dr. elkind he said in remarks your remarks governance and transparency were key security concerns. protection of the people and the environment from sector impacts. i think i was writing fast and furiously although that is a bad term now. i was writing quickly. what does that mean? >> i think obviously as we know from our experience here the environmental impact offshore and upstream oil and gas is a very important area to develop the capacity in these countries and that -- it was in that context that sector impacts is a little too vague but that is what we are talking about increasing capacities in the environment and management area. >> that is what i was wondering and you also said the ei gao extractable? >> it's an international initiative that transparency initiative. the u.s. is participating. the interior department and the u.s. has the lead on it and it's basically you know to enhance accountability in terms of this important sector and the revenues. >> that's going to be important. you say also and i don't remember if you said africa or a particular country was at a crossr

dr. eye cord, thank you very much. ike cord. miss bass. >> i want to raise a few issues raised by others with concern about power africa and implementation. so i believe, mr. elkind, you were mentioning african entrepreneurs? i think you mentioned that. i wanted to know to the extent that the african diaspora here in the united states was getting involved or what type of outreach are you doing? so a couple of questions. the african diaspora specifically but also just small businesses. i constantly encounter small business people who want to figure out how to be connected and just can't can't quite make the connection. you mentioned the trade mission and in houston and i wonder if many others are planned? i will make a pitch for southern california because it seems like reverse trade missions don't make it to the west or maybe i'm just not aware of them. so that's another issue. then i want to ask you about the development of the infrastructure on the continent. so why don't i start with those couple questions? >> thank you for your questions. i'll start but i'm sure my colleagues will add in. we agree with you that we need to not only start but continue with a lo