From: Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 6:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sorry it's taken a while=to get back online. Sometimes tough out here in Africa. Well I can certainly sympathisize with that sentiment and I hate the=thought of any of our foundation work being anything but demand driven.</=iv> So hopefully your friend(s) would be willing to take the time to disc=ss their wants/concerns etc with me so that we can put that whole thing=to rest - I am happy to hear any and all ideas. Unfortunately, sometimes=l can't find a fit for ideas since we do have strategic constraints laid=out by Bill. I think Bill would be sad to hear that anyone thought he was=a colonialist! There are some things that I am not sure you are aware of, and I only=note them as a caution in interpreting statements by the son of the presi=ent. First. the son of the president hates the mayor of dakar and has tri=d multiple times to push him out or at least really shred his reputation.=Your friend ran for mayorial office against him and lost in a landslide=election. Big time. The current mayor is the only elected opposition lead=r in the whole country and there are serious rumblings from the streets=that your friend and his father are the next African government to be top=led. Folks think it is the mayor of Dakar that is fomenting this. So any=hing viewed as successful in Dakar is typically quashed or at least threa=ened. Finding a balance between doing what is right by the people and avo=ding politics is challenging. I think your friend may also be speaking out of both sides of his mot'. h also since he has accepted and welcomed nearly $50 million in foundatio= dollars so far - one to deal with urban health and one upcoming to deal=with sanitation/water. The foundation has rallied other donors around the=e two issues so you can imagine that the numbers skyrocket. It sounds like from our brief conversation last week, that he really=wants an academic institution and