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Badassniggga: I don't belive this list without the almighty germany in the first position..

360command: Charlie, I quite understand how you feel. You are always welcome in naija but the truth is I would never advice an immigrant(a youth in his 25-32) travel to a 3rd world country. Its a waste of time.If you are within this age, be wise. If not, then you can go and play away. One thing I know about immigrants who leaves their country by moving to another country or a third world country would stand a high percentage chance of moving to a better country or a second world country in the near future.

italent101: This week Forbes released its anual list of
young African Millionaires to watch out for
this year. Not suprisingly, 2 Nigerians; luxury
designer Alexander Amosun and Sim Shagaya
made it on the list sitting at positions 2 and 4
respectively. Find the full list below and
continue to read what Forbes had to say about
them.
1) Ally Edha Awadh,Tanzania
Age: 32
Source: Energy distribution & transportation
2) Alexander Amosu,Nigeria
Age: 38
Source: Luxury Accessories
3) Mohammed Dewji,Tanzania
Age: 39
Source: Manufacturing
4) Sim Shagaya,Nigeria
Age: 38
Source: E-Commerce
5) Dennis Makori,Kenya
Age: 34
Source: Telecom Services
6) Adii Pienaar,South Africa
Age: 29
Source: WordPress Themes
7) Colin Thornton, South Africa
Age: 34
Source: Computer Services
Mike Macharia, Kenyan
Age: 36
Source: Seven Seas Technologies
9) Ken Njoroge, Kenya
Age: 38
Source: Mobile technology
10) Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu,Ethiopia
Age: 34
Source: Shoes
Alexander Amosun:
He's Africa's foremost high-end luxury
designer. He is the founder of Amosu Couture,
a company that custom-designs and sells
diamond-encrusted mobile phones, iPads,
headphones and other accessories. Amosu
made his first million at age 24 by informally
selling ring-tones to mobile phone subscribers
in the United Kingdom. Buoyed by the success
of this venture, he founded RnB ringtones, a
company which grossed over $1.5 million in its
first year of operations. He sold the company
in 2004 for $15 million to a British mobile
value added services provider and used the
funds to setup Amosu Couture. His wholly-
owned Kamson Luxury Group publishes the
Nigerian edition of British celebrity magazine,
Ok!
Sim Shagaya;
The Harvard MBA and serial entrepreneur is
the founder is Konga.co m, Nigeria's largest e-
commerce company. Konga, which Shagaya
founded in July 2012, has raised more than $38
million from investors such as Kinnevik and
South African media giant, Naspers. Prior to
founding Konga, Shagaya founded Dealdey,
Nigeria's leading group-buying e-commerce
site, and E-Motion, an outdoor advertising
company.


source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2014/07/08/10-young-african-millionaires-to-watch-2014/2/



updates:
Luxury designer Alexander Amosu , 38, who made
headlines last year for helping create the world’s
most expensive champagne, as well as Sim
Shagaya , 38, the creative head of one of Nigeria’s
leading shopping websites – Konga.
Read their short profiles;
Alexander Amosu
Alexander Amosu is Africa’s foremost high-end
luxury designer. He is the founder of Amosu
Couture, a company that custom-designs and sells
diamond-encrusted mobile phones, iPads,
headphones and other accessories. Amosu made
his first million at age 24 by informally selling ring-
tones to mobile phone subscribers in the United
Kingdom. Buoyed by the success of this venture, he
founded RnB ringtones, a company which grossed
over $1.5 million in kits first year of operations. He
sold the company in 2004 for $15 million to a British
mobile value added services provider and used the
funds to setup Amosu Couture. His wholly-owned
Kamson Luxury Group publishes the Nigerian edition
of British celebrity magazine, Ok!
Sim Shagaya
The Harvard MBA and serial entrepreneur is the
founder is Konga.com, Nigeria’s largest e-
commerce company. Konga, which Shagaya
founded in July 2012, has raised more than $38
million from investors such as Kinnevik and South
African media giant, Naspers . Prior to founding
Konga, Shagaya founded Dealdey, Nigeria’s leading
group-buying e-commerce site, and E-Motion, an
outdoor advertising company.

omonuan: In recent times, 97 million Brazilians have self identified as of African descent. In a country where racial identity is hard to pin down, it has been speculated that up to 70% of Brazilians are of African descent. You do the math.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/17/brazil-census-african-brazilians-majority

You know or should have known that Nigerian population is inflated. Do the research. yourself.

Racial identity is so complex in Brazil that identical twins who shared same genetic make up, applied to receive benefits under the country's affirmative action, one was adjudged Afro-Brazilian while the other was declared to be white.

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/wideangle/videobank/brazil_identity.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/brazil-in-black-and-white/introduction/965/

I hope you are educated on this issue now. We learn new things every day and for me the only thing I know is that I know nothing. Therefore, I keep learning. Only the ignorant close his mind from learning. And as they say:if you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

omonuan: Brazil might actually have the largest black population in the world anecdotally. Officially they say it is the second behind Nigeria. Because I think Nigerian's population is either unknown or at this point unknowable, Brazil should be considered the most populous. It does not appear that their population is as inflated as it is in Nigeria where the born to rule mentality has led to gross manipulations of the census.

Herrmes: I don't see how Brasilia looks like an aeroplane, I tried looking in several kinds of ways, unless I've never seen an aeroplane

RANDY1: [color=#ff0000]Brazil would be a first world nation without the black people there . I have visited Brazil numerous times . it is by all means a developed nation except the black areas . Just like Detroit,Camden,West Philadelphia,Mississippi,West Baltimore,Newark and the rest of the black shiitholes around the world .
Somalia,Chad,Sudan ,Swaziland,Burundi etc. where never colonized by the white man, those are worst shiitholes in Africa today . all colonized countries in Africa are the most developed in africa today . [/color]

ITbomb: Bro, it is the stability of the currency not the exchange rate that determines a strong economy. For your information, the Japanese Yen is almost the same value as the Naira.

LblaqueHaven: What baffles me is when Brazilians took to the street before World cup , my thought was that they're suffering until I recently check their currency to Nigeria's own and discovered that one (1) Brazilian Real (Brazilian money) is 73 Naira when converted. My question is when will we (Nigerians) repel against this extreme poverty and maltreatment from our leaders? Iya yi ti su mi gidi gan ni.

GeeOh: Sir,january is nt the first month in the bible but april

Balkan: Is Ibrahim not a Muslim name?
Na wah for this people oo

GPA5: THAT MEANS HER PARENTS EVEN VALUE YORUBA CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT MORE THAN THEIR SOURCE

Sunshinelady: . 2-face's award winnin 'African Queen' , was it igbo or yoruba he added to d lyrics, nwokem'? D banj & Kay-'s 'Obim'' was it igbo or yoruba? D word 'ukwu' used by almst all artistes in their songs dese days , where d word com from huh? & mind u Chidinma uses both

frleopardo: .[/color]
she was born in ketu, lagos state.

Profkomolafe: The first proverb sound funny. So if they write ONE CHANCE 4 moto, u go stil enta... Lol

Yomieluv: When I met her,I never knew we are from the same state,and local government. Was so surprised when we got to know this. And our favourite fruit is banana..

asholism: wht is d basis of ur own standardization, mere structures nd public relation stories on media. Economy experts seen beyond structures nd merry advants on media channels, Ibru case nd Akintola have vindicated SLS. Even if dat is his flaw nd some oda tins, dat shd nt make us 2 paint him black nd writeoff his enormous achievements that r nationally nd globally recognised. Represent Humanity

asholism: Nigerian shd learn 2 celebrate our hero, as am concerned as a progressive Nigerian nt affliated 2 any political party or group, SLS remained 1 of d best brained produced in atlant Sahara region. He demostrated is vibrancy nd intelligency in across stages in Nigerian economy 2clinch d apex financial institution. He took d mantle of d leadership of CBN when d world is facing economical meltdown and rescue d country whn even our local economy is facing gun/shut down by d powerful cabals. Despite CBN is nt a profit making Venture as been claimed by past leaders of d bank, SLS contributed 2 FG pulse billion of dollars. Whr r u "too know" when d Senate commends him 4 his gross contribution 2 Nigeria's revenue? whr r u whn he was honoured d best CBN governor in African ? Pls don't allow loyalty 4 1 careless 2 ur lyf person, ethnical bigotry, or religious sentiment blindfolded u 4rm reality. Represent Humanity

alienvirus: Ya fadda no know book.

CFCfan: The airlines also create jobs. The more planes they can acquire, the more pilots and cabin crew members are hired

CFCfan: Yeah. The Banks need to be more involved in providing mortgage facilities, and funding the Nigerian airline industry.

Overall, both Soludo and Sanusi deserve the credit for putting Nigerian banks in such an impressive list.