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tonychristopher:
PLEASE NAME HIM....I MEAN NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN SCIENCE LIKE PHYSICS,CHEMISTRY ASTRONOMY NOT ONE WRITING DRAMA OR NOBEL PRIZE IN PEACE



DO YOU KNOW THAT

A large literature in economics and political science has developed to explain this “resource curse,” and civil-society groups (such as Revenue Watch and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) have been established to try to counter it. Three of the curse’s economic ingredients are well known:

Resource-rich countries tend to have strong currencies, which impede other exports;
Because resource extraction often entails little job creation, unemployment rises;
Volatile resource prices cause growth to be unstable, aided by international banks that rush in when commodity prices are high and rush out in the downturns (reflecting the time-honored principle that bankers lend only to those who do not need their money).
Moreover, resource-rich countries often do not pursue sustainable growth strategies. They fail to recognize that if they do not reinvest their resource wealth into productive investments above ground, they are actually becoming poorer. Political dysfunction exacerbates the problem, as conflict over access to resource rents gives rise to corrupt and undemocratic governments.





A teacher of history while teaching on class distinction said, "the rich need the poor in order to be rich" and then proceeded to say that "Africa does not deserve to be rich and neither do Africans". You can know one thing, this old man that fought with my African people, laid down his own life to fight for our freedom was not happy about such teaching in a school. As I said to our people all before as there is a GOD, only bad people teach the wrong things through. Truth is change happens from you, just because you are not taught it right does not mean you need to move the same evils through. That when you do see from history, they have been robbed, enslaved, tortured, the worst kind of human atrocities done to them for what reason? That same has been done too many different races through leaders who believe they are just some supreme dictators over others’ lives.



I REFUSE TO ADMIT THIS NOTION ABOUT AFRICA AND THIS MUST BE COLLECTIVE EFFORT

Zewail Ahmed Hassan, Cohen-Tannoudji, Theiler Max, Cormack Alan McLeod, Brenner Sydney
Klug Aaron.unfortunately they are not blacks.

I dont know about the entire race, but the intrusion of the white man in Africa has done a lot of damage, forming countries that hitherto should never have existed and the resulting ideological chaos is one of the reasons why Nigeria and most other African countries will not make any significant progress(there is simply no unity of purpose).

Most people call me a separatist, but I stand by my belief that Nigeria must divide for the people living in it to make progress and this holds true for most other African countries

we are in the same page


cant u see that ?

crusadistic:
Zewail Ahmed Hassan, Cohen-Tannoudji, Theiler Max, Cormack Alan McLeod, Brenner Sydney
Klug Aaron.unfortunately they are not blacks.

that to me is too harsh to believe and bitter to swallow...we need to leave the crossroads

Neplusultra:
Well i wish it was fictitious too however u just have to accept d fact dat Africa will remain dis way till d end time of time, Fate it is.

when zimbabwe was rhodesia it was haven on earth and the best economy...mugabe entered then changed it to zimbabwe now this is it, when south africa was under botha, yes there was aparthaid but look at soweto, kwazulu nata today...i no fit talk Nigeria....


the fact is that black will not love to have integration....they will want to bring each other down...Chinese closed their economy for decades so that they will avoid globalization...which is another word for western countries dumping finished goods in developing countries...chinese suffered it...then when they bring in their product we laugh at them calling them chinco,,,today they are biggest economy in the whole world...where are we


We cant even refine common crude oil

IzonOwei:
i think the black mans problem is congenital...you just said ALL that is in my mind about the continent especially our mumu country nigeria..a country where a governor borrows money for the state and then steals the money in return..a country where we cant generate substantial electricity for the masses because a few black fools want to make gains by all means..the problem is there are greedy persons in the western world,but they would never let there greed make their people suffer..an average white man would do anything to make sure his country is up and standing,...i tell you my brother,just leave the USA to be inhabited by blacks alone and you would see the madness that will ensue..BLACKS NEED TO GET THEIR ACTS RIGHT AND DO THE RIGHT THING SO THAT WE CAN BE EMANCIPATED FROM THE HANDS OF FOOLISHNESS AND RETROGRESSION..

jaysniggs:
There isn't one particular problem with Africa, rather there are multiple deadly problems that are with Africa.
The west is just a single problem, and the reason they have gotten this far in ruining Africa is because our leaders are not pratiotic.
You need to know since when these western powers have been taunting us, its a shame when you hear that Ajaokuta is being hindered by external forces to achieve its full potentials.
If our leaders were to be patriotic Ajaokuta would have transformed Nigeria in the infrastuctural sector since when its commentment.
Ask yourself, is there is a nation that is modernised without steel?

Another Problem is Most African citizens aren't aware of the fact that their leaders deserve to serve them and not vice versa.

Another are the constitutions that allow Nigerian lawmakers make away with so much unimaginable fortune monthly while their people lavishly spend abject poverty.

Another is the inability of Africans to think and be innovative!
We need to sit down and plan for the future, but can we when we didn't plan for the present?
I mean who should start producing, we should start making industries that can compete globaly.
We should move more to science!


And there are so many more like corruption,selfishness, greed among africans.
Its goes on and on and on

Just imagine that lovely Nigeria, that sweet Nigeria that country who used to be a laughing stock now a world power!
Think of we leading the entire black race!
Think of we teaching the world!
I think my Igbo producers should be dominating the world trade globally!
I wish my Odua people to build,make,invent for the world to copy!
My Huasa family should feed the entire planet!
Then think about the green passport, imagine the glory it would represent for as many as they that hold it.
You see its that easy so far we can kick out these problems
Trust me the so called whites are superior because they adopted science.
Africa will change for the better only if we do so.



Oh and yeah we must LOVE ourselves if we are to reach anywhere.
The first rule is LOVE if only we love ourselves, then we can attain that beautiful Nigeria!

TO ME THE BEST THING IS CLOSE OUR PORTS,IMPORT VERY FEW THINGS AND DO NOT IMPORT ANYTHING EDIBLE...IF HUNGER WIRE US. WE WILL BE FORCED TO FARM MECHANICALLY, IF COLD CATCH US WE WILL BE FORCED TO UPGRADE OUR GARMENT FACTORY...BUT WE ARE GLUTTONS. ALWAYS WANTING FINE WINE, DESIGNER CLOTHERS AND WE CONSUME INSTEAD OF PRODUCING, WE RUN A SERVICE ECONOMY

To be honest lets forget this globalization, IMF, and UN is using it to cheat Africa, China saw this and avoided it


Disadvantages of Globalization:

Developed countries can stifle development of undeveloped and under-developed countries.
Economic depression in one country can trigger adverse reaction across the globe.
It can increase spread of communicable diseases.
Companies face much greater competition. This can put smaller companies, at a disadvantage as they do not have resources to compete at global scale.

Firstly, globalization is good for certain countries more, such as those in the First World or Global North. Rich countries like the USA, UK, Germany etc. can sell more products and goods to new markets in the Global South or poorer countries. Think of McDonald's and Starbucks and other big American brands. We can find McDonald's everywhere (almost).

Due to globalization, many local brands and businesses in poorer developing countries go bankrupt and can't survive the economic might of these rich countries. Local cultures and traditions change. People no longer wear national costumes because they all want to look like Hollywood stars and wear jeans, for example. People want to become "American" and consume everything American.

Also because of globalization, more and more people are learning and speaking English to the detriment of local languages. There are more international schools and the focus now is on the acquisition of this global language rather than their own L1 or mother tongue.

Bad sides
Globalization causes unemployment in industrialized countries because firms move their factories to places where they can get cheaper workers.
Globalization may lead to more environmental problems. A company may want to build factories in other countries because environmental laws are not as strict as they are at home. Poor countries in the Third World may have to cut down more trees so that they can sell wood to richer countries.
Globalization can lead to financial problems . In the 1970s and 80s countries like Mexico, Thailand, Indonesia or Brazil got a lot of money from investors who hoped they could build up new businesses there. These new companies often didn’t work, so they had to close down and investors pulled out their money.
Some of the poorest countries in the world, especially in Africa, may get even poorer. Their population is not as educated as in developed countries and they don’t have the new technology that we do.

Africa has elites who use their education and privileged position to deprive and oppress their people by looting available funds to purchase fanciful things, which they use to show class.
The elites deceive the masses that it is only the rich who can hold political positions, meanwhile they use their political position to further enrich themselves thereby causing a wide gap between them and the masses, living like minigods.

tonychristopher:
TO ME THE BEST THING IS CLOSE OUR PORTS,IMPORT VERY FEW THINGS AND DO NOT IMPORT ANYTHING EDIBLE...IF HUNGER WIRE US. WE WILL BE FORCED TO FARM MECHANICALLY, IF COLD CATCH US WE WILL BE FORCED TO UPGRADE OUR GARMENT FACTORY...BUT WE ARE GLUTTONS. ALWAYS WANTING FINE WINE, DESIGNER CLOTHERS AND WE CONSUME INSTEAD OF PRODUCING, WE RUN A SERVICE ECONOMY

To be honest lets forget this globalization, IMF, and UN is using it to cheat Africa, China saw this and avoided it


Disadvantages of Globalization:

Developed countries can stifle development of undeveloped and under-developed countries.
Economic depression in one country can trigger adverse reaction across the globe.
It can increase spread of communicable diseases.
Companies face much greater competition. This can put smaller companies, at a disadvantage as they do not have resources to compete at global scale.

Firstly, globalization is good for certain countries more, such as those in the First World or Global North. Rich countries like the USA, UK, Germany etc. can sell more products and goods to new markets in the Global South or poorer countries. Think of McDonald's and Starbucks and other big American brands. We can find McDonald's everywhere (almost).

Due to globalization, many local brands and businesses in poorer developing countries go bankrupt and can't survive the economic might of these rich countries. Local cultures and traditions change. People no longer wear national costumes because they all want to look like Hollywood stars and wear jeans, for example. People want to become "American" and consume everything American.

Also because of globalization, more and more people are learning and speaking English to the detriment of local languages. There are more international schools and the focus now is on the acquisition of this global language rather than their own L1 or mother tongue.

You see agriculture should be practised in every region in Nigeria, and I mean large extensive farms in each region.
There our cummulative produce will hit the market.by then we control African agricultural exports and we shouldn't let the west as usual weigh us down.
In order to get this we mustnt keep on importing edible foods!
We must start producing our own wines!
No more luxury for anyone to be eating imported foods!

If our agric is blossoming then expect the textile industry too.

And about globalization its unfortunate murtala saw it, tried to avoid it he ended up dead.
And since then they have been able to infilterate our society!
Protecting their interests.
Killing bills that are against their interests.
Keeping our politicians loots for their own economies.
We don't know the true amount of oil that Nigeria produces daily, all thanks to them and their multinationals.You see we are pretty messed up.
Until we citizens are aware they won't leave, who will drive them out, "WE".

For our products to grow we need to stop importing and start manufacturing.
A Jewish man once said, the money owned by a Jew will go round 17 Jews before it reaches an outiders hand.
Do you see community building there?
My black race must benefit first before any other race.
But our people are too modern to use African made products.


Personally I think we are cheating nature and our cause for being the dark skinned.
We are black with various languages, those languages are what sustained the caucasian race until industrilisation started with them.
The only thing between us and them is industrilisation.
Our language should be used in our favour not our detriment.
So its like erasing an already laid foundation of language and culture. All we needed to add was industrilisation to be mordernised.But now we are erasing our cultures and our traditions.

oh my oh my..may your days be long, we have good thinkers. I keep saying it...shut down down the ports, let us suffer..neccessity is the mother of damn invention...no more drinking Moet, no More Mc Dowell or 501 or Hennessy...if we need brandy we have to brew it and distil it...we have and must develope taste for our products it is from there that these local firmns will be competitive...no more importation of lace, abada, hollandias, ankara...we should produce it at home or lets us go naked..no more shoes importation ..why should we import biscuits, sweets and chocolate stuffs whereas we have Western Nigerian producing cocoa...if the west want to do business in Nigeria they should set up shop here


But all these am talking is ranting...the BLACK MAN LOVES ENJOYMENT AND WONT SACRIFICE A DECADE,,,JUST A DECADE...SO PATHETIC

jaysniggs:
You see agriculture should be practised in every region in Nigeria, and I mean large extensive farms in each region.
There our cummulative produce will hit the market.by then we control African agricultural exports and we shouldn't let the west as usual weigh us down.
In order to get this we mustnt keep on importing edible foods!
We must start producing our own wines!
No more luxury for anyone to be eating imported foods!

If our agric is blossoming then expect the textile industry too.

And about globalization its unfortunate murtala saw it, tried to avoid it he ended up dead.
And since then they have been able to infilterate our society!
Protecting their interests.
Killing bills that are against their interests.
Keeping our politicians loots for their own economies.
We don't know the true amount of oil that Nigeria produces daily, all thanks to them and their multinationals.You see we are pretty messed up.
Until we citizens are aware they won't leave, who will drive them out, "WE".

For our products to grow we need to stop importing and start manufacturing.
A Jewish man once said, the money owned by a Jew will go round 17 Jews before it reaches an outiders hand.
Do you see community building there?
My black race must benefit first before any other race.
But our people are too modern to use African made products.


Personally I think we are cheating nature and our cause for being the dark skinned.
We are black with various languages, those languages are what sustained the caucasian race until industrilisation started with them.
The only thing between us and them is industrilisation.
Our language should be used in our favour not our detriment.
So its like erasing an already laid foundation of language and culture. All we needed to add was industrilisation to be mordernised.But now we are erasing our cultures and our traditions.

well,for economically ask the IMF,WORLD BANK etc...as for socially,blame it on the zionist west racial abuse of african

EasternPride:
Simply because we lack ability to think and forge our ways.
Black Africa is cursed, if we can help Europeans sell off our own as slaves, then we are as good as cursed people.

What can an African man think of, other than evil and wickedness.

Wake up from your sleep.

imhotep:
Wake up from your sleep.

EasternPride:
Simply because we lack ability to think and forge our ways.
Black Africa is cursed, if we can help Europeans sell off our own as slaves, then we are as good as cursed people.

What can an African man think of, other than evil and wickedness.

"Be the change you want to see in the world around you" .-- M. Gandhi

Don't recycle European stereotypes about Africa

ROSSIKE:
Dude pls just shut your dirty racist, redneck mouth and get out of this place. Stop pretending to be a Nigerian or African. You are a plant and a stooge of white racists. Fck off from here. Nasty being. If you think you have anything to contribute to Africa, do so. Don't come in here racially insulting Africans. Understood? Jobless idiottt.

The above dumbass reaction is the mental cloud that instigated this thread.

WHY IS IT THAT AFRICAN KEEP SAYING RACIAL ABUSE, WHY DO WE MAKE OURSELVES SUBJECT TI ABUSE, WE BLAME ZIONIST(ISREAL) WE BLAME WEST, WE BLAME ASIANS WE BLAME ARABS ...BUT WHAT WE WILL NOT BLAME IS OURSELVES

THE OTHER DAY PEOPLE THAT WERE JOBLESS WERE CARRYING PLACARDS IN LAGOS SAYING SOME PEOPLE SHOULD RESPECT THEIR CULTURE..IS IT A CULTURE THAT HAVE NOT GIVEN THE WORLD ANY INVENTION...YESTERDAY WAS 800 YRS MAGNA CARTA WAS SIGNED YET SOME PEOPLE HELD ON TO ARISTOCRATIC CULTURE


NOW DUBAI IS BEGGING VISITORS TO COME AND INVEST, SAME WITH DOHA, SAME WITH ONTARIO BUT HERE IN AFRICA WE ARE CHASING EVEN OUR OWN BLACKS FROM LAGOS TO JOHANNESSBURG


TO BE HONMEST THE AVERAGE BLACK MAN SEEMS TO BE JINXED AND CANT RISE ABOVE CLANISH MENTALITY..... THAT IS A FACT


I AM A NIGERIAN AND THIS INCLUDES ME...WE HAVE TO START THINKING PROGRESSIVE, WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE TODAY TO ENJOY TOMORROW....THERE IS NO NEED TAKING PRIDE IN WEARING HUGO BOSS WHERE YOU CAN WEAR RONKE OSHODI COUTURE ON SOME EMEKA SHOES



DAMN


WE HAVE TO STOP BLAMING OTHERS, WE WHERE NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT WERE COLONISED, LET ME TELL U, ROME COLONIZED ENGLAND, ENGLAND COLONIZED USA, INDIA, AUSTRALIA,SINGAPORE, CANADA ETC...SO BUT THESE ARE DEVELOPED COUNTRUES


WHAT THE HELL IS ACTUALLY WRONG WITH US? WE ARE JUST INDISCIPLINE AND LACK WORK ETHICS....HAVE YOU SEEN THE WAY WE DRIVE IN LAGOS, YOU WILL ASK YOURSELF WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE

jamst2:
well,for economically ask the IMF,WORLD BANK etc...as for socially,blame it on the zionist west racial abuse of african

tonychristopher:
I HAVE BEEN IN THOSE COUNTRIES AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE STILL REGARDED AS STRANGERS AND NOT THINKING PEOPLE, THE ASIANS ARE DEVELOPING...THEY HAVE CHINA,JAPAN,SINNGAPORE ETC, THE LATINOS ARE DEVELOPING THEY HAVE BRAZIL, ARGENTINA , THE ARABS ARE MOVING AHEAD THEY HAVE DUBAI,ABU Dhabi, qatar etc now the oceania have australia new zealand which one can the black or sub saharan africa boast of...is it this Nigeria or Ghana or Messed up Zimbabwe or Comatose DRC or bomb infested Kenya....I think Nigeria and most other countries are been held back by forces such as stupidity,docility, senility, superstition and inability to make sacrifice leave our comfort zone


We do not sacrifice, in WEST YOU WILL HEAR OF SOMANY FOUNDATION HELPING COMMUNITY but here one individual will have 30 posh cars and community suffers, how can we even grow like that....

what helped jews was group economics but we are too selfish here////

If Kenya is bomb infested, what does that make Nigeria? triple infested? Just because Kenya gets realtime media coverage about terrorist attacks because of the tourism factor does not mean Kenya is burning.

As for me I think my country has alot of work to do but we are making progress, and we will get there one day..... hopefully not that far


Here are examples of Kenya doing what it can, with what it has to make progress:


Remember, Kenya is the biggest non mineral based Economy in Africa, all the other top 8 countries have a significant amount of revenue comming from Oil,Gold,Gas,Diamond..... while Kenya, 70% of the Land Mass is considered Simi-desert, yet we use the 30% left to be the biggest coffee producer, Tea producer, legume producer..... other factors are tourism, real eastate, manufacturing......


In 2008, Kenya lauched what it calls Vision2030, a master-plan in which successive government must follow, so that by 2030, kenya will bythen ave shifted from depending on agriculture to be a newly industrial emerging middle-income economy. In order to get there we need infrastructure,power,modern airports,sea ports,rail ICT to conibute 5% of the economy. http://www.vision2030.go.ke/


Right now new bigger aiports,roads,rails are being constructed

https://www.nairaland.com/2014949/kenya-builds-new-terminal-1

greenfield terminal U/C -will handle 20M more persengers

https://s28.postimg.org/8gnd7hnml/2013120418580200.jpg

http://constructionreviewonline.com/2015/05/kenya-construction-and-infrastructure-sector-to-grow-by-9-year-on-year-in-2015-says-business-monitor-international/

New railway that cuts across the country to be completed by 2017 and to add 1.5% to the GDP
https://s8.postimg.org/sectu4w79/11255259_1070521696309716_3735786793160014247_n.jpg
https://s21.postimg.org/bt1eyg5jb/11250666_388470198005637_2011919982_n.jpg
https://s2.postimg.org/t82di9x8p/atgubulaj5tqdu55649a916854b.jpg

Trickle down effects:

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000165483/china-pledges-to-make-kenya-an-industrial-giant-in-africa

http://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-news/820946-report-claims-most-kenyans-live-in-bungalows.html

http://www.africanglobe.net/business/ibm-develops-2-5bn-super-computer-kenya/

http://fortune.com/2015/01/22/the-new-world-of-business/

http://africanbusinessmagazine.com/sector-reports/real-estate/kenya-property-values-among-the-best-in-the-world/


http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenya-eighth-largest-global-geothermal-producer-/-/539546/2629336/-/fdrl5uz/-/index.html

So we are making progress over here (according to me), and regionally, Ethiopia is hot on our heels to overtake us as regional dominant, Tanzania is also moving fast at 7% gowth over the last decade.

I dont think anyone should dismiss these kinds of progress around some african countries, we all have to start somewhere



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9_6G8J6VJg

tonychristopher:
WHY IS IT THAT AFRICAN KEEP SAYING RACIAL ABUSE, WHY DO WE MAKE OURSELVES SUBJECT TI ABUSE, WE BLAME ZIONIST(ISREAL) WE BLAME WEST, WE BLAME ASIANS WE BLAME ARABS ...BUT WHAT WE WILL NOT BLAME IS OURSELVES

THE OTHER DAY PEOPLE THAT WERE JOBLESS WERE CARRYING PLACARDS IN LAGOS SAYING SOME PEOPLE SHOULD RESPECT THEIR CULTURE..IS IT A CULTURE THAT HAVE NOT GIVEN THE WORLD ANY INVENTION...YESTERDAY WAS 800 YRS MAGNA CARTA WAS SIGNED YET SOME PEOPLE HELD ON TO ARISTOCRATIC CULTURE


NOW DUBAI IS BEGGING VISITORS TO COME AND INVEST, SAME WITH DOHA, SAME WITH ONTARIO BUT HERE IN AFRICA WE ARE CHASING EVEN OUR OWN BLACKS FROM LAGOS TO JOHANNESSBURG


TO BE HONMEST THE AVERAGE BLACK MAN SEEMS TO BE JINXED AND CANT RISE ABOVE CLANISH MENTALITY..... THAT IS A FACT


I AM A NIGERIAN AND THIS INCLUDES ME...WE HAVE TO START THINKING PROGRESSIVE, WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE TODAY TO ENJOY TOMORROW....THERE IS NO NEED TAKING PRIDE IN WEARING HUGO BOSS WHERE YOU CAN WEAR RONKE OSHODI COUTURE ON SOME EMEKA SHOES



DAMN


WE HAVE TO STOP BLAMING OTHERS, WE WHERE NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT WERE COLONISED, LET ME TELL U, ROME COLONIZED ENGLAND, ENGLAND COLONIZED USA, INDIA, AUSTRALIA,SINGAPORE, CANADA ETC...SO BUT THESE ARE DEVELOPED COUNTRUES


WHAT THE HELL IS ACTUALLY WRONG WITH US? WE ARE JUST INDISCIPLINE AND LACK WORK ETHICS....HAVE YOU SEEN THE WAY WE DRIVE IN LAGOS, YOU WILL ASK YOURSELF WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE

Go & make research on 'the confession of an economic hitman',then you will understand my point