Djibouti following an al-Shabaab suicide attack in the capital city last month.

President Obama called Egyptian President Abdelfat-tah al-Sisi to congratulate him on his inauguration and to

convey his commitment to working together to advance the shared interests of both countries.

GHANALiberian Oil Tanker Disap-pears in Ghanaian Waters. The oil tanker MT Fair Ar-temis was reported missing

while he was attending a Maritime meeting in the Ghanaian capital Accra.

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NEWS NEWS

By Martin Ekeocha

THE CURRENT IMPASSE IN EPA NEGOTIATIONS

EPA. In East Africa there appears to be two main camps: export-oriented business sectors that are relatively well-organised with considerable influence on local policy makers and other businesses in EAC that are more regionally oriented such as small farmers which are adamantly opposed to the EPA.’

Before the Extraordinary Session, the High Level African Trade Committee Meeting (HATC) warmed that the EU is adopting the tactic of divide and rule; for ‘the Economic Partnership Agreements’ different treatment of countries within the same regional economic communities

was a risk to the African economic integration agenda’. The EU should not turn a blind eye to the challenge or be perceived to foster division, for many European companies implanted in African count r ies and exporting to the European market, as well as many European importers,

will be hurt by the loss of EU trade preferences.

On the other hand, African leaders should more seriously consider the political implications and economic consequences if EPA are boycotted. As H.E Mr.Aziz Mahamat Saleh, the Chair of the Meeting said, ‘it is important for Africa to strengthen the integration of its regional and continental market if it wants to make trade the engine of growth and development.’ In other words, African products won’t have access to the EU market after 1st October if the agreements are not signed.

GUINEAAn IMF mission led by Harry Snoek visited Conakry dur-ing May 22 - June 6, 2014 to conduct discussions on the

fourth review of a program supported by an ar-rangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF),

KENYAThe Chairman of the Coun-cil of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, Mohammed Idris, has been shot dead in Likoni,

Mombasa county. The sheikh had been accused of being against Jihad and a government sym-pathiser.

MADAGASCARThe EU is supported the Madagascan education sys-tem. “Emergency support to the Malagasy national educa-

tion” (€15 million) and “Support Programme for Basic Social Services (PASSOBA) Educa-tion” (€32 million) are the two programs.

MOZAMBIQUEDeadlock in the dialogue be-tween the Mozambican gov-ernment and the former rebel movement Renamo continue

as the two delegations met for yet another ses-sion at Maputo’s Joaquim Chissano Conference Centre.

NIGERIA The kidnapping of school-girls from the small town of Chibok in Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria, close to two

months ago has caused an international uproar in condemnation of the slow response by Nige-rian authorities.

RWANDA The police has dismissed al-legations by Human Rights Watch that a number of peo-ple have gone missing or are

victims of forcible disappearances in the north and west of the country.

SENEGAL

SOUTH SUDAN

SOMALIA

A project aimed at protect-ing forests in Senegal’s Casa-mance region has helped locals lay aside their political

differences, writes Louise Hunt for The Guard-ian.

eaders of the rival factions in the conflict have agreed to a sixty-day deadline within which they will negotiate to

reach a peace agreement and a government of national unity within two months.

Voicing deep concern that outbreaks of measles have left thousands of children in So-malia at risk of disability or

death, United Nations agencies today has called urgent vaccination to tackle the highly conta-gious disease.

SOUTH AFRICA

UGANDA

ZIMBABWE

Deputy President Cyril Ra-maphosa will assume control of some of President Jacob Zuma’s duties, including at-

tending the funeral of Epainette Mbeki, while he recuperates after his stay in hospital.

Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa was on Wednesday June 11th elected unanimously as the president

of UN General Assembly despite controversy over his stand on gay rights.

Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi has reportedly emerged as the front-runner in the race to succeed Presi-

dent Robert Mugabe, ahead of Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Joyce Mujuru.

intra African trade agenda is the only way to give African countries control over their economic destinies. She declared that “the time has come to take the bold but necessary step to explore and put forward alternatives to EPAs that work for Africa.”

African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries’ positions on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA), an European Parliament study administrated by Manuel Manrique Gil and published during the negotiations, pointed out that several countries are unlikely to sign an EPA by the October 2014 deadline, as major contentious issues remained

pending in these agreements. The report said that ’most African countries have not been convinced by the implications of widespread tariff elimination and other conditionalities that would be imposed on them.

EPA are perceived as somewhat wrong in some African countries. The differences between regions’ perceptions are analysed in the EP study. ‘In West Africa as well as Central Africa, the private sector is not clamouring for the EPA, with the exception of the pineapple and banana growers. In Nigeria, the export-oriented sectors are not very vocal in pushing the country to sign an

he signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was scheduled for October 1, 2014, but African ministers of trade

and experts in trade and regional integration met in a special session on 27th April, in Addis Abeba, and agreed to boycott. After a decade of EPA negotiations, the process has not produced the desired results due to the lack of progress in resolving the differences between the parties on a number of contentious issues.

Although the EPA aims ’to facilitate the A C P ’ s integration into the wor ld e c o n o m y through gradual t r a d e liberalisation and improved trade-related cooperation’, there are fears they may be a c t u a l l y undermining the sustainable and long-term development of these countries and their regional integration processes.

In Addis Abeba, the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Olusegun Aganga, and the Zambian Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Robert Sichinga agreed that rather than entering into the agreement, African countries should develop industries and create jobs for their people, working towards regional integration and intra-African Trade.

The Commissioner for Trade and Industry H.E. Mrs. Fatima Haram Acy outlined that the

With 22.6% or 34.9 million Brazilians living below the poverty line, over half living in urban areas, 52% without canalized water, 68% without garbage collection, 78% without proper sewage connections or septic tanks and 25% without electricity it makes me wonder how much love there really is in a country that’s opening its arms to embrace and accept everyone else from all over the world….

It’s sometimes assumed that the world cup is all about football but it is bigger than just being a game.

It reunites c o u n t r i e s , restores hope and gives a stronger bond. So who will come out on top?

Will it be the l i g h t e n i n g pace and skills

of Ronaldo, or the quick feet and trickery of Messi or the dazzling skills of Neymar and how can we forget the most complete team…

Germany, always so close but yet so far away. So who are you supporting? Who is your heart with, and what does your head think? Miracles do happen!

gave us ‘Waka Waka’, and now she’s back with ‘La La La’.

Wonder if her husband Pique and the rest of the Spanish tiki-taka football team can make it major titles in a row after showing they could be beaten at the confederations cup.

Settled in Brazil, a country where the basic necessities of life isn’t available to everyone, filled with poverty with its government eyes closed to the struggle and pain of

its people.

The leaders have soon forgotten who put them into power making empty promises and snatching away hope and faith from the eyes of parents leaving them to wonder if there’s any light at the end of the tunnel they feel caged in for their children.

By Femi Oyebade

t’s that time again where one sport will bring the whole world together, it’s the game we all love. 32 countries fighting for one trophy, it’s

time for the world to see football at its best. The debate for the greatest player to ever grace a football pitch starts again.

Will Messi shut all doubters up or is it time for a new King? Will Neymar leave his mark on the biggest stage of all or will Ronaldo remind us why he’s currently the world’s best p l a y e r ? Wondering if England will flatter to d e c e i v e again or will they finally g e t i t together?

So many questions to be answered over the next few weeks as hearts will be b r o k e n , teams will return home disappointed but who could be more disappointed than 32 year old Zlatan who couldn’t even make it or drag Sweden to the world cup even with his best efforts.

Shakira is trying to own the world cup with another amazing theme song like 4 years ago when she

World Cup or The Mundial 2014

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PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL

Pride of AfricaFEMI OYEBADE

By Femi Oyebade

veryone saying “Bring ouR girls back”, I’m

here screaming “Bring my heart back.” Rihanna’s outfit is saying “Where did your dignity go?”

Approximately 276 female students kidnapped from their school, over 250 families in tears, mothers left in pain like going through labour all over again. It could have been your sister or mine.

What happened to the country we were told would get better, what happened to the hope they gave us, what happened to the prayers we said, how come we have been left feeling like citizens of a forgotten place?

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Bombs going off every week, the government saying they’re doing something but we’re dying slowly and decreasing in numbers.

Our families walking around in fear, we’re left living to survive like we’re been documented for the African HUNGER GAMES.

The president says “We can’t kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back” but how come it took the awareness of the world to bring about some action? People living on their knees in fear, the green colour that represents our country is turning red and our girls aren’t still back.

So somewhere tonight, a mother is in tears and someone my age will go to bed not knowing when next or if he’ll

ever see his sister again. When did we let one man, with blood flowing through his veins become God, taking lives like he could give one.

To Boko Haram:

You claim to fight for God but Allah preaches love not hate. Allahu Akbar means “Allah is the greatest”, he doesn’t need you to fight his battles. Your God must be weak to need you to fight for him, your God must be

Our families walking around in fear, we’re left living to survive

like we’re been documented for the African HUNGER

GAMES

the reflection you see in the mirror.

We’re told the devil will come to “kill, steal and destroy”. You have destroyed our land, killed our people and stolen our girls…

You’ve abused our girls and made them give birth to choices they never made. You have taken away their independence and their voices as if they are fertile pieces of land with no army to defend it. A woman was made out of a man’s rib. Not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal.

Under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved. Bring Back Our Girls, their mothers are waiting to smile again!

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BRING BACK OUR GIRLS THAT IS MY LAMENTATIONS

Mother EarthRain falling to the ground

I hear it pounding loudIn my headIn my bed

As I watch the sky cry.

Hail, hail the stones that fallThat keep striking us all

Till we have fledTill we have said

That we have heard the sky cry

Trees falling all aroundMoaning before they hit the groundThe globe is warming cant you feel

A heat so dangerous, it makes you want to keel

But life is not fair and you don’t careWhat you want is what you get

And what you get is what you deserveThe wrath of a broken hearted mother earth

Samantha Sello



PHOTO NEWS PHOTO NEWS

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On Saturday 14th June, Mohamed marry Fatiyaa in an Ethiopian style cultural wedding in Dublin

MOHAMED USMAN MARRY FATIYAA AHMED



IMMIGRATION INTERNATIONAL

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nited Nations, Amnesty International and some media have been warming about what it has been described as a ‘religious conflict’ in Central African

Republic (CAR). But the armed conflict is not based on theological differences, even if civil-ians are being targeted along religious lines. Before the coup, Mus-lims used to live in peace with Christians, and communal violence of this nature is unprec-edented in the country.

In fact, the ‘Christian vs Muslim narrative’ is distracting from the political and economic instability and other institutional problems, such as the widespread of corruption and of-ficial impunity, poor infrastructures, and the low social mobil-ity. The conflict is far more complex than just a Christian-Muslim en-mity.

The institutional discrimina-tion is in fact one of the key factors of this armed conflict

The militias in Central African Republic trace their origins to the muslim minority, who formed a coalition known as Séléka in order to struggle against discrimination by the govern-ment and the institutions. Ahmet Adam, broth-er of a rebel commander and son of the Miskine mosque’s imam assured that “Muslims were viewed as foreigners here in the capital”.

The crisis began after the Séléka carried out a coup on 24 March 2013, claiming that Presi-dent Bozizé had heaped benefits on the Chris-tian group to the detriment of others. Sectarian violence followed the change in government as militias supporting Bozizé and militias from the Séléka clashed. Bozizé fled to neighbouring Cameroon and leader Michel Djotodia declared

himself the first Muslim president. Over the fol-lowing ten months the violence was exacerbated by Séléka coalition, engaged in looting, rape, and murder of civilians.

Seleka abuses spurred the emergence of the an-ti-balaka brigades (“machete proof ” in Sango), made up of Christians and anti Séléka insur-gents. In the last four months of 2013, anti-bal-aka fighters took revenge, carrying out massive attacks on Muslim minority, particularly in CAR’s northwest. International peacekeeping forces were slow to deploy across the country, and as Amnesty International has recently re-ported, ‘the field was open to the anti-balaka to assert their power and authority.’

‘Some groups or wily individ-uals may in fact be benefiting (…) from the chaotic and un-

governed CAR’.

Stephanie Bu-chard, researcher of Think Africa Press pointed out that ‘describing the conflict as sectar-ian or based purely on ideological di-visions between non-state actors obscures the fact that some groups or wily individuals may in fact be ben-efiting (…) from the chaotic and un-governed CAR’.

The current gov-ernment, lead by President Cath-erine Samba-Pan-za, includes some

representatives of the Séléka and anti-balaka militias. Negotiations are ongoing between the government and militia leaders. The resolution of the conflict in CAR must be multidimen-sional; the UN peacekeeping operation must ensure effective and coordinated measures are taken with the government and militia to solve the crisis with the help of the African Union and French military forces, which are due to be joined in September by up to 1,000 European Union troops.

U t was dark outside, and I was looking trough the window. The train was emp-ty, for was very late. The skyline show the shadows of Dublin, a beautiful, an-

cient city, where I moved one year ago. I had fin-ished work and I was on my way back to home...

I head the rising wind, for it moaned through the window, and the branches of the pines crashed to-gether as the train passed trough the park. There was a time, when I used to live in Africa, and I left my family there, in order to find a better life.

It was in the darkest hour of the twilight, looking through the window, where I was remembering the last time I met my husband.

The first time we met each other he confessed me that he wanted to become a successful writer. He wanted to be an African icon... He showed me the stuff of which his dreams were made, and I told him that my dreams were to come to Europe. After two years, I decided to do come here and this was the hardest deci-sion of my life.

During my time in Dublin, I expanded my own horizons, and I helped others to do the same, as I found some spontaneous, motivated, active, pioneer-spirit African people, who feel sometimes loneliness, isolation, feelings of separation, when they saw themselves so far away from their countries.

I had made some good Irish friends, but my re-lationships in general weren’t deep enough, and sometimes I had felt lonely in my workplace. My rich fantasy life and my perseverance were my

best weapons then.

On the other hand, I also felt the freedom of living in a foreign country, alone, and some-times, the strength of my character surprised me. I found singular people who had the same strength and that’s why we became friends, lov-ers.

I have to make an effort to avoid thinking in those who I used to love in the past, in my coun-try. I felt that something was inconclused. So, in some way, I won’t never be capable of forget them, as from time to time I still thinking what would had happened if I were in Ghana.

As I crossed the streets, I remembered the time I used to live there, even if in the latest years I used to spent more time in the down town, studying and working hard, I always kept in touch with some old friends from my village.

The dearest friend I had, was also my husband... Should I come back? I was really worried, won-dering how my life will be after spending one

year in Dublin, quite far away from him. What the hell I was doing, leaving everything?

That was an inevitable and necessary step in order to move towards a better future… I guess.

A blue moon was appearing behind the dark clouds and she followed me til the end of my trip. Last station. Taking my luggage, I crossed the station in a hurry, for it was a cold night.

Europe, with its multicultural and charming cities, can be really cold during the night. I was at the end of my trip. I want to come back and I am sure it’s the right choice! No, wait, I can

always spend a few months more in Ire-land and then, let’s see...

Is this my idea of happiness? Not conventional life stories always were my favourites. I en-joyed living here for one year, but I had realised that I didn’t want to spent the rest of my life in Ireland.

When I see my life, I have the idea of a challenging life. There are not con-ventional obligations in my plans.

In my opinion, there are two conceptions of life, to ways of look-ing life: the first one looks life as a discipline, while the second one looks it as an opportunity. I want to see life as an opportunity for living.

IAFRICA ON MY MIND

BEHIND THE CHAOS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC



LABOURPUBLICITY

igration has been and will continue to be a key element in the economic and social transformation of Ireland, and African migration plays a spe-

cial role in it. While many African immigrants might have found the economic security in Ire-land, others have big difficulties to integrate in the labour market.

Only migrants from the European Union, the EEA (European Economic Area) or Swiss nationals can work without a work permit in Ire-land. Migrants from ‘the rest of the world’ need a work per-mit – in order to get it, they need a job with an annual remuneration of €30,000 or more, so the most viable op-tion for Africans in Ireland is the student visa.

In order to get the student visa migrants must be en-rolled in a full-time course on the Internationalisation Reg-ister, so they will be allowed to take up casual employment of up to 20 hours part-time work per week in term time or up to 40 hours per week during normal college vacation peri-ods.

Accessing and participating in the Irish labour market is not an easy task

This permission only remain until they have finished the course, so in fact they are work-ing to pay these studies, and may find financial pressures difficult to bear.

There are common integration challenges that confront many African immigrants in their en-deavour to access the labour market, such as the lack of recognition of overseas professional qualifications; lack of work experience in Ire-land; lack of Irish references while applying for work… and also they have to face in occasions multiple discrimination for causes of race, reli-

gion, etc.

The Employment Equality Act in Ireland con-templates race discrimination in relation to ac-cess to employment, conditions of employment, equal pay for work of equal value, promotion, training and work experience.

The feeling of not being valued in your workplace for causes of race is something

that you can not always prove

But sometimes Africans reporting racial abuse are asked to provide evidence or witnesses, and they find difficulties in reporting or complain-ing about passive or active discrimination at work, for the feeling of not being valued in your workplace for causes of race is something that you can not always prove. Better access to information would help here but many people also report on unsatisfactory interactions or

difficulties they had while try-ing to report a discrimination case.

There have been reported cases of discrimination because of skin colour, race or religion. Even if this discrimination is in most cases passive, and the in-cidents had occurred on a few occasions, there are cases when migrants said that it was fre-quent and with serious effects, leading them to leave the job.

Africans must be aware of their rights under the Irish Equality Law

Even if the Employment Equality Act ensure that the discrimination of migrants is not too perceptible in the workplace, the specific per-sonal incidents associated with the process of immigration in the labour market are difficult to solve and sometimes are not taken seriously, so Africans must be aware of their rights under the Irish Equality Law and the Employment Equality Act in accessing and participating in the Irish labour market in order to deal with this problems.

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There are common integration challenges that confront many African im-migrants in their endeavour to access the Irish labour market



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ith a deep sense of pleasure and fulfilment, I welcome you to the readership club of this

wonderful pan-African website. In this age of rapid globalisation, especially now that Africa and its resources are becoming increasingly more important in oiling the wheels of global economy, we are compelled to follow up. Why do we follow up and what is the vision of ‘The African International’?

It is crystal clear that Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic stability, combined with a favourable global growth climate, offers opportunities that the region has begun to exploit. Although there are more work to do to match the gain in macro growth at the micro level to accelerate

progress on the Millennium Development Goals. Being aware of the role Africa plays especially in this age, we intend to help spread an ideology that spur self confidence and unity among Africans, particularly black people throughout the world.

Our website and our international magazine shall champion the interest of all black people all around the world, aiming to bring together through political and socio-economic reports, the vitality and indispensability of the African continent.

We do have the desire to cover all frontiers of the world starting from Dublin, where we will be publishing all reports from our media contacts in the African continent and

around the world. No community of African descent will be left out, whether they are in Iran, Andaman island, Turkey, Colombia or here in Europe.

Finally, we intend to help bridge the gap created by colonialism and continuos stereotypical reports of Africa

and its people. We shall also exhibit an editorial policy that is Africa driven, supporting through media reports those who love our motherland and informing the world about those interested in our retrogression.

W Ukachukwu Okorie. Editor at The African International

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he rich get richer and majority of the world’s population are struggling to meet the daily basic necessities of life. Why is that I ask, is it because a

few wise women and men have encaged all the sources of wealth and none is left for the rest of the general populace? I do not think so.

We will become rich if we open our eyes to real-ize that there is always destruction before con-struction, out of the ruins emerges a new nation, from misery and misfortunes new opportuni-ties, from the rough diamonds are found, and gold from the trenches.

In most cases, achieving your income and or business goal is just as simple as getting the right information, mak-ing the right decision, meeting the right con-tact, or just being in the right place at the right time. There are always opportunities for the men or women that cre-ate solutions from every problem. See the cup as half full and not half empty and as sure as the sun will rise again after it sets, from depres-sion or recession must emerge millionaires or billionaires in this gen-eration and generations to come.

Rewind to the begin-ning, knowing what you know now, would you have loved to be part financial owner of social networking sites like Face book, Twit-ter, MySpace, Google, Yahoo and or YouTube? What about owning a piece of the DOW Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ 100 or S&P for-tune 500 companies? Regardless of your current financial status, with or without experience, ed-ucation, employed or unemployed, is it possible to retire in a specified projected future date with

a monthly residual income befitting an upper class entrepreneur?

It behoves me to let you know that poverty is a sickness, and like most sicknesses it has a cure; although there is a miracle cure for financial in-stability, if you do nothing that is exactly what you will get, nothing. In order to accumulate wealth there must be an investment of time and or money.

Wealth Accumulation is a matter of time and timing. It is about knowing what to do and tak-ing action. It is more about following simple guidelines, than it is about how much money you have. Money + Return + Time + Com-

pound Interest = Wealth. Anybody who applies this formula will ultimately generate annual in-come of a million euro or more.

Can you become a millionaire if all you have to invest is only €45? The answer is a definite yes; it is a matter of time and timing. With a conserva-tive annual return of 30%, compounded annu-ally for sixty years, you will retire a millionaire

before the official retirement age of sixty five.

Where do you see yourself financially in three, six, nine, and twelve or fifteen years from to-day; will your current plan generate a six fig-ure annual residual income within any of the time frame mentioned? Any amount of money with a suitable investment strategy and rate of return will generate millions in revenue. It is just a matter of coordinating time and risk in a workable business environment, to synchro-nize in perfect harmony.

Resource BoxMy business plan is designed to organize a co-operative society that will enable cooperators

generate a capital base of one mil-lion dollar or more in fifteen years or less working one hour per day Mon-day through Friday while earning at least $45 per hour.

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