Technocrats Call For Investment On Electricity And Roads

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Experts believe boosting these two sectors will increase employment opportunities especially to the youths in the country. The presence of power plants will attract sprung up industries that will demand for many employees. 

Gurtong conducted various interviews with the technocrats during a three day investment summit that ended last Thursday in Juba aimed at boosting investment in the infant nation. 

The delegates described the summit as “significant and timely” and urged for more to be organized periodically to uplift the development standards of South Sudan.
 
“As private sector, we want them to focus on electricity and road infrastructure,” Mr. Simon Akuei Deng, Secretary General of the South Sudan Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture said. 

Akuei pointed out that, lack of electrical power has limited the setting up of industries in many parts of the country, forcing traders to depend on imports consequently causing sharp rise of commodity prices and services in the country. 

He also said that, lack of road network and interconnectivity has limited access to markets for the local produce hence affecting farmers. 

Meanwhile Anna Kima Hoth, Deputy Chairperson of South Sudan Reconstruction Development Fund Commission also called for investment in areas of Agriculture, Health and Education . Kima said that these sectors need foreign backing despite the government efforts. 

Meanwhile, an Investor Mr. Elton Mccabe from the Diamond Cooperation Company that deals in oil, power generation, construction, and water resources has called on the government to support investors in order to develop the country.