USAID Contractor Gets $61 Million to Boost Nigerian Agribusiness

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today revealed it recently awarded a $61 million contract to Chemonics International, Inc., to boost the productivity and product quality of the Nigerian agriculture sector.

Chemonics is led by Richard Dreiman, a Harvard University and UC Berkley educated CEO who worked as a privately contracted advisor to USAID/Zaire before coming to the company in 1992. Indeed, the Chemonics executive team is composed of many former USAID officials and independent contractors, including ex-USAID staffers and current Chemonics Senior VPs James Griffin, Stephen Pelliccia, Chris Scott, and Douglas L. Tinsler.

Continued at U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor

An interesting development in the flow of US taxpayer funds to Africa through U.S. companies, though not nearly as interesting as last week's report "Kenya Sees Spike in Obama Administration-Funded Projects"

Talk about the true intent of this election. I can only imagine the riches undiscovered in Africa since the plan this whole time is to keep all the remaining important minerals (and Oil) in this part of the Hemisphere.