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When I decided to come back, my friends took me for a fool," recounts Clement Ndotizo, who spent a decade in France before returning to settle in his native Central African Republic, one of the world's least-developed and most dangerous countries.
But a "fool", he is not. Like other CAR "repatriates", Ndotizo used skills and experience acquired abroad to carve out success in the country, even as it spiralled further into conflict and poverty.
In his huge villa with swimming pool and sweeping views over the river Oubangui, Ndotizo tells his story with evident pride.
After founding Fox Private Security in France, Ndotizo returned to the CAR in 1993 to create the same firm in the capital Bangui. It quickly became one of the most important businesses in the war-torn country, with more than 1,500 agents.
"In France at the time we were a small company, there was competition," he told AFP. "I saw that it could not go further," added the businessman, who became a member of parliament in 1996.
On the face of it, CAR is not the most promising of business environments.
Central African Republic 'repats' unfazed by poverty, conflict
I wonder if this is their way of trying to get people who left to come back.
But a "fool", he is not. Like other CAR "repatriates", Ndotizo used skills and experience acquired abroad to carve out success in the country, even as it spiralled further into conflict and poverty.
In his huge villa with swimming pool and sweeping views over the river Oubangui, Ndotizo tells his story with evident pride.
After founding Fox Private Security in France, Ndotizo returned to the CAR in 1993 to create the same firm in the capital Bangui. It quickly became one of the most important businesses in the war-torn country, with more than 1,500 agents.
"In France at the time we were a small company, there was competition," he told AFP. "I saw that it could not go further," added the businessman, who became a member of parliament in 1996.
On the face of it, CAR is not the most promising of business environments.
Central African Republic 'repats' unfazed by poverty, conflict
I wonder if this is their way of trying to get people who left to come back.
