By Mohamed
Elfatih Ismail
Stories about Sudan
focuses more on war and poverty but there is hope and future going by this short
piece from a friend in Sudan.
Sudan is one of the
war torn countries that is showing signs growth as indicated by its GDP growth
rate for some years now. This growth was gained by relying on the oil resources
discovered at the end of the last decade. According to Ernst and Young, It was
ranked in 2010 as one of the five largest economies in the African sub-Saharan
countries. In addition, Sudan has tremendous resources that can be utilized to
enable the country to take its position in the regional and the international
scene. Although, the referendum results have broken our hearts and ended up
shrinking our budget as Sudan now is facing a severe economical downturn (the
2011 GDP growth rate had plummeted by more than -4%), the telecommunication
sector is still potential for the existing rivals as well as new entrants.
