@Calestous You are right. And I'm sure there is more investment in the brewery than there is in food production. They follow the money!
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@Calestous it's not just alcohol that's getting more investment, so is Tobacco production. They want us drunk, and killed off with cancer.
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@Calestous All I can tell you is I spent a lot of my $$$ on Windhoek Lager. Best in the World! (burp) Does that count as FDI?
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@Calestous The problem is staple-food related farming is too politicized ranging from fertilizer and farmgate to retail price controls.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Calestous Emmanuel Akyeampong in the AAAS Department here would likely have some insight on the alcohol side... -
@warnjason@Calestous indeed an his course on the history of alcohol in africa has a section on investment in breweries:http://my.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-2765 …
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@Calestous Came across this earlier in the year http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7b7e1c84-5343-11e1-aafd-00144feabdc0.html#axzz25PRR0kH4 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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