Good Day :South Sudan is Booming..! - Sudan Vision

Date: 11/10/2012

Some weeks ago, a group of South Sudanese officials and businessmen paid a visit to Istanbul-Turkey to launch business negotiations with big Turkish and multinational companies on several issues related to investment opportunities in the Republic of South Sudan-RSS. The trip was well organized and arranged by Kenya Commercial Bank’s (KCB) business club. The first fruit of this trip has appeared last month when a 25-member delegation from Atlas-jet Turkish Airlines Company arrived at Juba International Airport and received by Ronald Deng, the state Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment. The President of the Turkish company Murat Ersoy briefed the media at the airport, saying the company was inspired by the huge investment potentials in the RSS, adding that investing in the airlines and aviation careers will be inaugurated very soon. Official South Sudanese sources said there is a proposal or draft for cooperation agreement between Atlas-jet and RSS, more negotiation is needed to reach an agreement between the two parties.
This step is very important for South Sudan because it contains many indicators:
Investing in airlines and civil aviation careers will improve Juba Airport and other South Sudanese Airports; a step which will facilitate for investors and businessmen to reach all areas in South Sudan. The Turkish Airline Company will involve in a comprehensive partnership with South Sudan in civil aviation to achieve what they would agreed on, it will be the a model for cross-continent investment in the RSS.
The coming of this Turkish Company will attract other Turkish companies and other defferent companies from East Asia, the most generous and helpful partners for Third World and African countries. Not just the Sudanese experience, many African experiences proof that Chinese, Turkish and Malaysian companies are highly needed for their good offers and their less intervention in internal political affairs. Most of Western countries stop their investments and suspend their relations under political pressures based on Human Rights and other issues.
South Sudan gained its independence in July 2011, since then the new nation has relied on Kenyan and Ugandan investments. The economic plans were politically oriented according to preferentiality for those partners for their positive role in the independence of South Sudan. The borders between North and South Sudan were closed; the oil wells were shut down to stop exporting oil through North Sudan. Last month, the two Sudans reach "Cooperation Agreement" based on "win – win" principle. Now, South Sudan is open again for business from regional and international partners without manipulation for some partners and isolation for others. South Sudan now is able to use its situation to have the best offers from all wooers and to avoid exploitation.