As an African, notice the pattern:
You need regional railways & cargo ports, more than Airports.
You need local pharmaceutical plants, not donated, short-dated medicines.
You need interconnected regional power grids not isolated diesel generators.
You need debt cancellation & sovereign credit, not IMF loans.
You need African-led fertilizer factories, not foreign agribusiness land grabs.
You need continental military & intelligence cooperation, not foreign military bases.
You need a unified African digital currency/payment system, not the US Dollar for intra-African trade.
You need textile mills and garment factories, not second-hand clothes and fashion imports.
You don't need another donor; you need institutions that generate wealth.
You don't need foreign intervention in your politics, you just need to be left alone.
you're not incapable of governing yourself, you just haven't been given the chance 🧏♂️
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Off-cycle elections in Nigeria have evolved from a necessary CORRECTIVE measure into a chronic structural issue, something needs to be done about this #osunmandate#osundecide26#osun
"When people talk about the need for Black Excellence I counter with an insistence on Black mediocrity: the right for black people to be as average, flawed, compromised & mistaken as any other group of people. The right, ultimately, to be human." R.I.P. Jason Arday
✨🇨🇳 These are next-generation smart blackboards in classrooms across China.
While the US debates how to address homelessness, China channels public resources into education — investing in the next generation instead of wars.
When tax money flows to people and their future, it lays the groundwork for long-term progress.