Rabby Ndombassy

Building bridges and creating opportunities 🌐
Education • Diplomacy • Global Leadership

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

In a rapidly changing & interconnected world, I believe there are set of skills that we should learn so we can be relevant and create the desired impact.

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

The free movement of people is urgent for the sake of Africa and its people’s prosperity.

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

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[African Union @_AfricanUnion]

Today, we celebrate the heartbeat of our continent and pay tribute to the millions of workers, entrepreneurs, farmers, teachers, health professionals, innovators, public servants, and young people whose effort, skill, and resilience keep Africa moving forward every day.
Their labour, dedication, and talent are central to building the #AfricaWeWant.
#Agenda2063

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

Across Sub-Saharan Africa, growth is projected around 4.1%, outperforming many advanced economies as global growth slows. This is a good indicator for Africa precisely for this region, if well leveraged we could be moving towards real growth and prosperity.

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

In 2026, Africa is moving in different directions at once, and that is where the real opportunity is. Dear business leaders, small businesses and policymakers watch the space.

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

There are situations in life that you don’t pray, you deal with it.

[Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF) @SAYoF_Official]

We don't merely gather, we reflect, we implement. #SAYoF

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

If we truly want to make Africa a trustworthy market , we should really make a decision to deliver nothing but quality and reliability in our businesses .
#MadeinAfrica #intratrade #afcfta

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

Represent is our mission, fronting the voice of the young people and women as well as our children in the SADC region. #SaYof

[Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF) @SAYoF_Official]

Angola members of SADC Youth Parliament @SADCYouthParly following proceedings at 1st Sitting of the Parliament in South Africa #SAYoF

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

The world is in constant change and it’s becoming extremely competitive. And what worries me is that some African nations are still legging behind and it clearly shows that we are not ready for global competition despite of all our potential for productivity.

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[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

We are SAYOF

[Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF) @SAYoF_Official]

#SAYoF #SADCYouth

[Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF) @SAYoF_Official]

Did You Know? SAYoF is the first organization to convene the Regional Conference of Youth (R-COY) in #SADC before COP28. The R-COY was Botswana, 2023, in partnership with @SthrnAfrcaTrust @youngo_unfccc & @EUinBotswana. The R-COY was led by former SADC Youth Climate Envoy H.E @KivuyoLaurel #SAYoF

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

There’s a shift happening in international relations. The powers and alliances are changing sides.

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

Congratulations to Sierra Leone for becoming the first AU member state to complete the AfCFTA readiness assessment. Who’s next?

#implementationinprogress #afcfta #intratrade #africa

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

Last weekend in Luanda, the biggest career building and entrepreneurial workshop by: Clube Dos Empreendedores de Angola, took place with the topic “making ways & creating opportunities “ . I talked about the Lobito Corridor & the AfCFTA to a vast public

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

This is so accurate.

[Yishan @yishan]

My AI investment thesis is that every AI application startup is likely to be crushed by rapid expansion of the foundational model providers.

App functionality will be added to the foundational models' offerings, because the big players aren't slow incumbents (it is wrong to apply the analogy of "fast startup, slow incumbent" here), they are just big. Far more so than with any other prior new technology, there is a massive and fast-moving wave that obsoletes every new app almost as fast as it can be invented. There is almost no time to build a company and scale it.

There are two ways AI application startup founders can make money:
- Make a flash-in-the-pan app that generates a ton of cash and bank the cash (my estimate is that you have about 12-18 months cashflow generation)
- Make a good enough app that you get acquired by one of the big players for sufficient equity

The situation is highly unstable - we don't know if it's going to crash or go to the moon but both scenarios make it very unlikely that any AI application startup will independently become a generational supercompany (baseline odds are low to begin with).

The best odds are finding an application niche in a highly specialized field with extremely unique and specific data barriers, ideally ones relating to real atoms (hardware or world-related) data and not software/finance.

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

In this current digital age, even the human relationships are at risk of becoming increasingly fragile due to the emotional attachment of people to these technologies.

RGN

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

One of the most interesting things about globalization, it is the cultural exchange . And believe you me that cultural diplomacy plays an important role in strengthening bilateral relationship (business).

#trade #business #diplomacy #africa #sadcyouth #sadcyouthparliament

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

A perseverança e a resiliência são as maiores armas de um visionário.

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

I boldly say that Artificial Intelligence needs to have a limit. You do not have to depend on it 100% dear professionals , allow your mind to express its creative power.

NB: AI is useful but don’t be 100% dependent on it.

[Rabby Ndombassy @GelsonRabby]

Global commerce Masterclass 🌐

[Karl Mehta @karlmehta]

Trump's Art of the Deal Just Transformed Middle East Politics

His $2 trillion deal spree revealed 3 commercial strategies the media missed completely.

His Pakistan move left diplomats speechless.

Since the media won’t tell you, here's the real breakthrough…

A Thread 🧵