We might have been a little quick to judge Mr Ibrahim for clienteling with  Kagame.

As a business man with  serious investments in Congo and Africa in general, it  only makes sense that he would want to be on the good side of the chairman of the African Union who unfortunately happens to be a savvy dictator.

 

Looking back at it all , considering how  business and politics are very closely intertwined ,Mr Ibrahim’s main concern in Kigali was DR Congo.

He praised Kagame for how effectively his country was run  and he mentioned DR Congo’ s difficulties and unrest , it is no secret that they fuelled by its mineral wealth , in which Kagame has a hand in.

 

These major conferences that  are attended by the big names in politics and  finance are really all about opportunism.

We cannot be so naive as to expect  the moral high ground to be the motivation behind  such gatherings.

 

Even philanthropy  serves the purpose of politicians and they themselves serve obscure  interests that are not always evident at first glance.

Some will say that this conference was organised  under the guise of rewarding the first elected African female head of state  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia), who is also credited to have left the presidential seat democratically when now President Georges Weah took office.

 

It has not gone unnoticed that  Moise Katumbi was hailed as the possible right man to replace Joseph Kabila Jr .

 

Noble Marara