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Elon Musk changed and became an "India-Head" after Richard Branson invited him to the UK several years ago over Virgin Galactic space program.

Context: my long-term observations is that white people that closely associate with Indians generally don't like black people or grow to dislike blacks and often actually pursue anti-black policies. I coined "India-Head" as a label for such Europeans. I don't believe Indians made them anti blacks, rather the relevant Europeans were anti blacks and use Indians as a cover i.e. Model Minorites. Other races are used as Model Minorities but Indians seem the once that exploit the benefits that accrue from it the most and are wilful about it such that a symbiotic relationship that negatively impacts or impeads black progress or advantages has developed between them and oyibo.

Incidentally, I noticed a similarity in whites that associate closely with Ghanaians, these generally tend to Actively not like Nigerians but a symbiotic relationship has not developed... yet.

Possibly totally irrelevant, just an interesting observation.

If I'd not already expressed the procluvity of the black man and his thick skull when faced with options to build or destroy, I would wonder why the effort and expenses of the Ornaisation( such as it is) put to purchasing and smuggling arms isn't put to helping the poorest set up in buisness and supporting them...

The black man, his thick skull and peanut brain, wherein lacking ability to compete in the sand castle competition, he leaps up, screams and proceeds to smite the sand castle of his competitors! Moral of story, he is good at destroying, which is an activity that requires less cerebral input than creating.

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Nigeria pays all her dues. Some African nations -including some of your favourites (that I'll not name to save you embarrassment)- are so broke, the entire AU financing method had to be restructured in Rwanda to enable them to meet commitments; for example, lumping them into regional blocks (so other regional nations like Nigeria carry thire burden) and directly through a levy on thire international trade. in spite of these and trade deductions, many are in arrears.

The AU survives financially on the contributions of the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa and Angola.

Nigeria Fulfills Financial Obligations To AU, Pays All 2023 Dues by ManirBK: 9:28am

If Nigeria government is using the peoples money to fulfil its financial obligation to the AU, then the Nigeria people deserve access to certain information concerning the AU such as information on list of the number of African nations that have met all thire financial obligation to the AU. Nigeria citizens need assurances that they are not solely bearing the financial burden for the AU . If other AU member nations are meeting thire commitments through finical aid from Europe or Asia, then this is a security risk.

There should be a thing called aspirational porverty. That is, a kind of relative poverty exemplified by talk such as, "I have to soak garri and peanuts while in Abroad they eat bread and eggs washed down with tea"

Nigerians like the OP should be assigned this.

I watched a Nigeria YouTube talk show on porverty where Nigeriains were asked to phone or text in. One guy phoned in complaining of suffering and yet I could hear radio and television blaring in the background. And he phoned in to a talk show.

Sorry, but people like these don't know the meaning of poverty. They are at best suffering from ignorance.

If you can afford to post articles online, on social media, you're not among the world's poorest. Not to mention owning a buisness.

Nigerians are extraordinarily spoiled. I think when someone like this guy who owns a buisness and has at least a Mobile phone and a home calls himself poor and calls Nigeria hell, none Nigerians will see him as either arrogant of foolish.

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For once, those that claim they are Nigerians need to question policies against Nigerians instead of justifying them! The word Discrimination wasn't invented by Nigeria. They rape your women abroad you weakly claim that it's because your women are prostitutional, they disrespect your people at immigration, you support it by claiming it's because your people don't behave properly; they manhandle your dignitaries, you support it by saying good for them do they think that place is Nigeria where they can mistreat people; they kill your people in the streets of Italy, you support it by claiming Nigerians provoked it, why didn't they kill some other Nationality. You don't question, you don't make your own investigation, you just accept or make big noise about it online in support of the Nation that persecute you and in the next instant you wonder why other Nations do the same to you if not because its your fault. You people are turning Nigerians into the perfect persecution material on a planet with a long and inglorious history of persecuting peoples!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOrgAvR5y1w

Was the lab used to test the commonwealth games athletes' blood and urine samples based in India or maybe one in the West owned and staffed by majority Indians?

Those of you that just love to exploit the idea of the Poor for political milage, need to begin associating the idea of Tribe as a tool of the rich, by the rich for the rich. This is because those that make the call to Tribal kinsman and benefit most from it are the wealthy or and the politically minded class. The average poor Northerner or Easterner, the majority of the people, do not and will not benefit from Kanu as the "Igboman" not benefit as Northerners from whatever rubbish Bandits those leading members of the North want amnesty bestowed on in the name of Northernness.

Innoson just needs to buy a small Chinese EV start-up in order to gain insight, tech and kick-start. There seem to be many of these Chinese start ups. Actually, BMW is about to or has just done something similar. There are doubtless some to match Inosson's modest budget.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NsQUcrwvE4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF7kaLTsNHQ

Nigerians are proving to be just as stupid as the average African. You can mass rape, loot, kill and eat them but you'll be thire heroes as long as you rape, loot, kill and eat them in the name of thire respective tribes.

Hail Ibori because he is one of ours; free Kanu because he is one of ours; what next, commemorate Sheku because he was one of ours?

And what of justice for the people robbed, killed and the killed and eaten, respectively, by the trio and for the trio ?

It would seem as though the Deltans, the Igbos and the hauser people are not our people, they're simply justifications.

What a state, in a nation, we find ourselves

Cassava, a widely grown but underutilised root crop in Africa, boasts significant commercial potential. It can be processed into various products, including cassava flour, starch, ethanol, and glucose syrup. Particularly, its gluten-free flour presents substantial opportunities in the health and wellness sector.

In this article, we spotlight six African companies tapping into the economic potential of cassava.

1. Supplying cassava products to Nestlé and Unilever: How a Nigerian entrepreneur built her agri-processing business
Yemisi Iranloye conceived the idea for Psaltry International, a cassava processing company, in 2005. She was then an employee at a firm where she worked extensively with cassava, gaining insight into the crop’s commercial potential. Iranloye began purchasing her first plot of land in instalments while still employed, subsequently developing it into a farm and factory. Psaltry International, now, produces food-grade starch, high-quality cassava flour, and boasts Nigeria’s first cassava-based sorbitol factory. The company grows its own cassava, but also sources from local smallholder farmers. The food-grade starch, with nearly 300 applications in the food industry, is primarily used by beverage companies and for seasoning, noodles, and pastries. Sorbitol, being a healthier sweetener than cane syrup, is used in toothpaste, pharmaceutical drugs, and high-end drinks. The company’s clientele includes Unilever, Nestlé, Nigerian Breweries, and Promasidor, among others. Read the full article

2. Industrialisation of cassava in East Africa: Investor identifies gaps in the market
Agriculture-focused private equity firm Pearl Capital Partners, manager of the Yield Uganda Investment Fund, sees growth potential in the cassava value chain in Uganda. In 2021, the firm invested $2.5 million in cassava producer Pura Organic Agro Tech Ltd to set up a vertically integrated cassava processing plant to produce high-quality cassava flour, tapioca starch (an industrial input used in the packaging industry) and sago (an edible starch delicacy popular in India). “Uganda has a natural advantage when it comes to the production of cassava, in terms of its soil and its climate. The opportunity presented to Yield Fund was to commercialise and industrialise cassava and, in the process, uplift the living standards of smallholder farmers in Uganda with around 1.6 million households dependent on cassava for their livelihoods. We want to play a role in changing cassava from a food security crop into a cash crop,” said Wanjohi Ndagu, a partner at Pearl Capital Partners. Read the full article

3. Ghanaian entrepreneur capitalises on demand for processed cassava products
Janet Gyimah-Kessie launched Josma Agro Industries after beginning cassava cultivation in Ghana under a local initiative. Initially faced with a lack of buyers for her fresh cassava, she turned to processing the crop into garri, starting in a local kitchen with just eight ovens. Over time, Gyimah-Kessie grew the business, registering it in 2004 and securing government grants and private funding for quality equipment. Today, Josma supplies its products to bulk buyers and is poised to enter the direct export market. The company is also increasing its high-quality cassava flour production, expecting a larger market due to its industrial applications. Read the full article

4. Could Nigerian cassava become the US’s next food trend?
Established in 2018 by Nigerian native Dr Tony Bello, US-based Shine Bridge Global focuses on creating products from Nigerian cassava. The company primarily transforms high-quality cassava flour into instant tapioca flakes, which have similar uses to potato flakes in commercial food production. It’s also developing cassava-derived products such as crackers, pizza crusts, ready-mix fufu, fried snacks, and flatbreads using these flakes. Shine Bridge Global plans to trial launch its tapioca flakes and packaged goods in the US and UK soon, with intentions to gradually expand production and distribute to consumer goods companies and marketers. Read the full article

5. Cassava in the mix: Food entrepreneur spots business potential in gluten-free market
Mary Karoki, CEO of Onja Foods in Kenya, produces Uji, a unique gluten-free flour, catering to growing health concerns and dietary needs. The company, which sources raw materials like cassava from local farmers, offers gluten-free products and freshly baked wheat-free pastries. Karoki, who began Onja as a side hustle while running a cleaning business, also shares gluten-free recipes via YouTube, promoting healthier lifestyles. Read the full article

6. Harnessing cassava’s potential in Zambia’s industrial sector
Premiercon Starch Company Limited, established by Lubasi Yuyi, manufactures starch from cassava and sweet potato in Zambia’s North-Western Province. Yuyi, previously a provincial lands officer, recognised the potential of cassava-derived starch for use in mining processes, paper production, and cardboard packaging. From 2013 to 2015, the company concentrated on creating an outgrower scheme, growing superior cassava varieties with higher starch yields and faster maturation periods. Despite encountering funding difficulties and delays in constructing the processing plant, Premiercon now boasts a daily capacity of 48 tonnes. The company caters to customers in the construction and packaging sectors, with plans to increase production volumes to supply mining houses. Read the full article

Ref: https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/from-nigeria-to-zambia-six-companies-cashing-in-on-cassava/155534/

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

Nigeria's population number approximation is unknown in addition to the fact that an approximation is guess work in the first place. Nevertheless, whatever Nigeria's true numbers, the amount of West Africans I saw in Nigeria the last time, informs me that, by ratio, millions in Nigeria aren't Nigerians. Still, Germany would love if her indigenous population was same as that quoted for Nigeria instead of thire current dwindling and aging population.

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Why, on encountering the fruits of futuristic development abroad, wouldn't he act like a tree dwelling bushman when Nigerians refuse to allow thire state governors bulldoze away the past to make room for next level development ? When Lagos authorities introduced mundane Electric busses that even backward people in Kenya and Rwanda don enter tire some of you where shaking like primitives seeing aeroplane for the first time and asking daft questions such as if Nigeria get electricity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMMoQVVdA5k

Nigeria requires National and state data Systems. Record keeping is indispensable. Companies/employers need to hire or employ people that have personal information in the system. Place of birth, Nationality, criminal records, health records, employment history etc.

Nigerians are anonymous in the system. Nigeria doesn't even know who are actually Nigerians. Even the personal history and record of Nigerian leaders isn't on the system. There is no record system. Record keeping is everything. Record keeping is the mother of inventions, empire and all that is the foundation of human social creations.

Industries and employers in Nigeria cant safely employ anyone in Nigeria because Nigeriains are unknown quantities. No real checkable background info....

CCTV and all sorts of crime preventative tech are highly important and necessary but in a sense they are an extension of the fire brigade approach associated with Nigeria.

"We Will Not Allow Coup In West Africa Again" - ECOWAS Chairman, Tinubu

This sort of Big Brother nonsense by Nigeria was the origin of our current insecurities. I' don't consider myself a coward but i support Nigeria looking after her own interest instead of mortgaging the future of our people in Nigeria to the ungrateful ingrates that populate and lead many of these West African nations. When Nigerians find themselves persecuted abroad in the name of racism disguised as crime management, Africans are the first to support those foreign nations and help them label Nigerians as fraudsters, drug pushers or whatever is the latest racist trope.

What do I mean by these words: well, ignorant Nigerians should understand that many Western and Eastern nations (all more powerful than Nigeria depending on organisation) depend on the illegal appropriation of the mineral wealth of many Africa nations; for example, Sierra Leone diamonds, Congo's coltan or whatever mineral wealth lies beneath the feet of Senegalese, Liberians, Gambians, Burkina babes, Togolese and so on. In short, African mineral resources belong to white nations by right of might. The wealth ( weak African nations wealth) belong to whites, Asians and Arabs, no point arguing. Now, when relatively powerfully Nigeria comes along and intervenes in coups covertly arranged by whites from abroad, these White-Powers-That-be don't take kindly to our meddling. The consequences is that they fund insecurities in Nigeria aimed at crippling Nigeria, leaving West Africa and further afield vulnerable to thire whims and caprices.

We need a city update revolution in Nigeria. In this revolution, all state will agree to demolish illegal and ramshackle roadside structures, ban roadside selling, ensure that , at least, all state capital roads must be paved to a standardised width. States in which this mandate is deemed unfishable must creat a new planed city on purchased virgin land. All paved roads must be lined by trees, all gutters covered by cement or iron grills. Certain areas with planed retail buildings must be created for those that used to practice open market. All Nigerian cities must adopt a theme in order to creat unique cities that have a brand, for example port Harcourt already has a brand as the Garden City, Anambra the city of Industry, Lagos the river city etc. These cities would be tourist attractions in themselves if they fulfil the theme of thire brands, for instance port Harcourt, the Garden City, being improved by colourful trees, beautiful park spaces, tree lined boulevard and so on.