Sahara Natural Resources: 20 Years of Experience Operating in West Africa

Beau Nicholls, CEO at Sahara Natural Resources, talks about the company’s goal to provide a sustainable future for West Africa.

“We have 20 years of experience operating in West Africa. We are a West African company of about 200 employees. I am the only Australian. We have mostly professional West Africans working for us who are bilingual in French and English. We offer language, local logistics, technical support, and we provide professional surveying, geotechnical services, and any number of capabilities that go around that. Basically, we provide the local content that you need. You do not want to have 1,000 Chinese come in and do all the work and then leave, because there are no skills transfers to West Africans. We will transfer the skills from the Chinese to increase the skills of the local people here in West Africa which will provide a sustainable future for West Africa. You need to leave a sustainable impact. You cannot just go and build roads and then leave. You cannot go put up wind turbines and then leave. You need to train people because these projects need to be maintained over the lifespan of that infrastructure. Without local content, without local participation, you can invest as much money as you want but it will not benefit the country in the future”, says Beau Nicholls.

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