Constructing Meanings of a Green Economy: Investigation of an Argument for Africa’s Transition towards the Green Economy

old technologies and we are as it were investing in a green field. 
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It seems to me that structural economic transformation and green development in 
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Africa not only go together but are virtually inseparable. Our topic today is therefore 
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very timely and appropriate.  
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As usual our problem is less in charting our course for the future and more in implement-
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ing our chosen course. More often than not the problem of implementation revolves 
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around availability of resources for implementation. 
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As we embark on green development we will be doing humanity as a whole and in partic-
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ular those who created the problem in an enormous service. It would therefore be 
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natural and fair that we be compensated not only for the damage to our economies 
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caused by global warming but also for the services we render in mitigating it. 
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We have forcefully argued our case in the past and I am sure we will do so in the future.
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But even as we embark on the struggle to get every penny that we deserve we should 
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recognize the issue of green development and structure economic transformation in Africa 
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are too urgent and too important to be left to the tender mercies of the good will of oth-
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ers. We have to find a more reliable source of funding even as we insist on payment by 
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other that is due to us by right. 
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We should first and foremost look at options of mobilizing our own resources. As I said 
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earlier much of what needs to be done to embark on green development of our agriculture 
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can be done through social mobilization and labour contributions of our people. We 
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should also do more to mobilize domestic resources for investment in electric power gen-
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eration. I must say that we have all sold ourselves short when it comes to domestic re-
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