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Amazing Charles Dickson

Amazing Charles Dickson

The Amazing Productive Encounter with Charles Dickson

Great inspiration and a heart for innovation:

Meeting Charles Dickson was most interesting in every way of the term. He came to Japan with the hope to encounter a good network to support him deploy his amazing innovations and luckily he is a friend of Nobuko a brand ownership member of the Marine Foundation. Upon his arrival to Japan, Charles told Nobuko he was going to meet with Ambassadors, etc… and she stopped him right there saying all she needed to meet is a friend from France a strange guy by the name of Tomeo. She did not tell him who I was or was doing and did not mention anything about Charles before me meeting him either. Well coming from Nobuko, I told myself something special must be going on and I was right. Meeting Charles was revealing, inspiring and providential.

It is the heart that speaks first. We met in some local coffee shop and there I met someone whom I felt was heavenly connected. Charles started talking about his sister who passed away several years ago, while delivery her child in a situation where electricity was lacking. The child also departed with her in the chaos of local doctors using lanterns trying to operate and no medical equipment. He said it was a disaster and something that has anchored heavy on his heart since. Charles then went on a crusade for betterment and this phone charger you see on the photo below is one good idea that emerged when living in the Netherlands where he became a resident.

The path of becoming an entrepreneur in Europe as an African man was needless to say a very difficult endeavor and challenged by an occidental ego of ignorance of Africa where people there do not invest but only based on their ego and knowledge of what they think as reality. Charles had to go step by step and works days and months to provide funds to his innovation, where the guidance of wisdom took him suddenly to where others had not expected him to reach. Little do we know, the young entrepreneur was on the edge of great initiatives which today could largely make great participation in the development of humanity if he just happened to meet the right platform. The right platform is of course: The Marine Foundation.

The gadget you see below is intuitive and correct in all the forms of its utility. A phone re-charger that uses the sun and light with no need to connect to electricity. Very necessary for tens of thousands of rural Africa where villages are dispersed into the beautiful virgin nature of the Motherland. It has a very strong light that clearly also provide support in all kinds of situation. In the modern cities of our world, it might not seem as vital as it sounds, but think about it, what if your child left with a group on a camping excursion, what would you want to him to have? You would want your child to stay in constant communication with you or at least have an instrument for an emergency of any kind. Does that sound familiar? Of Course, you can see in the photo below, Charles with Richard Bronson and business men do have the usual speech “see if it sells and comes back to me” type of answer. However Richard Bronson is unique and a most wonderful human being, encouraging and cheerful; I understand the good heart of successful owners but their children are usually born into wealth, and the reminder of one’s own suffering is not often relevant to the needs of a world at large that still needs lots of help. How can this really take to his heart? That is where inspiration flows best to those who connect internally to what means the most to live a good life, and for most of the businesses, everything drives out of profit first turning the inspiration they originally felt to fade away the day they have become the wealthiest people on earth.

To my clear calculations, the “Green Sun Light” will sell to hundreds of millions and I have the perfect strategy for that. I will have all the 54 countries of Africa pass a legislation for every family on the continent to automatically receive a “such product” as an emergency communication tool for all. Then you have all the other countries of all the other continents. I will take the case to the African Union and make the UNICEF AND RED CROSS partners of the project. So if any huge corporation out there, ever wanted to make a case for a humongous marketing driven campaign then call me immediately at +8190494465599 and I will reveal to you the component strategy by which your name will be known to markets much beyond your reach or expectation.

But Charles is actually much bigger than “Green Sun Light” as per the application he developed to serve the need of international professional communication through an ingenious app. WEEMEETZ is something that will clearly become of a component of our WIKINATIONS platform at Marine Foundation which comes in the form of the first International Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Online Platform. This is where, truly the understanding that “business/concept association” can be so much more fruitful than just venture capitalism, where investors are usually as blind bats bathing in the sun. Today, Charles has come to new but timely heaven to what he has sought to realize most of his life. Nobuko has done the right thing and on our departure from one another, jokingly saying: “Please enjoy the rest of your time in Japan, you have found what you came looking for. No need meeting “Ambassadors” or so-called business VIP’s. You met me and that’s all there is to it”.  What I should say is that Charles Dickson met the Marine Foundation and that is all there was to meet while in Japan.

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Meeting Professor Oussouby Sacko

Meeting Professor Oussouby Sacko

President of Kyoto Seika University Professor Sacko

Meeting with the Great Professor Oussouby Sacko

Just about noon today, I get a message on my phone that Professor Sacko from Kyoto is visiting Tokyo and he would time to share with me this evening. Change of schedule, I make this a priority and here I am at the Ritz Carlton meeting with one of the legendary Academic from Mali Africa. What an honor! There with him with the IT engineer, Mr. Ditie Seydou, who manages the entire security of the Ritz and guess what, he is also from Africa and found out they are friends, in the same course of pioneering their skills starting with China when they were younger. So I take it, they also speak fluent Chinese. I was impressed. The conversation went around the concept MARINEF/ADN applied in a program that could mean a lot to Kyoto Seika University. Professor is the new President since 2018.

Biography

Oussouby SACKO is Professor at the Department of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Humanities at Kyoto Seika University, Japan, and was Dean of Faculty from April 2013 until March 2017. Actually President of Kyoto Seika University since April 2018. He is also affiliate to the Graduate School of Humanities and to the Graduate School of Design (Architecture). Born in Mali (Bamako), he went to China (Beijing and Nanjing) after graduating High School to pursue his education in the field of Architecture. He got a Bachelor Degree from South-East University (Dongnan Daxue), Nanjing China. He moved to Japan afterward and got a Master Degree and a Doctor Degree of Engineering in the field of Architecture and Architecture Planning from the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University, Japan. He is member of Ordre des Architectes du Mali (OAM) and member of many scientific associations such as, The Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), Architectural Design Association of Nippon (ADAN), The City Planning Institute of Japan (CPIJ), Japan Association For African Studies (JAAS), Society for the Study of Early Modern Kyoto, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), ICOMOS-MALI, ICOMOS-ISCARSAH, ICOMOS-ISCEAH and many others. He has been conducted field researches and worked on housing planning, policy and design in Mali and Japan. Recently, his main interest is on community architecture, community re-design and architecture conservation, restoration in historical cites. He has recently conducted field researches in Japan, China, Mali, Mauritania’s historical cities, Burkina Faso and Niger. (Full report here)

Bank of Africa

Bank of Africa

Presidents of Marine Foundation Meet with the Bank of Africa

Meeting with Account Manager Mr. Maxime A. Assomou

Marine Foundation and SCI Marine (an agency of the Marine Foundation) are both registered into the BOA Banque of Africa in Abidjan. It was a wonderful pleasure to meet Director and Account Manager Mr. Assomou, who had the courtesy to make us feel very welcome. It is very important for the Marine Foundation to share its vision with the establishments we would work with since our purpose needs to be known as to the support of the development of economy wherever the organization is registered. Mr. Assomou was very pleased to hear of us, Mrs. Koura N. Ouattara President of Africa and Mr. Tomeo M-Gressard, founder. 

BOA is a well-established bank in the continent and is partly owned by the BMCE bank. It has banking operations in 18 African countries.  In 2008, Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur (BMCE) took a 35% shareholding interest in AFH, which had rebranded to Bank of Africa Group, bringing much needed financial capital and banking expertise to the group.

Meeting the Governor of Abidjan

Meeting the Governor of Abidjan

Meeting His Excellency Beugre Mamber, Governor of Abidjan.

His Excellency Governor Beugre Mambe

Just before the event, (Grand Opening Marine Foundation Africa) His Excellency Govern of Abidjan had the kindness to make time for a short welcoming session together. He clearly mentioned that the Marine Foundation’s vision is suited to the region and therefore we are so welcome to start operations here. Projects that mean good for the city are most expected and notably in the realm of education.

His Excellency has a background in civil engineering, it is going convenient to bring to Abidjan with the best feasibility study group from Japan I am aware of. Abidjan is a beautiful city and I can clearly understand the ambition of pulling the city to become a haven for tourism and a place of great gatherings.

To be here today, on such short notice was truly a blessing and I can really appreciate all that our President Mrs. Ouattara has done to make this possible, alongside President Siama Bamba. I really look forward to the development of the port Abidjan and its maritime industries.

Marine Foundation Africa

Marine Foundation Africa

Cote D’Ivoire’s Majestuous Grand Opening Ceremony in Abidjan

Amazing Grand-Opening ceremony for the Marine Foundation Africa through Cote d’Ivoire & Mrs. Koura N. Ouattara.

It was something that I did not expect in the greatness in came about and the surprises that came along minutes by minutes on the beautiful day of February 20, 2019. The organization of the event was perfect and I was moved by everyone who came there and especially the organizers who ranged from government officials to business leaders and many dignitaries. What was most heartfelt was the children represented by Manuella Ouattara who came and delivered a speech of the heart.

We were blessed for the event to be sponsored with the presence of Her Excellency Professor Mariatou Kone, Minister of Solidarity, Social Cohesion and the Fight Against Poverty. She was so graceful in delivering a very powerful speech announcing the activities of the Marine Foundation Cote D’Ivoire and Africa.

I was also blessed to have a very special encounter with the Governor of Abidjan, His Excellency Beugre Mambe,  who was most graceful spending a little time together in the sharing of the future with the Marine Foundation. But there were so many wonderful guests and even friends who had come from other countries like Senegal, Mr. Matar Diop Kane representing the foundation there.

I will forever cherish that first moment of stepping onto African soil, the motherland, where I believe everything will take place to solve the problems of the world. Africa is the future and Cote d’Ivoire is to me a most beautiful country in the world. It has everything it needs to become an economic power and a place where all the educational project of the Marine Foundation can take form. It has the heart of Africa through its serein and beautiful people who truly represents a nation filled with kindness and traditional virtues. I was so pleased to be welcomed, in the ways of true respect and real genuine effort of making this a wonderful start of operation for the Marine Foundation, in the extent of encouraging us to do our very best.

Opening prayer with Bishop Ouattara Mohamed Idriss who deliver the most powerful opening statement. Bishop has churches around the world and is prominent with his own media group in the set up of cable news channels. 

The Honor of the Sponsorship of Her Excellency Minister Mariatou Kone

Madame Minister Her Excellency Mariatou Kone became the “Marraine” of the event and presented her full support to the ceremony. Her speech of great emphasis on encouraging the Marine Foundation in socio-economic development for the region, was a message of hope and support. The Marine Foundation will fully join in supporting her ministry with all the beautiful programs we are designed to conduct.

TV Reports

There has been several TV reports and it all has been so positive. This particular report is credited to Bishop Ouattara whose TV station has been very kind in sharing the footage on the day’s event.

The Governor of Abidjan:

His Excellency Governor Beugre Mambe

Just before the event, His Excellency Govern of Abidjan had the kindness to make time for a short welcoming session together. He clearly mentioned that the Marine Foundation’s vision is suited to the region and therefore we are so welcome to start operations here. Projects that mean good for the city are most expected and notably in the realm of education.

Since His Excellency has a background in civil engineering, it is going convenient to bring to Abidjan with the best feasibility study group from Japan I am aware of. Abidjan is a beautiful city and I can clearly understand the ambition of pulling the city to become a heaven for tourism and a place of great gatherings.

To be here today, on such a short notice was truly a blessing and I can really appreciate all what our President Mrs. Ouattara has done to make this possible. I really look forward to the development of the port Abidjan and its maritime industries.

 

The President of “La Region Bagoue“:

His Excellency President Siama Bamba

President Bamba has been all help and supports much before and after the event. His region in the north is in full development with agriculture the main industry. Truly appreciated from beginning to end, I found here a brother and a great partner to well being of our endeavors in Africa.

Government of Abidjan:

Vice-Governor Samuel Mobio

I do not have all the names yet although the team in Abidjan is preparing all the data but there was so many nice people coming to our support in the preparation of the event. I found myself in the midst of new friends and supporters and quite frankly, very beautiful people. My French speaking is not as eloquent as the people there and I had to really think up my words translated from English.

Government Delegate:

President Karamoko Abdel Kader

Honorable Diomande Mamadou, an extraordinary gentleman who also put his cars to our disposition while our trip to Abidjan before and after the ceremony. I will always be ever so grateful. (Next to him the dignitary Lady Madame Toure). 

Deputy of the City of Seguela:

Honorable Diomande Mamadou

I salute Honorable Diomande Mamadou, an extraordinary gentleman who also put his cars to our disposition while our trip to Abidjan (photo below). I will always be ever so grateful. (Next to him the Dignitary Lady Madame Toure).

Honoring Our Queen, the person who made it all possible:

President of Cote D’Ivoire, Headquarters for Africa, Her Excellency Koura N. Ouattara

President Koura N. Ouattara has pioneered the way for Marine Foundation to establish in Africa for about five years of patience, endurance and reflection. The Marine Foundation concept is something that does not come out of the ordinary and working through the vision for a stable and ensuring start was not an easy task. We are so grateful that on February 20, 2019, of this day, her vision came true with the help and support of those sacrificial volunteers who truly came to the rescue and those whose hopes are firmly grounded in the development of Africa, for African, by Africa, and from Africa.

Children Ambassador of Marine Foundation Africa: Princess Manuela Ouattara

Princess Manuela, Children Ambassador

At Marine Foundation, we call children from 5 to 16 years of age with the appellation of “Prince” or “Princess”. This is the concept of a corporate kingdom where all children are blessed as the owners of the future. To affirm the protection of humanity, we need to understand that children are the rightful inheritance of the creation and they need to be treated as preciously as we care for our life. Marine Foundation has engineered a program to bring all children to absolute safety and care.

Marinef Ministry of Art Education:

Artist Jospin Lohanga Exposes at the Event

I cannot tell you how happy I was to finally meet the amazing Jospin! This was to me a great revelation and the discovery of what Africa represents to world cultures. All we would ever want to know about life itself is written through the soil of Africa the Motherland, and Jospin knows how to express it so abundantly through his art. We are so grateful he was here to offer glorify the day.  

A Perfect Gift

It is during his stay in Abidjan and while preparing for the event that Jospin dedicated his talent to supporting the Marine Foundation with the offering of a masterpiece portrait to Her Excellency Minister Mariatou Kone. This is to say how much everyone went out of their way to participate in making this event even more beautiful. At the entrance hall of the Hotel de Ville, several pieces were in display for the world to see.  

Thank You Abidjan! Thank You for the Most Amazing Welcome into the Motherland!

Ceremonial Coronation as Traditional Chief (Chef Coutunier)

Although the Marine Foundation comes to bring new educational system around the world, my own education started the day I landed in Cote d’Ivoire Africa. I have never seen anything like it and I probably never will again. I was honored with the title of “Chief of Tradition” a very high tribal ranking in the country, rarely given to anyone. What a surprise! as it was indeed unexpected. 

Thanks to the Beautiful Staff!

Thanks to You Mrs. President Koura N. Ouattara!

Truly and I will always wonder how our President Mrs. Outtara was able to put to light such an organization in view of the superb event on February 20th, 2019. This is one of those miracles which only heaven can explain. Please enjoy the rest of the photos below.

CCI of Cote D’Ivoire

CCI of Cote D’Ivoire

Meeting Vice-President Maguiraga Bakary, The Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Cote D’Ivoire.

His Excellency Vice President Bakary Maguraga

Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Cote D’Ivoire is truly the providential call for a great Brother to the Marine Foundation since most of his desires for his country matches the Marine Foundation’s programs in design, programs, and application. Furthermore, Vice President Maguraga is so well acquainted with the fishing industry as involved with the type of commerce for the past 30 years before he became Vice-President of the Chamber.

I truly felt here the heart of Cote D’Ivoire’s real potential for growth along with the development of its economy. Marine Foundation has engineered a few commercial initiatives which first starts as programs through “agency set up”. Therefore the Marine Development Agency (MDA) which promises to help boost the economy through a transfer of technologies and establish a “Made in Africa” brand product development. This kind of planning does not exist anywhere and we would be so proud to demonstrate the procedure in our beautiful headquarters of Africa which represents Cote D’Ivoire and the Leadership of President Koura N. Ouattara. But always alongside with helping us with meeting all these incredible people, our marvelous brother, His Excellency President Siama Bamba, stood by our side. (Photo on the right)