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Mehn when you watch the way Cameroon is playing and compare to what both Senegal and Uganda just played, you can easily see the difference in terms of speed and flare.

labas370:
Thanks

SABC sports YouTube I meant to say.

Tolulopefinest:
Ugandan is playing better than Senegal but they are down with 2 goals.

You see....life is not Fair

There are many things the Ugandans need to learn though. Of course this is not cecafa or cosafa but the highest level of African women's football. I believe they are learning vital lessons of course.

PDPGuy:
I hope SABC will also broadcast tomorrow’s game

SABC is a South African Channel, so of course.

SmokedWhiskey:
All these intellectual mugus arguing like they know sh*t, whereas there’s nothing in their block heads. Nigeria can NEVER develop with the levels of infrastructure deficit it currently has. It didn’t happen over night, 40 years of military rule plus 16 years of PDP ( over 1/2 a century of pretty much nothing) brought us to where we are now. Imagine a nation of 200 million that could not boast of a functioning rail transportation system, decaying ports, Lagos Ibadan express way was a death trap, no functioning refineries, Nigeria was in a deep deep rot. The APC government got it right, not only do we need to invest in infrastructure (and by infrastructure it not only means roads and bridges, it includes power plants, airports, housing, schools, hospitals, all sectors of the economy basically ) we need an accelerated massive infrastructure works program to at least close up the deficit. Without that Nigeria goes no where, you can take that to the bank.

Exactly. There are many things I hate about the APC but if there is something in their ideology which they emphasize on all the time (although they haven't perfected) is the belief that infrastructure is paramount above all else.

Deltamani:
I don’t think both teams deserve a spot in the top 4, Maybe a quarter Finnish they can go home from there… Senegal the more Physical side, playing a lots of Long and up balls.. Uganda trying to play the ball on the ground but a hard tackle from their defender caused the penalty…

Anyway GoodLuck to them…

Uganda is the better team though from what I have seen so far.Senegal have their strengths as well but overall Uganda seem to be a more polished side. They just need to calm down a little in that final third.

Uganda 0 Sen 1 (pen)--- HT

Tolulopefinest:
Thanks for your analysis. Well appreciated

Uganda not bad at all. I'm getting impressed by the second.

Cognitivereason:
which money from china was borrowed and not used as planned

below are the projects FG borrowed from china for

500 million USD for 4 new airport terminals
1.5bn USD for lagos ibadan railline
800million USD for abuja kaduna railway
abuja-keffi-lafia-makurdi expressway(cant remember the loan figure)

please which one of these projects is not going according to plans

has lagos ibadan railline not reached 90% completion
is abuja kaduna railine not completed

3 of the airport terminals are completed and are in use except kano which is still in progress
the road constrution btw abuja and makurdi is over 80% completed inshort they have reached the river benue bridge..so what ur point exactly

Baba you are well informed jarry. Most Nigerians here just work on emotions only. They don't write or speak based on research.

Senegal vs Uganda, empty stadium.

POKUASI2:
their is firstly PRIDE.
The average Ghanaian delusionally thinks Ghana is a first world country but in reality, we know it's not.
Their political scene forces the political parties to take alot of POPULIST, EGO MASSAGING DECISIONS with risky economic impacts.
for example, the free senior secondary education was a very populist/political decision given that the last administration sort for an IMF bailout towards the end of their tenure.
One would have expected the new govt to keep excessive spending at bay while placing more emphasis on economic growth and revenue generation.
The govt body language have been SPENDING AND SPENDING and not about generating more revenue.
This a country that get drunk on its own HYPE and loose control cos they enjoy being spoken good of.

I think this particular Ghanaian Government has done well in terms of PR. PR is powerful and it's something my country Nigeria needs to learn.
You are right on the populist ideas like free senior secondary school spending but these are some of the things some Ghanaians seem to love this Government for and what they brag about.
The free school thing and other socialist spendings are good ideas but not at this time and especially in their situation. But then, Ghana has stuff like Gold and Cocoa in abundance, they can get themselves out of the mess and afford the socialist spending if they manage their resources well, but that has been the bane of many African countries, hasn't it?

Saintinoo:
Before I continue this discussion with you, pls explain infrastructure and tell Mee the types of infrastructure, don't use Google because if you do I will know.

Then after you have done that.
Tell me how many if that infrastructure Fashola and Buhari has built in the past 7 years, I am waiting.

Infrastructure majorly are:
Roads, Electricity, Railways, Bridges, Schools, Hospitals, Gas pipelines, Refineries, you name it.
Fashola as minister of works and Housing is the best we have ever had since the 1970's. As a minister of power, he failed and was booted out.

Cognitivereason:
I do not entirely disagree with what you have said

but I find it laughable thatyou accuse The federal government for buikding for show off

you should accuse most of our state governors for dat

aside the railways every other piece of infrastructure this government has built is vital..
it not just about building roads to connect villages that produce food..

it about building infrastrucuture to every town and village that produces large proportion of items not necessarily agriculture only

lagos, ogun and ibadan produces 86% of all the made in Nigeria goods..you want to tell me constructing Lagos - ibadan expressway is show off?
onitsha has the largest concentration of businesses and industries aside lagos ..and u say 2nd niger bridge is show off as well?
apapa - oworonshoki express road is where every thing we use that comes from apapa passes through..an fashola building a 10 lane concrete road is show off and has no economic value?


inshort point to one piece of federal road the ministry of works and housing handles that is showoff..am waiting

look ..ignore education and SMEs (who mostly import) for now.. The reason why Nigeria can not produce is simply because if it does the final product can never match what is coming from asia..and ones ur price does is not cheaper than the chinese variant or asia ones..no body will touch it..

and this happens because there is no infrastructure that can cut down the cost of production..no refinery, no railway, no power, no road..
the absence of all this fustrate production..
u want to invest in SMEs before you invest in infrastructure..where is the road they will use to transport their produce or the power they will use..

infrastructure grows the economy.

now to railways ..the railways this government has built are sections of a project.. you cannot see the benefit of it yet simply because it is not completed.. the Lagos kano railline is meant to connect apapa and tin can island and pass through the zones that heavily contribute the economy(lagos,ogun,oyo,kano)...until the line is fully completed u cannot see the benefit..
amaechi has only built lagos - ibadan.. it hasnt been fully connected to the lagos port..meaning sufficient cargo cannot pass...there are no dry port yet along to the route to handle the cargoes moved on the rail..one is planned in ibadan and kano...abuja - kaduna was built by GEJ and it is part of the line..until apapa and tin can island is fully connected to ibadan is fully connected to abuja u will not feel the impact..this cost billions of USD..dat y it being done in sections with loans

I can admit that the benefit of the railways cannot be felt simply because it not finished....but it is foolishness to argue that there are no economic benefits of abuja-kano road, lagos - ibadan expressway or apapa oworonshoki...

we need the technology of the western world to produce and grow..africa is cursed that we never developed any...investors will never come (local/foreign) and invest if there is no infrastructure... all the leaders btw 1999-2015 has not invested heavily in infrastructure than this government from roads, bridges to railways..it is a vital aspect which is power that they are all failures

now I do not disagree with Obi's point..but all obi keep saying is we need to invest in SMEs and education..(anywise person will know that the benefit of all this will only be felt in atleast a decade to come)..Obi will tell u india, Vietnam bla bla lifted millions out of poverty...one thing Obi will never go detail about is how dey did it...he will only tell u the result of what ever they did...
he will say eygpt tripled their power supply..he will never stress about how they did it and how he plans to do it in Nigeria

fashola and Obi are not mate..fashola believes infrastructure and he proofed that he can provide better infrastructure by borrowing loans, issuing Sukuk bonds, tax credit scheme...except ur blind u will say u havent seen that this policy has produced physically..

how on earth does obi want to triple our power supply..how does he want turn Nigeria magically into a producing nation without infrastructure..until he tell us all of this..we dont believe in his words...

I trust sowore 2x than obi cuz sowore gave detail on how he intends to actually change nigeria and his process..Obi will be busy telling u about what other countries have achieved..how dey did it and how it can be realistically be done in Nigeria Obi has never explained

anyways he is better than Tinubu and Atiku

Nigeria is broke and has always been..broke in the sense the she can not generate enough money to fix most of our problems..
power is a big example..we need loans to fix that sector..that is the plain truth..and that is what eygpt did to fix theirs..
Obi should be honest about how he will get the needed funds to tackle it.. even with the right policies Nigeria can never fund the cost of fixing power..that was why the siemen contract was signed..loans were to come from germany ..God knows why it failed

this government is borrowing loans(1.5bn USD) to fix PHcity refinery..and more loans to fix warri and kaduna..
they gave dangote exclusive access to forex to build his refinery

one thing Obi hate is loans...every sensible person who listen to Obi all the times knows he despise this government for borrowing to fix infrastructure and how much they have squandered for infrastructure

I want to see how Obi wants to fix the rest of the refineries and power without loans...and it why I support him to become president

The Siemens deal did not fail. It's going on. Equipments to come September, first phase to be completed in 2023.

Cognitivereason:
he no longer handles power.. beside he is the best minister of works ever..
in Lagos specifically..b4 2015..all the federal roads in lagos state were death trap..

today.

there is no single fedral road in lagos that isnt receiving attention

lagos - ibadan
apapa - oworonshoki
ikorodu - sagamu
lagos - badagry
lagos - abeokuta

this are all the worst and most significant roads in lagos...Fashola's ministry is building all

is Fashola minister of works for Lagos state or Nigeria?

Fearyourcreator:
The biggest problem is we want a fast fix and Nigerians dont embrace the truth... Masses loves lies...
Wanting the problem to be fixed from the top ... Just like checking the problem of a collapse building from the roof... Community that comprises of many families is the big problem... We ain't supposed to be electing bad leaders in the first place ... But self centeredness and selfishness no go make everybody enjoy...
Love is all we need ...

I keep telling them the Governors and local Government Chairmen have more important roles to play in fixing the country than the President. Many of them think Obi is the answer, what would Obi do that he couldn't do in Anambra? I do not believe in any of these aspirants, the only reason I want Obi to win is to make a statement to APC and PDP that the people have lost faith in them also coupled with the fact that Obi is more frugal than the other two aspirants, not that I expect much from Obi.

Kazikazi:
Yes the inflation have been hitting them hard. I think they don't produce many stuff locally.importing is always costly and it lead to currency fluctuations.
If this war goes on for a year,most of these food importers nations will collapse economically

Kazikazi what happened to Tanzania female football that they failed to qualify for the African Women's Cup? Female football have been growing very fast in Tanzania since around 2008, but they seem to take one step forward, two steps backwards, same with Kenya and Ethiopia. Hopefully, Uganda would be different.

Shma:
Bro, I'm now 85% certain that you're a Ghanian... Or half Ghanian. I can't be wrong on this.

Lol, I have never even been to Ghana . I am fully Nigerian but used to know a half Ghanaian lady whose Mother was Nigerian and father Ghanaian and we teased ourselves in the jollof war and music thing only. She was a very patriotic Ghanaian/Nigerian and spent some time with her mum in PortHarcourt Nigeria. So while I completely took the Nigerian side in our jollof wars, she had to defend her fathers' homeland .

TheGoodJoe:
That is actually the point. The primary investment at this stage is to support the micro businesses including power. Not just building monumental bridges.

No one is against inputting money to support power but it must be specific.

The micro projects drive the investment. While Fashola is telling us of a bridge driving the growth of the economy. It is the wrong approach.

You are right but connecting the country through Bridges, roads, and rails, for ease of movement is also very very critical for SME businesses.

Tolulopefinest:
Please I want to stake on Uganda to beat Senegal women. Who's better between the two teams ?

Uganda may be good and coming up quick but I don't see them beating Senegal (it would be most likely a draw). West African teams have certain advantages that can only be overcome with superior technical abilities, and that is their physical attributes. We saw Burkinabes (despite their inexperience) try to muscle it out with the Moroccans.
The Senegalese are tall, well built physically, and I don't think the Ugandans have developed enough wit to outplay physical teams like that just yet, but we shall see. I hope they prove me wrong though.

Schemerkhiz:
If Coach Randy Waldrum is to play 2 CB… there’s a Problem for him picking between Osinachi Ohale, Onome Ebi and Ashleigh Plumptre.. Akudo Ogbonna is an understudy to them for sure…

Randy will hardly bench Onome Ebi as she’s the Captain and the most experienced player in the team and the WAFCON as a whole, She’s also very much fit right now…

Osinachi Ohale brings more to the defence, Strength, Speed, tight marking and excellent aerial presence..

Ashleigh the youngest between them is tactically sound and reads the game very well.. She offers a lot going forward in terms of aerial ball and her technical way of defending…!

Coach Randy Might settle for 3CBs or move Ashleigh to the Left Back position… as I would gladly play Ashleigh, T Payne or N Payne ahead of Ogbonna at left back…

Can't Ohale play as right back?

Saintinoo:
And who talked about development. do you know what development mean?

Next time before you reply my comment, read and comprehend what I wrote first.

Those ministers you are praising did not develop the economy. The best way to have a stable economy is to build infrastructures:

Electricity
Road Infrastructure
Broadband connectivity
AkK Gas pipeline
Provision of Health Systems

If Obasanjo and Jonathan's Government had focussed on all these, we would not be here today. These are more important things than how much rice cost in the market in 2010.

Kazikazi:
Son,what's going on in Ghana? Can you inform me about their economy since I noticed many folks here are teaching them on how to run their economy. Is ghana starving now? Or are they cooking stones now?

Nothing that serious in my opinion though, at least nothing too strange so to say.
Ghana has been to the IMF 16 times since 1957 and the new NPP Government tried to break away from this tradition by developing home grown policies especially the E levies. This simply have not worked as intended and they were beginning to have investors lose faith in their economy, it was becoming difficult to find lenders as well. COVID-19 and to a smaller extent Russian-Ukraine war have also hit the economy hard, coupled with the fact that Ghana have always had problems with Inflation.

The Nana Addo Akufo Government have constantly criticised the previous Government for depending on bodies like the IMF when things go sour and they vowed to break that tradition, they vowed never to go to the IMF saying Ghana would implement Home grown solutions to the economic challenges they face.
In their words, any Government that goes the IMF way is a failure and the NPP Government (present Government) would never do that for as long as they remain in power. But now they seem to have eaten their words and are going back to the IMF for survival.

malkomchris:
Driving Economy with infrastructure for more than seven years, yet millions of people are still unable to feed, Oga rest, saying something that is not feasible. Let's try another approach

The growth of an economy is not necessarily measured by how many people can feed now but the Infrastructures you build now for tomorrow. Infrastructures like:

Airports
Akk gas pipeline
Siemens Electricity
Railways
Broadband connectivity and
Roads

These are the things that drive development not how we share money or the number of people that are able to eat now.

Saintinoo:
How much did you buy a derica of rice in 2010?

How much was one naira to one dollar in 2010?

You have your answer.

So because you could buy rice in 2010, it means you were developed right?

Saintinoo:
The problem with Nigerians is that we are OK with wrong things, Nigeria have not had it well with the economy since Soludo, Ngozi, Sanusi and the other Yoruba minister of finance during Obasanjo govt left their posts, what we have now are politicians making Economic policies for us.

Imagine Osibanjo making Economic policies for Nigeria.

And how did those people improve the economy? They were all failures.

rvp2018:
Yes they are delusional. Ivory Coast is a country that is admirable...save for small civil wars...it way better run almost exclusively on cocoa. Ghana should just copy them.

The problem with countries like Ivorycoast is that Ghana (though similar to Ivorycoast) cannot fully copy their model because the umbilical cords of most of these Francophone countries are tied to France. Their currency and central bank is controlled by France, this means major sectors of their economy remain stable depending on their economic relationship with France. Better models would be the likes of Morocco and Tunisia (especially Morocco) in North Africa, and they can be models not just for Ghana but for many African countries.

Do these Burkinabes not go to fitness centres? They stay on the ground easily.

labas370:
Link to watch it?

SABC YouTube

BascoVanVeli:
What is VAR even getting involved for

I'm confused cos I thought they played the free kick initially.

Sweet goalkeeping

isan:
Will CAF tv shows the full match?

Nah, but You can easily stream it on SABC South Africa. Also some Ghanaian stations promised to stream as well.

Opening ceremony now showing on CAF YouTube page.