Will The Commercialisation Of Ecocoboard Production In Liberia Be The Salvation For Its Citizens - Regardless Of Where In The World They Now Live?

Nothing can be more frustrating, than seeing an opportunity for a whole nation - Liberia - to be transformed by the commercialisation of a newly-developed product, which its own people are unfortunately  unable to envision themselves. That, alas, is the current nature  of my relationship, with my mostly-brilliant  younger generation Liberian friends, in Camp Liberia.

The commercial production of ecocoboards,  in our sister nation of Liberia, will create a cohort of brilliant young  green-entrepreneurs, whose wealth will remain in their  country, provide jobs galore for unemployed younger generation Liberians, as well as develop off-grid renewable energy micro-grids providing affordable electricity, for the  rural communities across  Liberia, where the ecocoboard factories will be sited. Cool.

When I moved to the State Housing Company Estate at Buduburam, a little over a year ago, the property we moved into, happened to share a fence-wall with Camp Liberia. Being the incurably-curious type, I immediately  took an interest in the Liberian refugee community's younger generations, and made friends with some of the opinion leaders in that key demographic. Incidentally,  the community  is now made up  mostly  of those who have chosen to be integrated into Ghanaian society.

There is no question that Camp Liberia has all the good attributes, which societal  melting-pots across the world have: the foremost  being the astonishing energy-levels there.  And how palpable  that creative energy is. Camp Liberia  is definitely one of the most authentic,  interesting, and must-see off-the-beaten-track destinations, anywhere in sub-Saharan Africa.

The marvellous people who daily create that incredible  buzz - 24/7 -  deserve a break in their native Liberia. One hopes that the  Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) will heed one's  call to them, and collaborate  with Dr. Jan van Dam (faculty head of the team at  the Wageningen Research University of Holland, which developed the project idea with partners in the Philippines, Indonesia  and India), to enable the commercialisation of ecocoboard production in Liberia, take place as soon as practicable. That will  be the salvation for all  Liberians - regardless of where in the world they now live.