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Because we can't afford it. Can your parents provide what Adenuga provides his kids? Abeg go away with all these nonsense posts; they belong in the humor section.

blasted12:
your diction is horrible. There are at least a million northerners who can type better than you

1 million? I doubt that strongly, given your own diction: "Type better"? What does that mean in relation to diction?

Weedsmoker:
Trump is one hell of an overhyped shit,his greatest asset is his bad and loud mouth.

This protest has really put his leadership skills to test.

Buhari go just shoot them -- like the Shiites

sulaak:
He lacks merit and integrity. AfDB first mistake was allowing Mr Adesina to a second term without an election.

We don't know enough at the moment. I will wait for the independent investigator's report before reaching conclusions. Besides, he has done a good job of raising funds for the bank and keeping it's credit rating, so fingers crossed.

ArticleBeast:
They should just say they no want bros again.

If true, bros yab now? But by African standards, he's a saint.

seunmsg:
How much did they say he stole?

Again, you don't have "steal" to bring down an organization. You just have to violate rules -- OMG. Is our country/continent going anywhere soon? I assume you are a youth. With this kind of thinking -- no chance!

Subduer:
You haven't been FOLLOWING these events for up to 5 years. This is brazen robbery by the Political leaders of France, not necessarily by the French people.

Saharareporters just posted detailed allegations. You might want to respond to that. In our part of the world, we are used to low-rent work so I can understand the yampering. Fashola, Osinbajo and other "heroes" will be in jail in the West, serving long sentences.

baysol:
Obviously it is palpably clear US does not want African development especially Nigeria. What is all this nonsense about whistleblower. Its possibly over colonized French speaking Africans doing the bidding of their masters. Africans know your enemies.

Africans were the whistleblowers; they also don't want the development of Nigeria? Newsflash: No one besides the Chinese gives a crap about African development. The destroyers of Africa walk in your midst -- in Abuja.

Subduer:
You haven't been FOLLOWING these events for up to 5 years. This is brazen robbery by the Political leaders of France, not necessarily by the French people.

Please educate me/us. I have read the reports, and even Adesina admitted to violating some procedures/guidelines. Sincerely, please tell me/us what you know.

seunmsg:
Nigeria cannot fight the US alone. Africa leaders need to come together to save the bank from US and European control. AfDB is becoming too strong and providing support for African countries and the west are not happy about this. Adesina is also dismantling French control over the bank and indirectly over Francophone Africa countries. These are part of the reasons why they are against him.

Spouting without evidence -- the African way. No attempt to discuss the allegations.

frog12:
i was not annoyed
we are just providing opinions. i think china is catching up to the West. they want to be the centre of the world again like in history. and even the centre of all diseases

I agree China is catching up, as they should. I hate their template, but it seems to be working. Cheers!

frog12:
hk only closed its borders. southkorea society is like chinese. they respect. if you call them chicken seller, yet they have modern cities like shanghai, and which one can you compare with in nigeria? you insult them but cannot compare your country to theirs. people steal billions in nigeria and get away. do that in china, and na gullotin be that.

I didn't insult them, my brother. I was comparing them to the West. I said the West does not have chicken seller and drivers in Africa. We are a long way from the Chinese. They have always been a big culture, just had some setback and are now back. Cool?

frog12:
its not leadership. just versatile system. the chinese system allowed them to handle the virus better than the west. chicken sellers you say? and what do you have in nigeria? gutter sellers? human sellers

I agree that it's versatile (for virus only) -- but we rarely have these viruses. Also remember the South Korean & HK system handled it as well, and those are free systems. The system also lies a lot. Remember, they were muzzling doctors trying to alert the world. Is that the system we want? I say we already have that.

I don't understand the "sellers" part, but I was alluding to Chinese leaving their country to go do low-skill work elsewhere. Westerners don't do that.

Olominira:
This list is too much, but let add, they recently launched Hengmeng or in English Harmony to battle Google Android. This is why people like us would always see Trump as a low IQ fellow. He made a terrible mistake with Huawei. Anytime Chinese phone manufacturers start using Harmony OS, it's the beginning of end of Android. All chinese phone makers are stake holders in Harmony OS

This is wishful thinking. You keep looking at it from the African POV (infrastructure this, biggest that). You forget it's the people that matter. Until westerners start relocating to China, then China will still remain behind. You're talking phone this, bank that. As they should; they have numbers on their side. You say Baidu: when was the last time you searched on Baidu. You're typing in English; have you started learning Mandarin? It's not biggest this; biggest that to lead. It's cultural; China does not have that. China is all Chinese; the West is everybody. No one group can win everybody; let that sink. If you're clever and from the biggest jungle in Africa, you can make it in the West. You cannot say the same for China. That, my brother, is leadership. The Chinese people do not live a better life than the West. By West, I include Europe and Australia. Even when push comes to shove, Russia is West. China's real competition is India. Watch manufacturing shift to India. To lead, you must create a good life for your people first, not creating drivers and chicken sellers on other continent. Let me know when you start using Baidu.

Olominira:
The western report on China is not accurate. What I learned about China southWest region was terrible until I had the opportunity of visiting Chengdu, Shenzhen, Hangzhou. I also visited Beijing. You See, China is way too ahead of USA in many areas. I'm talking about technology, and this was 4yrs ago. I didnt see any evidence of large scale poverty, because I was opportuned to travel by train from Shanghai to Beijing. Do not believe report of poverty in China. Shenzhen is really amazing, not too far from Hong Kong. You'd think you're in Tokyo

I don't have to believe the Western report on China. Again, answer this question, why are Chinese graduates flooding the West and starting families there? The West is not doing that, no? How many Western drivers do you see in Africa? How many westerners do you see selling chicken? Well being is not measured in infrastructure; it is measured in well-being and social safety nets. China is not there yet. They admit it too. Please read the South China Morning Post & Global times. China is still catching up.

SIRTee15:
China is an advanced economy with the largest manufacturing capacity in the world....
They insist on being called developing economy because of the trading benefits....
They lead USA in many new fields of technology including supercomputers, industrial robotics and artificial intelligence....
China spends more on research and development when calculated by PPP....
China top tier cities are far ahead what any american city looks like....
Chinese govt has money, loads of it and they not afraid to spend.....while USA is broke....
America owes 23 trillion dollars in debt and they have no intention to pay back...while China has 4 trillion dollars in reserve.....
American saving grace is petrodollar.....thats the only thing keeping them from bankrupcy....

The future is the China, 21st century is chinese....
Provided they promote trade and investment, and avoid being aggressive.....
Western nations will really have to work twice as hard and be extremely disciplined to reverse the above.....


Now to africa....no nation cares about us...
They are all here to exploit us and keep us weak....

But I'll prefer we deal with china than western nations....
White people don't understand us and don't want to....
They keep insisting we embrace their system as a gateway to prosperity.....
If all u learn from western nation is democratic values n freedom....u are doomed for life.....
China learnt other things but not the above....
We should learn from China.....

I give you a lot of respect for actually going through the motion and responding (which is unusual on this site), so I'll retort carefully:

China is an advanced economy with the largest manufacturing capacity in the world....
Manufacturing capacity can be replicated in the West in a short term. When westerners design products, they take it to China to manufacture on the cheap. Even the big manufacturing machines are designed in the West, plus the capital that finances those big products

They insist on being called developing economy because of the trading benefits....

True; however, a developed economy is not roads, hotel and such -- it's the quality of life of your people. China lags the entire West on this note, in percentage and numbers. Besides America, all other Western countries have cradle to grave benefits. Quality of life is the true measure

They lead USA in many new fields of technology including supercomputers, industrial robotics and artificial intelligence....

This is flat out untrue; Silicon valley is still the birth place of all that you mention above; you can refute with source. Even Germany can engage the whole of Asia on this front

China spends more on research and development when calculated by PPP....

Same as above, please adjust their spending by PPP and give a figure that can be contested. I will be contesting an idea by going into this.

China top tier cities are far ahead what any american city looks like....

How? Because they are new? I have been to both places; Western nations are admittedly not new, as they have built infrastructure a long time ago, but trains work and arrive on time? Looks are deceiving my brother. You should visit Berlin and fear efficiency. Of course newer things look better. Does Dubai not look better than China? Does it rank on any serious note?

Chinese govt has money, loads of it and they not afraid to spend.....while USA is broke....

This point kinda exposes your financial acumen: Now tell me, can you be broke on the money you produce? The US doesn't even have to "print" dollars; it's made on a keyboard these days. They have an advantage of being the reserve currency; until this changes, there is no broke in their vocabulary, just a delayed fear of inflation and there are tools to curtail that

America owes 23 trillion dollars in debt and they have no intention to pay back...while China has 4 trillion dollars in reserve.....

Same as above, you have dollars (US-made money in your reserve). You more than the borrower have an implicit interest in the value not falling. Picture if you can make SirTee dollars as much as you want, and you lend in SirTee dollars, can't you always print SirTee dollars and pay your debt? Japan and the US have an enormous advantage on this note. Do you know how much Japan owes in Yen? You go fear your head. With the 2 most recent points, it's clear you're not a finance person. You come across as a lawyer -- knowledgeable but out of your zone

American saving grace is petrodollar.....thats the only thing keeping them from bankrupcy....

and the reserve currency status + trust in it's institution. It will take China a bit of time to develop this trust; even Asian countries don't trust them

The future is the China, 21st century is chinese....

It's not going to happen. They do not have the much needed cultural clout. Their graduates still seek a better life in the West. Until that reverses, then no chance. As an example, everybody is thriving in the West. The West includes everybody. As an example, the lead fighter of Coronavirus in Illinois is a Nigerian -- Ngozi Ejike -- the West is everybody, including Chinese and Indians. China is chinese only; you cannot win the rest of the world. That is the American template. Unless clowns like Trump reverse that, again, you cannot win everybody.

Provided they promote trade and investment, and avoid being aggressive.....

They are not aggressive? I'm sure you joke on this one. Again, as a retort, you in Nigeria or wherever can invest in the American stock market. You cannot do that in China. You can buy property in the US. You cannot do that in China. You can become an American. You cannot be come chinese. Promote trade? I'm sure you chuckle at this

Western nations will really have to work twice as hard and be extremely disciplined to reverse the above.....

There is nothing to reverse. China is not even close yet. All the West needs to do is change their manufacturing base to India and Vietnam. You keep forgetting the customer is always right

Now to africa....no nation cares about us... Agreed
They are all here to exploit us and keep us weak.... Agreed

But I'll prefer we deal with china than western nations....

White people don't understand us and don't want to.... Why?
They keep insisting we embrace their system as a gateway to prosperity..... The West has multiple systems so which one. You want the XiJiping system? We already have that. The daddy is always right system
If all u learn from western nation is democratic values n freedom....u are doomed for life..... How? Elaborate. I thought every man wants freedom. Xijinping has freedom; only the street folks don't. Sorta like Northern Nigeria
China learnt other things but not the above....
We should learn from China.....
Learn what exactly

Please lets keep this conversation respectful. It's a conversation that Africans must engage in. It's important to our future.

I'm also open minded on this if you can convince me. I'm waiting........

Olominira:
To be honest with you, your level of international politics is extremely low. I would not be able to respond to all you wrote. Let me just correct just one big lie or lack of information there; The entire world actually wants China to drop "Developing Economy" but China do not want because they would loose a lot of trade benefits. Pls take your time and read articles on this. It's better to be properly informed before making comments on public fora

Please don't . I don't see much to gain from your plain-vanilla naivete. There's nothing to read. While their streets might look developed to an African, the country is still a middle income country -- with massive amounts of poor people, and minimal social safety nets. You read more articles. I can furnish you with them. As for international basket of currencies, Yuan is a junior member -- Euro, Yen come before it. It has to surpass those before taking aim at the dollar. Plus do you think central bankers trust the chinese closed system. They've been peddling currency swaps for years, even their neighbor India (that should be most interested) is not buying it; instead they are moving troops to the border readying for skirmishes. Africans, be careful what you with for with these chinese -- they are far more ruthless than the West. BTW, the US just sent Nigeria 1,000 ventilators; how many has China sent? I'm waiting. They are busy bribing in Kano and stealing gold in osun. They even bring drivers -- how many western drivers do you see in Nigeria. That should let you know someone is planning to move in.

One4me:
You are a todler with a negative I.Q, to make the bolded statement.

China is America's greatest competitior in the scramble for Africa and China is having the upper hand right now.
Seeing your level of lack of intelligence, l will be dragging myself down into the gutter, if l start debating a brainless azzlicker like you.
GTF off my bum, Ooponu.

And Yes, eventually, as it has started with the upgrading of the Yuan into the 'international basket (I know you dont know what it means though ), it is just a question of time before the Yuan replaces the dollar.
America knows this hence its vociferous trade fights, tariffs, illegal protectionism, etc in recent time, to try to slow down the inevitable.
Go suck it up.

"Non-azzlicker", be proud of yourself; you know what the international basket is, but do you know who fills the international basket at the moment: Western countries, mostly 5 eye nations. Are you going to force them to fill it with Yuan? Are you going to force Germany and France to fill their coffers with Yuan. The factories in China are financed by western capital. Again, go ask your teacher. You should also ask your teacher because that is beyond you. What protectionism? China will destroy Africa with dumping. Do you know a Chinese can invest in the US/Western Stock Market and not vice-versa? Again, go ask your teacher who the protectionist it. Does the Yuan even free-float? It's pegged like a 3rd world currency. Who is scrambling for Africa? Only China is; the US only pay it lip service.
As for China being a competitor to the US, the only reason illiterates like you have that idea is because you don't understand economics. Now let me school you: the UN still has China in "developing" status, why? Because they are. The per capital income and ppp is way less than that of Western countries; that is why you'd see a Chinese graduate in the West seeking opportunities and not vice-versa.
You illiterates open your mouth and talk about a scramble for Africa -- your motherland. You want a country still finding it bones to take over, because you hate the white man you want the yellow man? Shame. I would rather lick the white ass than start over on a new chinese ass.

Wake up! In the West there are always 2 opposing sides, which is good for the developing nations like us. One side would always be on our side, even if it doesn't win out. In China, there's only 1 voice. If that one voice says let's poison Africans, the answer will only be in the affirmative.