₦airaland Forum

SINisSIN:
Not necessarily. He/she just needs to be focus. One of my younger brothers studied media arts, he finished. During his NYSC, he wrote waec to get science subjects. As I type now, he is in his third year in the University studying Nursing and he is doing very well.

He did Nursing, not data science or cybersecurity management. Nursing does not require basic knowledge of mathematics. Please re-read the comment you quoted.

P.S. Nurses earn poorly in Nigeria.

Nnamdipapa:
I am honestly shocked at the opinions of these people. Nigeria has some of the most useless elderly people.

Simply easy to judge based on how the country is run. My argument regarding respecting elders is simple: provide economic prosperity and respect will follow. Spoil the country kpata kpata and any disrespect is perfectly okay.

---

Most importantly, the thread is a cultural problem with our people. They have this arrogant belief that one's stance should not be questioned when aired. As far as I am concerned, everyone's comment should be questioned especially when made in public. Every ideology or belief or stance should be thoroughly questioned. No ifs or buts!

Drella:
That 800k might be the salary of entry level staffs of indigenous oil companies in the midstream/downstream.
No multinational oil worker in the upstream sector like Chevron or Total earns lower than 2m monthly. Shell might be an exception because they pay the least.

Check Total oil workers thread here on NL. As at 2011 when the thread started, entry level Total staffs were earning 916k(net salary). Shell entry level staffs were earning 500k(net salary). Now imagine how much it would have increased to 14 years after.
https://www.nairaland.com/768160/total-oil-gas-workers#9632128

If you hear how much oil rig workers offshore earn, you might scream.
The money be like blood money.

Check their annual reports and see their bogus profits(they declare profit in millions of Dollars).

cc: Mammangaddafi

I was shocked when I saw that comment because Shell paid almost that amount way before Corona outbreak. So how come the same is still paid in 2025? Before Corona, Total paid the highest at 2M per month. So how come others haven't attained the same salary level? Someone mentioned Schlumberger paying 1.7M for entry level. Assuming that is true, there is no way an exploration firm will pay lower than a servicing company since both are MNCs.

Even the 800K should be for others, not Seplat, as it paid 500K in 2017/8, and Seplat was/is Nigeria's biggest indigenous oil company.

Drella:
So they don’t want entry level peeps😁

Also, I’m not sure consulting guys(MBB) do finance work like that.

Thank you 🙏

Management consulting is different from corporate finance and modelling. The modelling you mentioned is the bread and butter of core financial services/investment banking firms, which is not the bread and butter of oil and gas companies. That is why they don't recruit such people for entry-level roles, which aren't that plentiful to start with in such companies.

Mindlog:
Certainly not the Unis under the Russell Group.

Fair deal then. An MBA is a pricey degree. Anyone who spends on such without assessing the ROI, anything the person sees, let him/her take it like that.

P.S. Your signature is a startling figure. We no try.

LordAdam16:
At the end of January, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio made a noteworthy admission.
It flew under the radar for the most part.
But it is easily one of the most consequential utterances by a US SecState since the end of the Cold War.



https://www.state.gov/secretary-marco-rubio-with-megyn-kelly-of-the-megyn-kelly-show/

Pansophist started this thread in Aug 2023.
In less than 18 months, it's done.
The Americans accept multipolarism as the de facto new world order.

Pansophist, you'll need to decide the theme of the thread going forward.
The multipolarism vs hegemonism contest is over.
The Hegemony tapped out.

We're switching to an era of full-spectrum Great Power competition.
A radically different proposition.

-Lord

Pansophist deserves an award, and hopefully in the near future, I will gift him a nice and gift. His arguments and positions changed a lot for me.

Consulting firms in Nigeria and their salaries for entry level positions


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQZZaE9-lc?si=5jqP6KkvQmnYil8W

Just because someone is older doesn't mean the person has sense. If your position is logical and rational, debate accordingly. The belief that you or your comments shouldn't be questioned simply because you're older is baseless.

It's the Internet - a public space. If you don't want your comments to be debated against/for, argue inside your house.

Drella:
Can a finance person work in these places?

I’m not talking about accounting roles but core finance roles where you do business valuations, financial modelling, financial analysis, etc?

Yes, but a superior work experience from a notable consulting firm and stellar education qualifications (MSc/MBA from good schools o)/relevant industry certifications such as ICAN, CFA etc.

Entry level salaries of consulting firms in Nigeria:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQZZaE9-lc?si=5jqP6KkvQmnYil8W

NICOGRAVITY:
I will strongly advise you to go and study Cyber Security Project Management, Data Management, Information Systems Analysis, Project Planning or Nursing.
If you need more clarity, please contact me.
I'm not asking you not to study the courses you listed, I'm only advising you to be wise.

Those courses need someone who is well grounded in foundational and advanced mathematics. It is not everyone that is like that. As for nursing, it only pays well abroad, especially in the US. Nurses are poorly paid in Nigeria.

purples25:
Don't mind them jare. Push something with their full chest then come back and be complaining.

When they promoted OS, I wondered why they believed they wouldn't marry OS.

Damn! It is tiring to hold conversations with dishonest people. Men literally support the sex industry, so lamenting that women are sexually loose is a stoopid ideology to hold.

DJInfluence:
Hey everyone, I need some constructive advice.

Which of the following courses offers better career prospects both in Nigeria and internationally?

Please share your reasons for recommending one over the others:Business AdministrationIndustrial Relations and Human Resource Management

MarketingPublic Administration

Business Administration then do your ICAN before graduation. Be well-grounded in mathematics. This is important during job hunting. Industrial and HRM is good, but ensure you are on track to do CIPM before graduation. Marketing and Public Admin aren't so good unless you are dead-sure of making a high CGPA, and again, be well grounded in your mathematics. That is the koko if you want a good job.

Mindlog:
I have so many who did their MBA here in the UK, still praying and fasting for care jobs because of COS.

Which school did they do their MBAs at?

Let's be detailed when narrating incidents.

purples25:
That is a wrong decision that the girl took and she’s responsible to an extent for getting broken.

However many men see being the so called bad guys as an adventurous lifestyle and deliberately indulge in it. That makes it stupid to complain when the results come out. They don't want celibacy in relationships, even when the girl is not asking them for anything. But they start calling women names later in life that the women are all promiscuous.

Does it make sense to fully support a lifestyle and then criticize it deeply? Seems hypocritical and odd to me.

But it’s the ones that are proudly fornicating that are carrying shoulders and complaining. Like man, you contributed to this! You and your type of guys!

One thing you should realise is that is the average Nigerian is very dishonest and highly hypocritical. I don explain tire, but dem no wan understand. It is that cognitive dissonance that bothers me. A simple analogy is ExxonMobil criticising the very existence of Schlumberger. Exxon can criticise the quality of service but never the existence of that service because it (Exxon) depends on it and patronises it. Imagine me criticising a chef for cooking a soup l like meanwhile, I buy that soup every day!

Our people are just so dishonest and hypocritical for people who claim to be religious.

RodgersAkpafu:
@Gerrard59

You are still looking at these Asians with starry eyes lol
Probably star struck too
Okay oh, I don hear you If I feel some bust of energy, I may just reply to your posts one by one like I normally do.I'll however say this again...
Under estimate the Europeans at your peril
They are still ahead, and have what it takes to remain ahead
At least for the next century

I am not looking at Asians with favoured eyes. I am saying everyone is now hustling on steroids, and those who have been at the top should realise and accept it, rather than fight against it.

China and the rest of the world hustling/working hard to deliver prosperity to their people are here to stay. It is 2025, not 1945.

RodgersAkpafu:
@Gerrar.d59
Underestimate the Europeans at your peril
Like LordAd.am16 has rightly pointed out, Europe still has it in them to push forward.These Asians are newbies and are not there yet

All it takes is a spark and wonders will ensue. The intangibles are in their favour, and thats Asia's major handicap

What are these "intangibles"? I would like to know.

Hustle and Grit will only take you so far

Hustle and grit from overfed Europeans against raw grit from Vietnamese and Chinese? lol Already, they have eyeing Russian gas. The same gas they accused Indians of profiting from.

Intellectual Property, the Right cultural mix and other intangibles are the sweet spots thar Europe/America can still play to keep them ahead

Chinese nay Asian students/researchers produce a significant proportion of the IP in the West, the same group they want to expunge from their institutions. Donald Trump started this during his first tenure, the UK followed by the Dutch and then the Swiss. As for the new IP, it is coming from China, and at a cheaper rate which will erode the profit margins of their counterparts in the West. Already, Western battery and EV makers have realised they cannot advance without China's technical know-how. The Economist, a renowned Western mouthpiece, has admitted grudgingly that China is the world's science factory. In solar, lithium battery tech, windmills and almost every tech except aircraft engineering (with Boeing falling like dead birds) and EUV, China dominates.
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/06/12/china-has-become-a-scientific-superpower
The right cultural mix? Honestly, I am lost here.

Japan was hailed back then as the power that will overtake the west
How far today ?

It was forced to sign the Plaza Accords, has no nuclear weapons and has American military bases. China is not signing any similar deal, possesses nuclear weapons and has no foreign military base. The same complaint the US is making against China was meted towards the Japanese. Also, as I have stated, the Chinese unlike the Japanese have spread out to far-flung places like Peru, Ghana, Serbia, Indonesia etc. I even read a new lithium battery/EV-related factory has been opened in Morocco owned jointly by a Chinese firm and a Moroccan entity. In Nigeria, the Chinese co-own a port and have interests in Namibia. They have DRC on lock, ditto Guinea Bissau. In Tanzania, they have signed a deal to build a railway connecting minerals to the nearest port. Mind you. this rail line was first constructed during the '70s when the same West mocked the development. Then in 2022/23, a US-supported deal managed by Emiratis and Indians got involved in Lorbito. I bet the Chinese will complete theirs before that one which transverses through Angola. And oh, in Zimbabwe, the Chinese run a lithium processing facility.

China the same
How far today ?

World's biggest trading partner that exported almost a trillion dollars worth of goods last year. World's biggest manufacturing nation. Everyone's biggest trading partner without bombs thrown at them or told to do eligibility.

Mammangaddafi:
No employee earns that much in this country.

This is an ignorant and somewhat arrogant statement to make.

nedekid:
All these girls will not hear word.
I think this is robbery. They invite the lady, sleep with her then rob her, transfer all the money from her account, her phones too, likely iphones.

Damn!

Prostitution is a dangerous work, especially in a country as Nigeria. No wonder the rates are so exorbitant.

Very pitiable.

Tomorrow, the same Nigerian men go dey complain say women no dey gree follow them to their houses. Why would they when the same men are slaughtering them and have unflinching support to do so?

Honestly, it's pathetic that this happens frequently across the country. It leads to a distrustful society. Even ordinary sex, una dey slaughter girls.

It's terrible. How do you build a tourism economy in such a country?

idahme:
I want to roll with the big boys,if you no fit press money bide your face in the mud.
When you tell ladies to go get a job and bail themselves from poverty they will respond that you are a broke man

This one will use this to learn and take correction, all that glitters isn't gold and most of the time those who flaunt wealth are actually not wealthy as they seem but only want to use it to attract gold diggers.

So what do you say about the gospel singer who dismembered a lady?

This una mentality get as e be

Lalami3232:

Just one year of celibacy and you're celebrating 😆? Most of what these people tag as celibacy is trash. Make I explain am to una my reasons. They won't be having sex with the other gender but they will be using intimacy gadgets and different gadgets. I have a lady who's claiming to be celibate for 3yrs now but she uses vibrators. So how's that one celibacy?? If you enter a woman who's no go tight atall. Abeg make una rest jare. Once again, aside enlightening my fellow men nationwide with the good news

Such a lady has shown to the world that she's better off without a man. I pity any man who wants to compete with a machine in satisfying a woman's sexual needs.

THEDEEPSIGHT:
While kicking out the cheap labour right? He should ride on.
You are right - nothing is taking manufacturing away from China in the next 1000 years.

Preach it for those at the back!

Big Daddy China is here to stay!

SIRTee15:
Trump has no leverage against any country except Canada.
more than tariff for manufacturing to come back.
its not even about the cost of manufacturing but the intensive integrated value chain and cut throat competitiveness that comes with manufacturing, right from the natural materials to final products.

Americans and the west no longer have that advantage and the ship of manufacturing has set sail to the EAST long time ago.
for the west to snatch it back, they need to reinvent the manufacturing wheel again- a kind of disruptive innovation in the whole manufacturing industry just like they did in the 19th century.
anything apart from above is a waste of time.

ctricity export from his region to USA.

Cheap labour and easy access to natural resources from colonised countries - those factors are gone. Immigrants are assessing state funds and subsidies, remittances back home and are competing head-on with the natives. A significant proportion of the top scientists in the US are immigrants and they've close ties to thier kindred back home. People are even complaining about China, what about when India, Indonesia and Vietnam start growing as rapidly as China? Expanding their production capabilities and markets?

The West has seen its match. They should accept it.

SIRTee15:
Canada will feel the tariff hit most.

China cant even be bothered. China is now too strong and economically too powerful to be bullied by some nonsense tariff. Americans would be the ones to pay for the tariff imposed on Chinese imports.
The tariff import Trump levied on china in his first tenure is still there, Biden increased it yet china export to USA soared from 450 to 560 billion dollars within same period. 10% tariff will change nothing.
It will take more than tariff to shift manufacturing away from china.

To add, in the end of last year, China had a trade surplus of almost a trillion dollars. China is the world's trading power, not even the US.

25% tariff on Mexico import is the most foolish decision of all. Most American companies manufacturing in Mexico are those who moved their factories from china to be closer to home.
These companies produce some of their cheaper products in Mexico so they can stay competitive. It's an integrated manufacturing assembly line btw Mexico and USA.
The truth is if USA wants to move his manufacturing back home and remain competitive, they NEED MEXICO.

Another way of looking at it, Chinese firms are circumventing the trade barriers between the US and China by shifting factories to Mexico and Canada to take advantage of the trade agreements in order to sell to the US. Trump aims to stifle this, but we'd see how it works.

saintopus:
A lot will change in the next few years concerning relationship and family values. You can see and feel what is coming. In the next few years women will struggle a lot, if they don't seek for means of providing and supporting the family as it's done in other climes.
We are gradually approaching that era. Already it's no longer a strange thing to see a happily married couples today and in the next few weeks, Boom! It's divorce.
So we are no longer looking at divorce as something strange and abomination as it was in our parents times.
It's going to get worse and I feel it's the women that will be at a disadvantage. That is if the relationship was built around entitlement by the woman as most relationship in this part of the world are.
Let's see how it ends.

E go hard for Nigeria case due to culture and religion. What we've in the abroad is women refusing to marry, marrying late or marrying but decide not to hav or children. This works because there's a greater individual independence and economic prosperity. So everyone can make his/her choice.

On the other hand, in our case, we'd see a high level of adultery by women either to fulfill personal enjoyment or source for financial support. Yes, divorce rates will shoot up amongst both well educated and not so educated, especially if the woman keeps funding the household. But in places like Abuja and Lagos, expect to see women being increasingly independent about their lives.


All in all, the best way to mitigate things is to have fewer children. Two children max. But Nigerians no dey like hear word. I will always be here to gloat at dem battalion folks.

MadamExcellency:
Our first phone was Nokia and wasn't made by China.

USAID will provide the phones free of charge if need be. They provide more than that through USAID to Africa.

Imagine using the USAID subsidies on malaria medicine for the phones. I am not talking about one million naira (N1,000,000) per month HIV medicine.

Which was not Android. It was the likes of Tecno and Infinix that ushered in Android operating systems into the palms of many Nigerians. Considering the theft by so-called NGO workers, I dare say the products of the Chinese have contributed more to ordinary Nigerians than so-called subsidised malaria drugs, most of which are produced in India, and where else? China.

The USAID cannot produce free phones because the US does not even manufacture phones. Let's get real when we post comments.

LordAdam16:
China is overflowing with talent.
Masters graduates are waiting tables or doing delivery runs.
It'll take some time but Xi should absolutely double down on boosting domestic consumption.
The Chinese population already have trillions stuck in a bank. Now they need to discard old habits. Most had tangential exposure to the times of lack in the 20th century. That'll change. But anyway to fast track it would be awesome for the Chinese economy.

I think this ideology stems from the "China needs to consume/buy goods and services", mostly from Western think tanks and so-called experts (most of whom don't speak Chinese in the first place). China consumes goods and services (one of the major buyers of luxury goods and tourists). I don't know about now, but before the sanctions and blockade by the US and its vassals allies, China was a major buyer of ASML products and still constitutes a third of its revenue. The same applies to NVIDIA. China buys a lot of advanced chemicals from Japan/South Korea, agro-commodities from South American nations, iron ore from Australia, minerals and fruits from Southeast Asian nations. Any country that has witnessed a drop in exports to China is because the country has insulted or tried to belittle or control China, which is uncalled and frankly a stoopid thing to do. So, the ideology that Chinese consumers don't consume does not sit well with me. They do, but if some countries decide to bar the exports of those goods to China, what can the Chinese do other than find alternatives elsewhere or within?

I hesitate to write off Europe because of what has transpired in the US.
Granted, the US is more nimble than the EU.
But just observe the speed at which they did an about face. No more DEI. ESG. Energy conservation.
It's like the country just collectively said "we're done with that" and that's it.

I wanted to reply to this earlier as I recall an article in the FT where it stated the Germans look forward to resuming gas inflows from Russia. I laughed sotey. Lovey dovey has never worked in any part of the world, especially during trying times.

Europe hasn't had the wherewithal to do that yet, but you can see tiny flames sputtering in the rise of conservative movements in the Old Continent.
I feel that if properly motivated, the upper class could just as easily change course.
For now, they're been hamstrung by the Americans who prefer docility and the ride a bicycle, eat croissant, and vacation in Greece or Switzerland lifestyle is not exactly the worst way to live. But with Trump flipping the table on relations and their trusted US liberal allies playing along, who knows how long before the European elites go, okay "enough with the WLB BS", we're getting our a$$ kicked by the North Americans and the Asians, it's time to get to work.

Sorry, but they cannot work or better still out-do hungry and ready Vietnamese or Indians. Besides, where would the young people come from sef? That continent is laggard and almost gone. They still argue arrogantly that they have a higher quality of life even when their Gen-Zs have been left far behind their US counterparts. Who will pay the pensions and man the factories to compete head-on with emerging Asia? Also, as exemplified by China, every other nation outside the West wants to move up the technology ladder, the very thing the West fights China. So, when the likes of India, Vietnam and Malaysia can produce goods Europeans do at cheaper rates, what would they offer to the world aside from luxury goods and open fields in the name of tourism?

Europe is still incredibly feudal and classist. I think a sea change can be radically implemented in a jiffy.
Now, if a change would lead to a successful upgrade where they're able to compete favorably is an open question. But the Old Continent still retain a few surprises.
Yachts and cruise ships are still produced there. German tech is still excellent. Netherlands is still a world beater in agriculture. French luxury is still holding its own.

German tech is morbidly expensive. Even cheaper Japanese tech is out-done across Southeast Asia to the extent the Mitsubishi CEO said "Chinese carmakers are doing too much" in the region. For less than half the price, the agriculture by the Dutch can be done by South Americans. The reason they dragged their feet in signing a trade deal with the major countries in the continent. I see dominance in pharmaceuticals - branded drugs which cure/treat specific diseases. The other aspect of the industry is fully dominated by Indians and the Chinese and this sector constitutes the majority of maladies in most parts of the world. And oh! Luxury and specific machinery goods as done by the Swiss, but if they keep insulting and trying to control a major buyer, expect a decline in sales.

It also guarantees that even if Africa doesn't get its sh*t together, our progenies will still have a long laundry list of destinations with healthy talent demand. The Americas, the Gulf, the Old Continent, SE and East Asia. The retards can continue with their mindless graft and Sharia campaign, e no pass for our progenies to continue the IJGB culture.

lol

Well, as you stated, if the continent does not get its act together, other parts of the world will simply pick the best and brightest of our people. But in a world where there would be more black people, and/or an increase, than other races and in an inter-connected space, I wonder how relations would be.

CC: Sheblayze

You mentioned "moral decadence" with regard to raising children in Nigeria. Could you please explain how this moral decadence has been in Nigeria and to what effect? What did you see and assess that made you come to that conclusion? Also, the locality where you witnessed them.

Thanks.

mrjojo:
You and Panso are sages, with holistic perspectives, deep insights, and a nuanced understanding that are truly awe-inspiring. Most people wouldn’t give this much thought, as they’re too stressed from picking up shifts and believe that providing necessities and maybe good schools is enough.

I saw the detailed and more realistic reply by Sheblayze to you. I implore you to digest it. I am unmarried and don't have children, so I have no idea about how things are. Also, and most importantly, you are in Europe (presumably the UK), and I am in Japan/East Asia. These are vastly different societies with relation to raising fully black children. Asia itself is very different with regards to black people living here, so imagine it for raising children. Singapore and maybe Thailand could be much different, and better since they are multicultural. Maybe the Philippines as well, but nothing concern me with that country.

All the same, I am even more glad I am still unmarried as marrying and having child(ren) changes one's life trajectory. It ties one to a location for a considerable period. I don't want to be tied down at such a young age. I want to be free. In the Nigerian church I attend, I have come across Black children (7 - 11 years old), but I have not come across grown Black teens to assess things much clearer. Also, I don't live in Tokyo which is much more diverse to have a wider perspective of things. But anytime I think of marriage cum children, I am reminded of the mall environment I witnessed - lovely, jovial, boisterous etc - but l imagined how odd it will be for a black kid in such an environment even if the child understands the language and culture. Additionally, I cast my mind back to the scene at Tokyo Disneyland where an 8-year-old black boy was just roaming around looking lost until this black young lady beckoned to him and played with him because apparently, no one was interested in playing with him. Whether he came with a family or not, I no too sabi, but I knew he felt out of place.

Ultimately, anything I do now is for my economic prosperity and enjoyment. The only thing regarding children I am certain of is to have them as few as possible. My prosperity and enjoyment are non-negotiable.

LordAdam16:
Heard this mind-blowing stat on Bloomberg and had to share it.

50% of undergraduate research in AI globally originates from China.
38% of AI researchers in the US are of Chinese ethnicity (37% are native Americans many of which are of course Asian).

China is competing with itself.

Credit to the US, the elite let Trump have the floor to begin rapidly overhauling America's economic ties with the rest of the world, allies inclusive. This is why I caution many. Sure, multipolarism is here to stay. But don't completely write off the Hegemony just yet.
The speed and flexibility with which the US reoriented to become economically hawkish is laudable.
Trump started the tariff dance. Biden kept it. Trump 2.0 is going for broke. Listen hard enough and you'd notice silence from the powerbase.
Jamie Dimon was essentially saying the investor and capitalist class should get over the tariffs. That's a significant development.

This is the Chinese Century. But boy am I excited about the competition that'll heat up to 11.
I'm also now looking forward to the next crash of the US economy.
A new cold war is well underway. Invest. Invest. Invest. US and China are prime destinations. But satellites like Vietnam. Brazil. Thailand. UAE. Israel. Norway. Singapore. will eat good in the coming decades.

Just look at what transpired after DeepSeek's mic drop.
Big Tech embraced it wholeheartedly. Zuck said on META's earnings call that he'll implement DeepSeek's innovations in the next Llama iteration. Microsoft and Amazon added R1 to their cloud services.
The infrastructure buildout in China and US is insane.
No one is talking about energy conservation in the US anymore. It's like a switch flipped.

This is what the first cold war should have been like. A proper economic fisticuff.
This duel will create unfathomable wealth and technological advancement for the species. And I'm here for it.

-Lord

Thank you Lord. I applaud the Chinese focus on economic development without resorting to tinkering with countries' political structures and cultures. There is a popular meme of Xi which is titled "Do Nothing and Win". That has been the focus of Chinese elites, and I am proud of them. As for Chinese scientists in the US (negligible in other parts of the West), many have been returning and with Trump's new tenure coupled with the hordes of China hawks he has appointed, many more will return. It was during his first tenure that he initiated the China's Act sort where Chinese researchers were scrutinised unjustly which saw many lose funding and a few even died ("committed suicides" we're told). Whether in terms of scientific publications and the people behind them, as you stated, it is China vs China. In manufacturing, no country can defeat China's poweress, no one whatsoever. I just cannot see it. Unlike Japan in its heydays, the Chinese are going everywhere whether in Nigeria, Brazil, Congo, Namibia, Malaysia, Dubai etc. The West has met its match!

The Chinese Century, nay Asian Century is here, and unlike Japan, the US destroyed with the Plaza Accord, China isn't signing anything, has no US military base and possesses nuclear weapons. As for investment, Europe is done for. Severe demographic crises, far from emerging Asia, abut to a poorer Africa, a bloated public debt, over-regulation etc. I don't see how they can compete o. Aside from China, the next hubs are Southeast Asia and South Asia. If we and East Africa get our acts together, we follow suit.

The aim is to promote economic/scientific development, do nothing else and win. Sincere kudos to the Chinese as a people and their elites. I am proud of them.

Long Live the CCP!

I wonder how much OP paid the mods that pushed this nonsense to the front page. It's only in Nigeria that I've seen/read where buying a dress for a lady is a prerequisite to have a date with her.

There are some concepts about relationships in Nigeria (social media speaking) that I find worrisome and don't even understand.