So nice…the softest, highest quality t-shirts, hoodies and other
cotton
products. The ones he showed us had been made at a plant in Ghana
that employs 400 people in a village that barely had anything before to
generate income for its people. Now it hopes to help villagers
out so they can put their children in schools and build up the
infrastructure with new wells, schools and clinics. Bill, a surgeon, created the company, helped design the product lines, and is also their chief salesman.

“Africa needs TRADE not AID!” is his standing credo. After
watching a DVD on his laptop of the clean, safe and happy working
conditions of the modern Ghana plant I was convinced of the merits of
MIA and the Butta product line. If something like MIA can be
shown to be a succesful model it will encourage others to follow.

So keep your eyes out. Maybe next year the hot item will be the Butta T. You heard it here first…

Disclosure: I feel comfortable promoting Butta because at this
point
it hasn’t launched yet and I received nothing in return but a deeper
education on African trade laws. We even paid for the lunch! But
later
this month Butta will unveil in Las Vegas at the MAGIC
expo and we wish Bill all the luck with his new endeavour. Now
where can we get African cotton jeans to go with our Butta T’s?