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cap28: the US govt is planning something terrible for nigeria but many are still too dumb and blind to see the hand writing on the wall.

What do you think of my site? https://www.nairaland.com/1046645/here-actions-take-develop-africas

www.africanedp.com

Rossikk: Every achievement started .... with a dream.

I am trying to start a movement but this cannot even be front page it. But they will front page music or other things that won't develop the economy. All we do is complain and blame the government. Iss the government making you send your kids outside ofAfrica for school? Buy Italian clothes? French champagne? German cars? American technology? NOOOOO We choose this and we don't invest to make our own.

dasparrow: @Post

I agree with you 100%. I already made a resolution not to spend my money anyhow here in america anymore. I have already promised myself that I will be purchasing African art and decor in Nigeria and around Africa when it comes time to furnish the house I will be building. In regards to tourism, I will travel to other African countries on vacation. I will also have African tailors sew/make my clothes. This is a very good initiative and I will be checking out the website link you posted.

At the time being I am in America and while I am here I make sure a lot of my money goes into African or black businesses to build the community and keep it afloat. All other ethnicities do this besides us. Due to self-hatre and disunity. Hpefully people can follow people like you and I to build our great nations back.

Olodostein: Your Ideas are great. I admire your proactive nature. But we also need to make our people see FUNDAMENTAL reasons on why our locally made products are the best.

For instance, there is an offshoot of fast food joints springing up here and there that sells all those western processed foods like french fries and all those Junks. Our people are so mentally brainwashed to think that everything western is right and so they start patronizing them in huge numbers, even bragging about it ! So, they abandon our local foods for these junks, thereby encriching the importers of foreign foods to our local growers.

I tell people around me who care to listen that see people, these junk "civilized" foods expose your body to various diseases because its original nutrients and medicinal properties have been reduced through processing and with all the sugar, saturated fats and salts,etc. I make them understand that our local vegetables like Ewedu, Utazi, Aleho,Nchonwu, bitterleaf and so on are rich in vitamins, anti-oxidants, minerals and other beneficial things that helps our immune system to ward off diseases ( there was an extensive research done to this end, i will post the link later). So if you want to eat out with your babe or perhaps family, go to one clean mama put joint. These gives them concrete reasons to keep buying our locally grown foods which inturn helps our economy and farmers. A lot have taken heed. One even went to the extent of planting vegetables in his backyard instead of interlocking his whole compound.

It is not uncommon to find foreign canned foods in many supermarkets especially in our big cities. When I go to a supermarket to buy stuff, the few things i buy from them are Chinese green tea( they have been using it for thousands of years), flax seed and sometimes olive oil - which are not grown in Nigeria. I believe that there must be some foods that can rival the properties of these rare imported items that i buy from these supermarkets. Sesame seed oil rivals olive oil; which Northern Nigeria have in abundant, amongst others etc. There is a report that says about 400 leaves and herbs are yet to be explored in our forests.

The chinese are dominating restaurant business in the US as much as the Indians and other East Asians are doing in the UK. These are people the west used to call rice, grass and curry eaters. Now they see it as classy and healthy dinning at their restaurants because their foods are healthy and natural.

The last time i visited home. My grandmother was telling me how some of our vegetables are becoming extinct because people shy away from growing them. There is an ecovillage in denmark that was built recently with mud. If I could recall, there was a time Westerners mocked us for having mud houses. The funny thing is that mud houses last longer and reduces the use of some raw materials and should be encouraged to be used by our building contractors which inturn creats jobs and helps our local economy. And for the most part, mud is readily available locally.

On many fronts, our local products have great advantages than foreign ones. But we must give people concrete reasons. Not just telling them to patronize our locally made goods. Because if we manufacturers and marketers don't pioneer and include local concept more into our products, it will be difficult to compete with foreign ones unless we want to practice protectionism.

In terms of softwares and other information technology products - this will dominate 21century market - we can incooperate local concept in building applications and all that. For example, i read an article on the Economist website about how the Kenyans used their own version of Molue and portholes to produce a game which was downloaded by millions of people around the world. They also used a local concept to develop mobile banking application which has been adopted by far away India and other countries.

If we propagate the properties of our great foods, before you know it, people from other continents out there will start trooping to African Restaurants swallowing tuwo chinkafa, akpu and amala with their barehands.....

Our people are so fixated on anything foreign that telling them to buy African stuffs alone without its fundamental benefits besides helping the economy will be a mirage to them.

All in all. Anything can happen.

Sorry for the long tori......

It was a great read. You are right but we need POWER and Barth Nnaji resigned so we might be screwed
But keep on supporting and promoting black businesses and make people more aware of the economy so we can build our nation again. I am sick of having my cousins asking me for money. I want them to have great opportunities too. We must put our money into the African Economy.

But you are right it will be hard to get people to patronize just because it is African.

Olodostein: This is it. We need tackle the FUNDAMENTAL problem first.

We need Social, Moral and Mental Revolutions first and foremost.

I agree with you. There are other sites to free yourself from mental enslavement. Go to facebook and search freedom from mental slavery or reunion of the black family worldwide. Those pages talk and make you aware of things. Nake you conscious but my page is for actions that we can do to fix things.

dasparrow: @Post

I look forward to a time when we Nigerians/Africans will strongly patronize African goods. The problem though is that quality goods in Nigeria can be more expensive than quality goods in the western world. Hence, some Nigerians may choose to go to the UK to shop for certain items. If only we can have an enabling environment with stable power supply to manufacture quality goods, more Nigerians will not be tempted to shop abroad. Our epileptic power supply is a big issue and until we fix that, we will continue to remain a consumer nation that produces nothing.

I created a site promoting African goods, fashion, art, tourism and investing. Check out the African Economic Development Plan. What do you think about it? Can you give me constructive criticism to make it better?
www.africanedp.com

This is great, we need to work together to build Africa!! Learn from each other.

I have an idea that will develop Africa's economy. Check out this site that I created www.africanedp.com

If millions of people inside and out of Africa can follow these rules then Africa's economy can get better. This will create thousands of jobs and it will make Africa safer. When people have jobs then there will be fewer crimes. Here are 6 simple things that Africans can do to make the economy better.

1. Buy African clothes
2. Go to tourism in Africa.
3. Watch African sports leagues
4. Invest in Africa
5. Buy African products
6. Buy African art

Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/African-Economic-Development-Plan/278164788911610

Follow us on twitter: @africanedp

Ever since the beginning of this year, I have only bought African clothes and products. I plan on doing all 6 of these things once I get more money.
I am sick of seeing Africans spending millions of dollars on European and American clothes. If we spend this same money on African clothes then more people will become tailors and this will create jobs. I see many Africans going to tourism in outside of Africa and they spend thousands abroad. If they did tourism inside the continent then this will put a lot of money into the economies. We need to buy Innoson cars instead of Ford. Toyota didn’t become great out of nowhere, many Asians supported them and they finally got big. Africans need to support Innoson so it can become as big as Toyota. We import too many cars and this make forex (foreign exchange) leave Nigeria. When forex leaves then our currency becomes weaker. We need to gain foreign exchange so our currency becomes stronger. we need to be producing our cars and exporting them.

There are companies that produce shoes and clothes that are all manufactured in Africa as well If we support them and work together we can build the economy. Too much money is leaving Africa and I am promoting Intra-African trade. Right now Africa only has 2% of global trade. If we can improve this to 10% then poverty will be alleviated, jobs created, better healthcare, better education, and less crime.

By casualizing African clothes and wearing it more often than to special occasions this will develop the economy. Instead of wearing dress pants and a dress shirt and tie, wear African clothes to work, school, events, and other functions.

If you know any companies that PRODUCE in Africa then let me know so I can add them. Also give me ideas to make the site better. Email me at info@africanedp.com

This is just the beginning, I have only Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Ghana but i want to go to other countries.

Please post this on your facebook or twitter page so more people can know about it. I am not making any money off this site, I am actually losing money but I love Africa so much I am willing to lose money to develop the continent!!

Thank You!!

4 Americans die everyone goes crazy. Thousands of black African die in a genocide and no body cares. SMH

Us Africans have a big inferiority complex. We learn languages from our former masters and now we will learn the language of our future masters SMH!!

Why can't we learn IGBO YORUBA SWAHILI and other African dialects instead of foreign languages!!!

afam4eva: Why can't that African language be Igbo? Why must someone who has Igbo as his moniker be drumming support for another African language ahead of his own? What's my business with Swahili? I'd rather continue speaking English than switch to Another African language.

As I said I don't care what language it is. Igbo yoruba swahili hausa amaharric etcc. As long as its african I rather we all speak that. I chose kiswahili because in tanzania they have a set language and a set language. They even write to. They just adopted the english writing letters. When you are at war with people it is better to not speak their language so you can protect yourself linguistically.

Don't get me wrong I lve being Igbo. I love our history culture our dancing. I do igbo war dancing. U go to igbo cultural events. I get very empowered when learning about the biafran war when the whole worl was against us and our engineers were doing amazing things protecting my family. If it wasn't for their hard work I might not be here now. If it wasn't for america and britain supplying nigeria we might have won. But I am a pan affricanist so I believe all of us African need to unite. One language. Cenntral bank, monetary fund and currency.

afam4eva: @Igbo2010
Pls remove the Igbo from your name and replace it with Hausa ore swahilli because you'ree disgrace to Igboland. I've noticed the inferioreity complex you've been displaying by always suggesting that Hausa or Swahilli be made an official African language and not Igbo. The moment we get rid of your kind from Igboland, the better for us. Tufiakwa.

CHEI Biko do you want to be exterminated?? Do you know that the CIA an other groups can read everything we are saying. They have to do more work reading Chinese and Arabic to understand them but we speak their language so it's easier. You want to FIGHT to speak English? Instead of speaking an AFRICAN language you want to speak your European colonial and slave master's language? I don't care about the African language we speak. I rather speak a small African language for all of Africa than English. We are making it easier for our oppressors. We need to speak an AFRICAN language to all unite. Not a European language to unite. Did China unite with English NO they unite with Mandarin. Why can't we be the same?

SimonAndal: Great speech. I just love the way he painted the republicans as evil vampires (which they are). Pmsl!

Africans need to wake up. Democrats and republicans are both evil vampires. Why did bill clinton fund paul kagame and musuveni to cause a genocide in eastern congo? Clintons prison policy put ore black men in jail than any other president in history. Why did Obama help france overthrow laurent gbagbo and install a puppet outtara? Why did obomber let troy davis die? Why did Obama fund the rebels in the black genocide in Libya? He does NOT serve Africa's interests. Not even african american interests.

America doesn't want a strong Africa because that means less power wealth and control for them. WAKE UP!

Is there a list of companies. That I can see? Are there websites too?

davidif: Why should he invest in a chaotic, disorganized, corrupt league where he is not sure where he might not get his money back.

You know high risk high returns?

If he could mange andd market it well he could become a billionaire. I bet when europeans come to invest and they make billions you will cry. Everyone makes money from africans besides africans. We need to invest in each others businesses.

Its 2012 we should have constant light by now. We need lights in order to boost our economy.

Why not invest the money into the nigerian premier league and turn that into a billion dollar industry? He would probably make a vetter return with that than investing in europe

Danka what is your religion and view on religion?

Why is this on the front pagge? What does it have to do with Nigeria?

Also what has Harvard done for Africa? They have business conferences but what does that do?

If harvard was so great why don't all these harvard grads come back to africa so we can control our own businesses? Most of the businesses are controlled by foreignners.

If harvard was so good why are mst great nigerian businessppeople not graduates from there? Where did Ibeto Dangote and innocent Chukwuma go?

Let's stop valueing foreig schoolsn everything so much!

Olodostein: Ancient philosophers were more natural and approached issues from the universal point of view.

Many Philosophers from the 10thcentury and especially during the Age of Reason contributed to this menace.

Hitler and to some extent the general german population were influenced by many german racist philosophers.

David Hume. A highly respected Scottish philosopher in western culture said in his essay;

"I am apt to suspect that the negro to be naturally inferior to the whites. There scarcely ever was a civilized nation of that complexion, nor even any individual, eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, ancient Germans , the present Tartars, have still something eminent about them, in their valour, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen, in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction between these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are negro slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered the symptoms of ingenuity, though low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession. In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one negro as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments, a parrot who speaks a few words plainly".

There are many more like him.

You see in Africa and blacks as a whole, i think we need Social and moral revolution before economics. We need to reconstruct our moral and social system that have been infected for centuries.

Good point bother. Also history to empower us!! I know many Africans with low self esteem and no knowledge of African history. Thisi s very bad for nation building.

Rossikk: I support the governor in this. It is disgraceful for traditional leaders to be publicly speaking in the language of their colonial conquerors.

Don't us Africans love our master's languages, culture, clothes, and goods more than ours? We have inferiority complex and hate ourselves so Okorachas is trying to promote Igbo culture. This is great for him because I know many igbos born and raised in Nigeria who can't speak Igbo. We must reclaim AFRICAN LANGUAGES!

Olodostein: Ignorance just as Cap28 highlighted can kill. Many do not know what awaits them in these countries. Most are open-minded folks who see other human beings as themselves not knowing that the world at large is a very selfish and dangerous place.

I was naive like them until i came up close with these people and my philosophy and love for history dramatically changed overnight.

Europeans and Western philosophers and psychologists demoralised and dehumanised Africans. These philosophers and psychologists are celebrated in European cultures and their books are widely read. This is where the fundamental problem lies.

Until our people begin to study other cultures and how they see and take us, will we begin to see fundamental change or else the menace will continue.

But unfortunately, majority of our people are in denial.

You mean people like Karl Marx? Those guys were a figure of their time. Back in those days most people were very racist towards Africans. But if you look at ancient philosophy you would see that Aristotle and Platos were not really racist. THey loved Africans. Different but equal. Also many of the best greeks went to Egypt to study and they brought that knowledge back to greece to build it. Africans influenced Ancient Greece!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL7-Y4_3QMs

Nigeirians love foreign everything!!
Italian clothes
German/ Japanese cars
French Champagne
English/ America/ Canada schools
American technology
Korean TV

To most Africans, we think everythig make by Africans in bad this is why most of us worship European and Arab gods instead of their own. Inferiority complex is the main reason.

dasparrow: Truth of the matter is: USA is not a safe country to be in right now. Ever since their economy took a nose dive and alot of ameicans became unemployed and underemployed, many of them have grown miserable. U.S employers are also slashing wages so it is not uncommon to see someone working 40 hours each week and at the end of the day, the money is not enough to pay all the bills. When americans become miserable, they wake up one morning, pick up guns (which are easily accessible in their society) and start shooting people indiscriminately and randomly.

Many Africans I know here in the states are making plans to go back home in the next 2 to 7 years. Since I have very kind, honest friends who are from other African countries that are peaceful with economic potential and electricity, I will most likely be moving to one of such African countries. Nigeria is not safe either and I will not feel anymore safe in Nigeria than I will feel in america.

What American city do you live in?

Is that a real cheetah?

But many Nigerian artists try and be like Americans too much. Why can;t we be original?

birdman: Coincidence. Jakaya isnt going anywhere, and none of the three are doing anything radical enough to warrant their deaths

You know that theey are all dead?

Kenyaphilia: Mugabe is definitely greater..Mandela was hijacked by the West and they made a hero out of him as long as he gave them what they wanted...if you haven't seen, whites(within and without South Africa) worship Mandela and they do it for a reason..give me Mugabe any time.

But I must add that Mandela could not have played another role other than that of a puppet to South Africa's real masters...at the time of his release, white South Africans controlled pretty much everything and had the best intelligence and military in Africa....I think radically removing white South Africans from their iron grip of South African economy is impossible. Black economic empowerment is also one of the most stupid policies ever conceived...South African economy can be won back through state control and entrepreneurship...the government needs to take over keys sectors like mining, and then they need to invite entrepreneurs from Kenya and Nigeria to help them wrestle the economy back from white grip...just my 2 cents

Apartheid still affects the Sblack south Africans. The Bantu education act only lets blacks finish primary school. So Nigerians and Kenyans coming would be good. But they cannot compare with white South Africans because we lack TECHNOLOGY!! Africans are smart but we are lacking technology that whites have had for hundreds of years. I have yet to see a train, plane, heavy load boat and other things with high technology made in black Africa (If you can prove me wrong please tell me). YES Nigeria makes buses and cars from Innoson but we need more than that.

We need to trade technology with other countries so we can learn how to make our own things.

We have great entrepreneurs but we need TECHNOLOGY! Do we even make our own weapons? If America stops giving us guns how would we protect ourselves? Do we make body armor? Do we need helmets? We need to invest in research and development so we can innovate!!

After a meeting a couple months ago, they all fell sick and died. Is this just a coincidence or a conspiracy theory?

Reminds me of htis song


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwQXjpiU60A

We need to stop praying and take actions!!

https://www.nairaland.com/808984/why-people-pray

Why do igbos care about tribe so much? I don't care where both people are from. I want peoople who are anti imperialist and work for Nigerians!! They must serve our interests!

I hope this doesn't happen in Eko Atlantic City RIP

Hopefully we can win because we haven't been doing too well in sports.