Why couldnt a Somali do this though, African reosurces forever used and abused??
And where is the proof he is a billionaire??
It's mostly marketing. He buys frankincense in SL and turns it to oil in the US. He then bottles it and sells it in a pyramid scheme like structure to cadaan soccer moms. He makes big bucks through marketing. It's either xaram(+300% margins, scam like) or very questionable. Somalis should stick with the legitimate side.
The reason somalis are struggling with the legitimate side of the business is lack of connections in the west and trade barriers. Most westerners like a structured supply chain with guaranteed inventory. That's why they buy mostly from Dubai even though there isn't a single frankincense tree over there.
The one that really fucks us is the trade barriers. Importing frankincense resin and then distilling it in your home country is cheaper then buying the oil in SL or PL. Thats because there's a 20% import tarrif. Frankincense resin costs a few dollars per kilogram but if you turn it into oil it's worth up to 6000 euros per liter. So importing raw and prossesing it domestically is always cheaper.
The only way Somalis will get their fair share of the market is if they form a corporation where the government buys all the frankincense from the farmers and sells it internationally. Somalis produce like 80% of the supply of frankincense so we'd probably dictate the prices.(I probably don't see this happening within the next 50 years because of lack of centralized government/greedy businessman who would sell on the black market then).
On another point if I ever become madaxweyne first thing I'd do is round up all frankincense traders and publicly punish/embarrass them for their slave like practices. I'll make a thread about them in the future kkk.