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Precisely - a country of supposedly 200m - only 25M turn up to vote. That is world worst election turn out.

sufferNsmiling:
2019 presidential election total disaster

their 76 million registered voters in nigeria but only 25 million to votes which is 30%. Out of all of these the winning party only got 16% of the vote so you have a situation where out of the 180 million nigerians only nine percent voted for the president. We have a president of nigeria which could not even get 10% of the population of the country to vote for him. In voter turn out somalia and southern sudan is now ahead of nigeria.

Nigeria is now the giant of failure and disappointment

Precisely. The turn out is a shocker. I think average Nigeria has totally lost trust in the political system. Pray for Oil. Nigeria really need it.

tylann:
The voter turnout was extremely low for a country of 200m people

Look at that ramshackle of polling station - that is probably his home area - and you can see poverty screaming!

68816419:
The over qualified ex major general, governor, minister and head of States with his most beautiful, most educated African first lady. have been re elected as the president and first lady of the federal republic of Nigeria.
May God protect you from Kenyans and Internet warriors.

Smartest - is that a parody or play of world. He is arguably the dumbest of African presidents.

68816419:
BABA,that office is for you till 2023,smartest and the only incorruptible African president.

The zoo - 20 states - and the votes look like Kenya's. Lagos apparently has 20M people - but only 1M voted!!!!!!!!!!!!! -

That has got to be the worst voter participation in planet earth. Assuming they are 10M out of 20M Lagosians - only 1 out 10 turned up to vote - the rest were out scavenging for dinner or what

Or well Nigeria population is rigged in the race to get more OIL MONEY from ABUJA.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/8869793_presidentialresult19_jpegd319fb27ac5aefd976178f06756f2ed9

So you mean in 2yrs since 2016 - you've done wonders? and diversified the economy - something you've been unable to do all these years.

samorobo:
Nigeria is gradually shifting from being an oil base economy to a diverse economy so we cannot and never go into recession. ..


https://googleweblight.com/i?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nipc.gov.ng%2Fnigeria-boost-manufacturing-industry-economic-


growth%2F&geid=NSTNRhttps://googleweblight.com/i?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2018%2F12%2Ffg-plans-to-increase-manufacturing-sector-exports-to-30bn-annually-by-2025%2Famp%2F&s=1&geid=NSTNR

I think kenya is already 100% on green renewable - we cannot just turn off the few thermal generators - because of long contracts they signed. We'd have to pay them.

Jaqenhghar:
wow. thats impressive. I mean 2020 is next year. not all the European countriess can boast of this

Nairobi Industrial Area
https://www.the-star.co.ke/sites/default/files/styles/new_full_content/public/articles/2019/02/26/1111132.jpg?itok=SiVoGn17

There is no better way to make Africa better than challenging Nigeria to use their brains and their incredible natural resources. The same need to happen in Congo. Both have about 25B trillion dollars of known natural resources each. Just imagine that!

Unless you have other ideas - Nigeria doesn't need nice words - it need the truth, the reality and hard-hitting fact - that their country is not any different from a ZOO.

spendoon:
wow my friend Nairobi is a beautiful place but how about we stop this my country is better than yours stuff and focus on how to make Africa better than the western world

Kenya SGR was voted amongst the best rail ride in the world - because we cared about wild-life we built expensive bridges - and sound proof animal corridors.
https://i2.wp.com/africanagenda.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/16a79e6e5907863bf9dd563998295a61_XL.jpg
https://www.the-star.co.ke/sites/default/files/styles/new_full_content/public/1722825.jpg?itok=V4yqA4lr

Kenya SGR - Probably the most econ-friendly railway consisting to many kilometers of bridges just for animal to cross - and top it - a SOUND PROOFED railway through Nairobi National Park.

Nairobi - Nigeria see how modern city ought to look like.

Nigeria population is either inflated or something.

Been watching their election results - the total cast votes are low - they are more like what you have in Kenya.

I see in 2017 - the two major candidates got like 27M - Kenya two candidates got 15m.

You must be a fool to imagine Nigeria is 200M people! And only about 30M end up voting!!!!!

Those of us from Kenya who learnt during 8-4-4 system (we dumped British system in 1984) are very worldly because we learnt nearly everything - from music to arts to history to mechanics to home science to religion studies. I think one point we were doing 20 subjects in primary schools! - I definitely remember being loaned more than 25 books from our home library!!

I am not sure about South Africa - but we learnt pretty much most of Africa history - in primary school - we had to name all those ethiopian kings - going all the way to Tewodros I.

Kenya History lessons were pretty much
Std 8 - History & Geography of the world
Std 7 - History & Geography of Africa - we had to learn all 52 countries - capital cities and major histories - like of Shaka Zulu, Tewodros,Mansa Musa, Benin Kingdom of Nigeria, name them.
Std 6 - History & Geography of East Africa - we learnt deeply about Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
Std 5 - History & Geography of Province
Std 4 - History & Geography of District
Std 3 - History & Geography of Division
Std 2 - History& Geography of Location
Std 1 - History of Geography of your Sub-location
Pre-school - Mother tongue.

We had to cram all that history in readniness for national exams that could determine your life fate - Africa capitals, we had to know all Ethiopian empires,King Shakas etc. And those were probably 20 questions. Then you did civics. Then some geogrpahy. It was pure hell on earth.

Then you had to know music - all italians nonsense - tempo -allegrato - ohoo boy. Then you jumped to arts. Then crafts. Then business studies. Then before you said enough you need to know what seam is and all sort of home-sciences - that including lots of clothe making, sewing, baking. And all had their practical projects that were examinable.

Ohoo boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was CRAZY.

That was primary school. In high schools - we did like 15 subjects in form 1!! And that was out of maybe 30 subjects the school offered - from aviation to masonry! - you picked like 10 complusory and few specific one.

Sadly this become too much for the kids - Kids became 'miserable' with all the studies, the bent backs from carrying 20 textbooks became headline news and they dumped the systems down - now kids just learn 5 subjects (math, eng, kiswahili, science & social studies). They don't KNOW ANYTHING

When we get to high schools - then we basically learn more in depth.

Now they said the systems was EPIC failure and we are backing to dumped down systems where kids just learn 3 subjects really - maths, english and sciences.

ednited:
You see, this is the problem. We haven't promoted our history enough. People were supposed to know Empeor menelik because he is the one who fought and kicked Italians to not get colonized. He was such a civilized smart man. He brought the first car in Africa, first post office, first cinema, first hotel, first train, first school. . . He is a real father to Ethiopia. Our reason for our freedom and civilization.




Once, famine got to Ethiopia. . .cows were dying. A disisease ruined the country. He get off his chair, arranged his cloth and started working with farmers until Ethiopia was good. He is famous in his personality. He aided the Italians who fought him on Battle of Adwa. He is a forgiving man with a brave heart. Some people have occured now who insult him as a racist man. That is all a lie and i hope and wish Africa could have leaders as this man. May he rest in peace



Pics later

That was NOT meant to be educative..it was personal appeal to sai baba supporters here to take the beating like grown up men! We need a suicide watch on some of them.

samorobo:
Then why not stop the so called base insult. ..cause this ain't educative

You're now an emotional train wreck. This can only mean Buhari is loosing. Looks like Yorubas like SuffernSmile have decided to sufferAndNotSmile anymore. Just take a chill pill. Atiku and Buhari are the same fulani herdsmen if you ask me. Don't ban all of us or worse delete this thread . It's very educative - if you remove the base insults.

obaaderemi:
When a girl talks like this, it's a green light.

3.74 children per woman - Nigeria are stuck around 5.7 Kids per woman.

XhosaNostra:
What is your fertility rate at the moment?

Impressive. I always thought South African had lower fertility - definitely South Africa, Namibia and Bostwana have hit the sweatpot of 2 kids - kenya may get there by around 2030.

XhosaNostra:
"Stunted growth" to go with our declining fertility rate. It balances things out. Did you know that we're currently at 2 children per household on average? Yeah that's right, because breeding with careless abandon is the reason why many people find themselves in a fix.

Doesn't look as bad; Those boers really had the nerve - kicking out Africans entirely from Cape.

XhosaNostra:
@bolded, it counts to us. We benefit from it wonderfully to date. I can't even imagine myself living in a country without the kind stuff I've gotten so used to. I'd feel like a fish out of water

One more thing & we're only talking agricultural land here, not residential.

Woah - only 10% of Nigerians have access to safe portable water. That is shocking! Not.

chrisagyei:
Maybe you need to use a better source when quoting about a country you know very little about on Google.And this is the real independent report by UNICEF and other credible sources of report on water in Nigeria and Ghana buh not some political propaganda tool that tickles itself and begins to laugh.And next time,don't quote an online platform article about Ghana

I am sorry to hear that. I think each region should invoke the secession clause and go seperate.

ednited:
I don't know what they want us to be. TPLF is throwing Amharas from their own region and Oromos are throwing Amharas from Oromia region. It was easy if they just collect us and throw us to another planet.

How many years do we have to hear these insane people? It is like Amhara is their common enemy because Amharas want Ethiopia to be one, and if that happens. . .none of them would have a chance to get on power. I just hope Oromo liberation front and TPLF destroy eachother. They are blood and power thirsty beings


About the conference, we have tried that a million times. They keep betraying. TPLF hugs you on tv then insult you in their city. OLF hugs you on tv then do same thing again. Abiy asked OLF to stop the fight on tv but they refused several times. OLF has been literally killing and slaughtering people.

Of course I have worked with nearly those san ADB. And that is really not the point - Frayam or whatever is not WB - or IMF - or CIA - some of their staffers worked there - just like many of us - but that doesn't mean they can stamp their work with WB or IMF seal.

forgiveness:
Have you worked in those places before I start talking you seriously?

I think they are okay - anticipatory bail - but the conditions need to be tough. You see mature legal systems like US - bail & bond terms are very tough. Here someone has stolen 1 billion and his bail terms is 1M kshs. Anyway we are nearly ticking all the boxes. The seizure and forfeiture of assets is BIG for me. It makes corruption a worthless exercise - if gov can track, trace and seize all stolen loots - from you, family and friends.

kikuyu2:
True-wtf else has anticipatory bail? You know you'll be arrested and thanks to 1500$ per hour lawyers get a get out of jail card in advance!

I think we can disagree or agree on the merits and demerits of the case but for me it certainly take cojones to annual the presidential election of a pork. Those are not small cojones. That is why it was unprecedented decision in Africa and probably less than 5 such elections petition in the world have seen the light.

kikuyu2:
Not to dig up old ishyt but lets agree to disagree!

Journal published many shitty stuff as fillers.

forgiveness:
You are such a disgrace. Will those journal magazines publish that report if it's shitty?

I can't tell you the company - but just know I have heard figures I generated quoted by Obama - while he was POTUS.

forgiveness:
What is the name of your shitty companies?

Where you a special adviser to the white house?

Did you work as a vice President of Africa development bank?

Did work in the white house, US treasury, CIA and NSC?

Clown.

You keep changing your criteria. This report was so outlandish I had to find more about the firm. It turn out it's Nigerian lady and her yankee groupies.I think the yankees were just returning a favour by favourably mentioning your shitty Slumpolis. I hope no INVESTOR buy their crap and end up crying in Nigeria - when reality of how hard it is to do any business strike them late.

forgiveness:
Lying machine. Have you ever been an advicer to your local government?
This report has been published in many journal magazines. Meaning your opinion is inconsequential.

Sorry but I think most Amharas thought they were buddies with Oromos & Somalis because they didn't like the tigrays. I think Oromos and Somalis have huge axe to grind against Amharas and Tigrays. That temporary alliance ended with Oromo PM Abiy.

Amharas are in big trouble because the trigrays are mostly settled in their northern deserts - but you Amharas are in nearly every fertile highlands deep in Oromo land. You're like Kikuyus of Kenya - settled all over - and nearly everyone has a grievance against you.

Big trouble. You need to have a national conference where Ethiopians forgive each other like South Africans did. We tried to copy the South Africans and had a Truth & Reconciliation thing..but nobody cried, nobody asked for forgiveness and there has been no reconciliation.


The so called Truth & Justice reconciliation report is gathering dust because nobody really want to replay the past and there are no easy solutions. For me it's enough if people are given an ear to tell their sob stories, shed some tears and some of victims & aggressor forgive each other. I can imagine there are Oromos who feel Amharas grabbed their fertile land.

ednited:
Ufff

How can I do that - without revealing myself - some of my work is published in GeoSpatial journals. In any case we already have prima facia evidence that Frayam is just Nigeria-heavy Lagos based start up. It doesn't deserve any more scrutiny that that. They need to stop overreaching themselves - and really focus on Nigeria and soon Nairobi. They cannot analyze shit about Africa from their Lagos office.

forgiveness:
Show us one journal magazine that acepted just one of your shitty analysis.

I have co-founded better companies than those. I also know a lot of GIS. like anything else it's really Garbage in Garbage out. Frayam or whatever the call themselves is NIGERIA-HEAVY. I think they just docked their ship in Nairobi.

forgiveness:
The profile of Ben Leo can't be matched by you but you think his analyses are shitty.

Let us see who is shitty btw you and these Americans.


Ben Leo


Ben is an expert in development finance, geostatistics, consumer analysis, and African economic and security issues. While working in the White House and at the U.S. Treasury, he advised the President on central, eastern, and southern African nations and architected billion dollar debt relief agreements. As the Global Policy Director at the ONE Campaign, Ben led a team focused on issues like infrastructure, investment, and trade, in addition to health, agriculture, and transparency. He also serves as visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development.

LETICIA RICHARD DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Leticia heads Fraym’s operations and talent development. Originally from Madagascar, she started her career in Paris where she became an expert in building scalable company cultures. Before Fraym, she was the Chief Operating Officer for Europe and North America at forMetris, a data and analytics company that specialized in learning measurement. Prior to forMetris, Leticia managed the European sales and marketing operations for Zend Technologies.





ROB MORELLO DIRECTOR OF DATA ANALYTICS & CO‑FOUNDER

Rob has pioneered the Fraym approach for leveraging the power of various data sources, including survey data and satellite imagery, to identify target populations with a high level of detail in Africa. Prior to Fraym, Robert worked at the Center for Global Development, primarily conducting research on mobile phone survey methods and African statistical systems. Earlier, he worked for AidData and started HELP International’s monitoring and evaluation program in Uganda. Rob has a Master’s in Public Policy from the McCourt School at Georgetown University and bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University



BOBBY J. PITTMAN CHAIRMAN & CO-FOUNDER

Bobby is the managing partner at Kupanda Capital, an investment platform established to create, capitalize and scale pan-African companies. Prior to Kupanda Capital, Bobby was Vice President of Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration at the African Development Bank (AfDB). There he managed one of the largest portfolios in Africa, including more than $25 billion in active projects across 52 African countries. Bobby previously held senior positions at several U.S. government agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Council, Treasury Department, State Department and White House.



QUEEN C. NWORISARA-QUINN BOARD MEMBER & CO‑FOUNDER

Queen has worked to co-found and build several new companies and ventures, including Fraym and Nithio, an energy finance platform for the off grid solar sector in Africa. She has worked on deals in various sectors across Africa, including media, consumer, industrials, and energy. While at the African Development Bank she contributed to the effective implementation of key decisions and strategy to manage a US$25 billion portfolio of public and private sector investments. Queen has worked to provide tailored advice and support to entrepreneurs, project developers, fund managers and corporations operating in Africa.

Where did you handle$25 billion dollars in your profile?




JACKIE MWANIKI KENYA COUNTRY MANAGER

Jackie is the Kenya Country manager at Fraym, and leads the company’s East Africa operations. For over a decade, Jackie has been instrumental in advocating for organizations both in the public and private sector in Eastern Africa. With a background in geographic information systems, she has an in-depth understanding of how geo-analytics can help companies recognize opportunities and risks, and improve decision making. Prior to joining Fraym, Jackie worked with Esri Eastern Africa, Ramani Geosystems, and Map Intl. Jackie has a BSc in geospatial engineering, GIS, and cartography, and holds a MS in GIS and remote sensing.


She gave the information that Mombasa is empty.

I think South Africa will eventually catch up with Kenya if they are not careful. As for Ghana - I think the trauma of Jerry Rawling is still fresh in any corrupt mind. We don't have the luxury of allowing military man like Jerry Rawling to clean up our mess. The same way Kagame is single-handily dealing with corruption.

And as you well know we have been very democratic (by african standards) the longest with maybe Zambia & TZ - and Botswana.

Anyway corruption is a big problem in Kenya. We need to continue dealing with it. And we are. Not through Buhari or some personality but through building and rebuilding institutions.

Danielnino00:
The usual "Kenya has this" bullsh*t
You seem to have everything with little or no result..

Is Ghana not a Democratic country too? Corruption in Ghana is one of the lowest in Africa... What about South Africa?
Is Kenya more Democratic than those countries??

I think oromos and somalis have huge axes to grind because they feel historically and for like 100yrs plus - the Amharas and lately the Tigrayas has had it good. That is what need to get resolved if Ethiopia is to remain united. Oromo and Somali grievances need to be heard and somehow redressed.

Hidding tribes or banning it like Rwanda won't help.

I can tell you what we have done in Kenya. We recognised tribes and have put criteria that any appointment must reflect the face of kenya. We do tribal census of jobs to ensure every tribe is getting their % of jobs. If there is a gov job - an omo person or anuak from deep southern ethiopia applied - they are more than guaranteed to get. We do the same for women(33%) and disabled(5%). We also have equisalation fund to help those regions that historically have remained marginalized. This is work in progress obviously but we learnt some lesson from our 2017 tribal warfare.

You guys already have strong federalism. What is needed is to just ensure national resources are equitably distributed. Do census of police & army - ensure tigrays are 5% - oromos are 30% or something like that.

Otherwise Oromos and Somalis will always feel the need to attack Amharas and Tigrays.

ednited:
People could still tell your tribe by your name here too. They can easily tell me my tribe but putting it on your ID makes you feel different from other Ethiopians and it says that your tribe matters than your nationality.

I wanted to reply to what you have said before, which is related to Ethiopia being divided is good option. . .which is not. The people are being blind here enji they could work it out together. Amhara people are always ready to make unity with other Ethiopians. Southern Ethiopians and Amhara don't clash. Just the others which are driving us crazy. Sometimes I think it is a disease.They don't have any point. Still Amharas are dying and getting misplaced, you will never hear them wanting to separate and this is one thing every Ethiopian knows. May God help others to be like the Southern Ethiopians too.