In September 2009, the Prime Minister of Tanzania Mizengo Pinda on his official visit to Asian countries, met the Preseident of South Korea in Seoul. The two countries agreed to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation. There is no doubt that Tanzania opt to benefit from the technology that Korea has attained including some agricultural techniques, machinery related to farming and technicians in agricultural sector. Although Korea is a country of Mountains, with high population approaching 50 million, but their advancement in agricultural technology has helped to increase agricultural production with small agricultural land available. However, Korea wish to expand agricultural production to feed its people by acquiring/lessing land outside its territory. Tanzania might be one of the target. Technology tranfer is seen as a benefit to developing country such as Tanzania. Lack of technology in developing countries has limited their agricultural production despite the fact that they own massive fertile land.
Other infrastrutures such as roads including bridges will benefit from the cooperation, Korean companies and business have been invited to take part in economic development initiatives in Tanzania.
Tanzania is already benefiting from Korean support for training Government Staff, example under Korea International Cooperation Agent (KOICA) many Tanzanians have been trained in Korea, most of them at Master deegrees. Some support is also been given to education institutions such as University of Dar es Salaam which has been supported in its Information Communication Technology an area in which Korea is now doing its best.
The Prime minister's visit was to put emphasis and expand the areas of cooperation. There is a lot that Tanzania can learn from Korea, a country that has shown a suprizingly economic development in the past recent. The good news is that in 2010, the G-20 meeting will be held in South Korea!!! This will make Korea take the chairmaship of the summit. Bravo Korea.
Jasson John,
Seoul
Thursday, October 1, 2009
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