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While the outcome has been wel- just think if right from the outset we de- Schalkwyk said.
comed, however, South African High cided to approach that as Australia and “Both of us know what our responsibili-
Commissioner Marthinus van Schalkwyk SA.” ties are in terms of international agree-
questioned why a collaborative effort Van Schalkwyk said there were some ments that we have signed and what we
wasn’t considered from the outset. excellent initiatives and exciting coop- should do; we have all the figures and
“The question was asked about com- eration between Australia and SA in the timeframes. But, it is really on the adap-
petition and the clever people here, the fields of nuclear medicine and marine tation side where we can cooperate a lot
academics will know about cooperative science, which needed to be built upon. more. I look forward to strengthening this
competition and that is how we should “I believe we can add a lot of momen- relationship.”
see this relationship,” van Schalkwyk. tum without a lot of energy on the issue
“In the end it [SKA decision] was basi- of climate change, not on the mitiga- – Mark Andrews
cally a forced political compromise, but tion side, but the adaptation side,” van

Australian technology, particularly in the fields of mining with HE Isaiya Kabira intent on broadening the scope of
and agriculture, is a key attraction for African governments. Australian participation in other sectors.
“We have a wide range of minerals, but we still need the Kabira said Kenya had a rich human resource pool to tap
technology to get the minerals out of the ground,” HE Joyce into and identified the agriculture sector as an area in which
Kikafunda from Uganda said. Australian knowledge could be applied more deeply.
“We are looking for friends. We are looking for partners “We are happy to apply Australia’s technology in our agri-
so we can grow our resources and not just for the interest culture sector; we are very rich in coffee and tea and we are
of Uganda, but mutual benefit. Our current strategy is to seeing more [Kenyan] tea and coffee coming into Australia.
not only take them from the ground but make sure they are We’d like to see some of this product tailor-made to the
processed in the country. That is going to provide much Australian market,” Kabira said.
needed growth and help companies get their profit. That
is where we are now, we are young, but we want to move “Europe has been our biggest trading partner for coffee
ahead.” and tea; Australians love their coffee in a very different way
and we want to ensure that we are bringing the right coffee
Base Resources Ltd has helped put the Kenyan mining in- blend here and the right tea type.”
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