jln115:
sarcasm? Do you speak it?

Geronimoe:

Know thyself @jln, it will help you in immeasurable ways.

jln115:
I guess that's a no.........

Lurker4Long:
Interesting.
Calls made so far by US President-elect Biden to world leaders:

1) Nov 09 - Canada, Mexico
2) Nov 10 - France, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom
3) Nov 11 - Australia, Japan, South Korea
4) Nov 12 - The Vatican
5) Nov 13 - Italy
6) Nov 17 - Chile, India, Israel, South Africa

Geronimoe:


The day we begin to understand that all these small countries are just pawns in international politics is the day that we emancipate ourselves from mental slavery. You've now become a self appointed spokesman to majority of Nigerians.

kenpaul0:
and those small Countries like North Korea are creating fear amongst your so called BIG countries...so much for being a pawn...Even on this page were we chat daily most Nigerians support my stand...if u have the time u can do a survey. So much for mental slavery[b]...i'd rather be a North Korea [/b]than a Nigerian who would kiss SA arse

Geronimoe:



ROFL. North Korea is actually a pawn to China. And the only reason it's still existing as a seperate and communist country. My problem is that we sometimes have an over bloated ego and still living in the past. It's a giving that South Africa is more advanced than other African countries because of their past - apartheid (it laid the foundation for their economy and advanced industries but regrettably the current leaders are thoughtless, unthinking and vacuous-if not cos of apartheid, SA would have been another Lesotho or Mozambique). But I've digressed a little, the substance of my gist is, what else do you think you've better than SA apart from that we helped them during apartheid.

kenpaul0:
No...But we all are aware of the circumstances that lead to that. As a fellow African Country that supported them through the struggle against apartheid things could have been handled better. They did not have to allow things go South as they did

Lurker4Long:


Just as interesting, calls made by new Secretary of State Antony Blinken to his counterparts in his first week on the job:

1) Jan 26 - Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea
2) Jan 27 - France, Germany, UK, NATO Secretary-General, Australia, Philippines, Thailand, Israel
3) Jan 28 - Iraq, Afghanistan, EU Commissioner for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy, Italy, Jordan, South Africa
4) Jan 29 - India, Pakistan, AU Commission Chairperson, New Zealand, Sweden, Colombia

Salatavor:
They didn't Call Nigerian President . Hehehe this is going to be a real fun five years...

Geronimoe:

Does the call make us an instant first world country or does it mean send me your Acc #. Your gf fit dey call you as per number one but dey still sleep with number 5.

kenpaul0:
and those small Countries like North Korea are creating fear amongst your so called BIG countries...so much for being a pawn...Even on this page were we chat daily most Nigerians support my stand...if u have the time u can do a survey. So much for mental slavery...i'd rather be a North Korea than a Nigerian who would kiss SA arse

Salatavor:
I don't even understand this your write up... But relevance brings acceptance... The Nigeria we used to know was relevant... I hope that answers your irrelevant question.

Raaven:
ilyshin 76

Lurker4Long:

Our vaccines were transported by an Emirates cargo plane. We really should not have cancelled the A400M deal.

jln115:
One of the worse decisions the SANDF has ever made......not as bad as Deloitte's army restructure plan!!

Lurker4Long:


When one thinks about it, most of the other bad decisions can be traced back to that Deloitte plan. But to be fair to Deloitte (some of my good friends are in management consulting ), they were working to parameters set by the powers that be.

“We are pleased that our officers will live with their families in more decent houses which are near their places of work. This shall further boost their morale to work due to the good environment they will be living in,” he added.
He noted that although the houses could not be enough for all officers who applied to be allocated the houses, they are confident to get at least 62,000 units when the entire project of 621,523 units is complete.
The houses range from one bed-roomed to three bed-roomed houses costing between one million and four million respectively.
Boniface Ngochi, the Deputy Director State Department of Housing and Planning said the government provided the 7.9 acres parcel of land where 1,370 units were constructed at Park Road.
Mr Ngochi said the payment period is estimated to be at most 20 years or until one retires from civil service, whichever comes first.
“It is the government’s plan to ensure all public lands are put into better use like construction of such affordable houses. The prices are far below the prices one incurs if he buys through a private company.” He added.
Sergeant (Sgt) Lucy Wanja who is one of the beneficiaries could not hide her joy after she was shortlisted for a three bed-roomed house for Sh3.5 million.

jln115:
My Dad is a director at Deloitte so it's not like I'm biased

Raaven:
ilyshin 76

Lurker4Long:




There was a time I used to tell people I interviewed at McKinsey, was offered a job and turned them down. With the shenanigans there, I now emphasise the turning down.

Lurker4Long:


East Africa is proving to be a boon for Katmerciler. First Uganda and now Kenya.
I feel bad for the guys at OTT: their proposal won the technical evaluation, but lost on the financing of the deal. Between the SA government and the private banks, they really need to wake up and realise structuring finance deals for the defence industry is an imperative.

Stargate254:
Slightly related ... Turkey (the drone manufacturing company TAI) provided Kenya with the technical knowhow and helped us custom build this drone which we would own under license. So this is probably the beginning of something long-term ...
Add that to the fact that they are basically rebuilding the Somali National Army, they could become a big supplier in E.A in the next decade.