Aminkeng Tazisong

[The Spearhead @Spearhead_Af]

DRC Calls For Sovereign-Based Global Doctrine On Natural Resources

Africa's natural resources should build African prosperity first.

According to Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, DR Congo's Minister of Foreign Affairs, when the world's technology depends on our minerals, but the communities that produce them remain poor, something is fundamentally wrong.

True progress, she says, means ensuring that the people who provide the world's raw materials also share in the wealth, opportunity, and dignity they create.

[The Spearhead @Spearhead_Af]

IMF & World Bank Economists Secretly Apologise For Destroying Africa

Economist @ProfSteveKeen says many economists who have worked at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank regret the policies they helped construct that would eventually ruin African countries.

Should your African country continue to take loans from these institutions? Drop us a comment.

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[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Earlier today in Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam, Joshua Maponga and I addressed a press conference concerning yesterday's Tanzania premiere of 'What Happened On October 29'.

Our message to the African press was simple - learn to be unapologetic about pursuing your African interests like everyone else is about theirs so, and stop eating out of the hands of CNN, BBC, DW, Al-Jazeera and their many friends across the western media landscape.

They are not your friends, their interests do not match with yours, they are not better journalists than you are, and they can never be better at telling your own story than you are!

[The Spearhead @Spearhead_Af]

Ghana Launches E-Visa Platform

Ghana has officially launched its new e-Visa platform as part of efforts to modernize border control and improve travel access across Africa. Introduced on Africa Day by President John Mahama, the platform is designed to strengthen security, simplify visa applications, and support Ghana’s Pan-African vision of easier movement across the continent.

[Harry Mack @harrymack]

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[Aminkeng Tazisong @aminkengt]

@theKingslee Always amazing when someone takes on a worthwhile challenge. We are behind you brother. Best of luck.

[Aminkeng Tazisong @aminkengt]

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[🇺🇸HG47🇺🇸 @HorseGirl]

This might be one of my new favorite songs. 🤣😅😆😝

[Aminkeng Tazisong @aminkengt]

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[Every Movie Plug @everymovieplug]

This insane action sequence was created by one guy in his bedroom 🔥

[Arojinle @arojinle1]

I can't resist sharing this

[Aminkeng Tazisong @aminkengt]

League of extraordinary gentlebird 💀💀

[Dr. Daniel Masaba @MasabaDaniel]

▪︎ I don't follow the news
▪︎ I barely know any musicians or who sang which song
▪︎ I can't name 5 politicians in my area
▪︎ I hear rumours that my country is in economic turmoil

● I share great info on how to make money with people every day
● I create music with my guitar in my free time
● I inspire people around the world to become world changers
● I employ many people, strengthening their finances.

You don't need to be up to date with the current negative world to actually bring a positive impact in the world.

[Aminkeng Tazisong @aminkengt]

@asemota Somehow, you can’t stand him. Reevaluate your information network if the only thing you see or read about him is curated to look bad.

[Aminkeng Tazisong @aminkengt]

I came across a post suggesting that Africans living abroad might hesitate to invest in Africa because their children, raised in Western countries, may not value or maintain those investments as inheritance. It got me thinking: Are people primarily investing in African properties or businesses with the goal of passing them down to their kids? Or are there other motivations, like personal fulfillment, economic opportunity, or cultural connection, driving these decisions?

[Artist TREVOR🇿🇦 @Trevor_sidogi]

Today I'm making the threads showing how I have started with this little park at the back of my yard,I will ask my fellow followers to repost ,🙏🏾🇿🇦

On this day 19th of February in 2020 I have started by collecting stones in the mountain using a backet and the wheelbarrow ...

[Biggest Mack @Big_Mck]

A couple of things to note re this USAID Boko Haram conversation.

I really hate that we have lied to ourselves so much and starting to believe the lies that everything is "agenda." No, everything is not agenda. Some people are telling the truth. And there's a way to find out —think for yourself.

I'm not asking you to believe Hundeyin, Trump, Obama, Alex Jones, Rinu or Ayo Sogunro. What I'm asking you is, YOU, what do YOU think? Pretend there's no one there to think you for you, what do you think?

If you say Alex Jones or Rep Perry is a conspiracy theorist, why then is it that the only evidence you have to back up this claim are publications from press and journalists who oppose them?

When Goodluck Jonathan himself told you in an interview that the US interference was too much during his tenure, what do you think the Obama admin's interest was for the interference???

Was Obama after democracy in Nigeria? Was he after respect for rule of law in Nigeria? Was he after Nigeria's economic growth? Was he after human right?

What exactly was his interest in Nigeria, because all the aforementioned got much worse under Buhari?

Obama clearly told Nigerians to "vote for the next chapter." It was a sbutle campaign for Buhari. When Nigeria got 100× worse under Buhari, why was America not interested in changing Buhari's regime??

What exactly is the interest of the US with AID money in Nigeria? There's no evidence of how this AID money has improved Nigeria, so why do they keep spending it?

"Oh, the people in our country are embezzling the funds." Fine and good. Are you telling me that America is not aware of this embezzlement and still carry on sending the money???

If someone is spending on you even when you don't deserve it, everyday you give them more than enough reason to stop the funding, and they still insist, when will it become clear to you that THEY are the ones benefiting from the spending and NOT you, unless of course they are a fool?

Think. My people. Think.

You see this matter, I actually don't need to read anyone's opinion to make up my mind cos the questions listed here are how I probe matters I'm not 100% sure of. My sincere answers to the questions are enough to make up my mind.

So I ask you, answer those questions sincerely and make up your mind. Remember the worst deceit is self-deceit.

As for those trying to separate Boko Haram from Islam because it has turned out the insurgent group may have been created by the US, please don't be silly. Boko Haram cannot be separated from Islam.

You know why?

Islam should have never existed in Nigeria in the first place. It's a tool for conquest/domination —just as Christianity. They are completely foreign and weren't handed to you to benefit you. These religions along withe their extremist ideals were specifically handed to you just so it can be used in times like rasing Boko Haram soldiers.

This why the Isam practiced in the Saudis for instance is not the same with the one practiced in northern Nigeria. It's a different practice for those who "invented" it from those whom it was "exported" to.

You accepted Islam and made its sacrosanct. Elevated it way beyond your original way of life. The ones your ancestors lived. Which is why it's easier to convince anyone to be a suicide bomber. If Islam wasn't around, they probably would have used another tool, but you cannot deny that Islam made it far too easy for them.

I think this is getting long, I might do a part 2.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Grandpa wasn't even in the room and he won. 😂

[Aminkeng Tazisong @aminkengt]

This!!

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

@brainzcode Those ones don't care whether Africa falls into a well and drowns. Their only concern in life is their visa/green card/blue passport.

All of us can go to hell and die a thousand deaths as long as their precious immigration status is not threatened. Nothing else matters to them.

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

My argument to the above would be that those other nationalities that returned home, especially Chinese and Indians, their countries were suffering from these too, and they went home to solve it.

In conclusion, Dear Africans, I speak to you directly, don’t be desperate to stay abroad while doing menial job. Rather, see abroad as a means to develop yourself fully. As the USAID scandal unfolds, we have seen how shortage of homegrown expertise forces African governments to rely on external consultants that do not care about Africa, thereby exacerbating dependency on foreign aid and diminishing local agency in policy formulation. Learning from diasporan communities from countries like China, India, and Japan, Africa can build a more sustainable future if its diasporan communities are open to training themselves to be the brightest mind and then returning home to promote its development agenda.

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

HOW AFRICANS ARE UNDERDEVELOPING AFRICA.

My friend and I were on a video call yesterday as he walked into a bank in the UK. What struck me was this; the security man that greeted him was an African (I don’t know if with our country’s image, they will let Nigerians work as security in a bank), while the bankers and cashiers were majority Indians. And here lies the crux of this article.

To use Nigerians as a case in point, in the UK for instance, why are majority of Nigerian Men hell-bent on acquiring a security license that will make them work as security at Tesco, Aldi, Care Homes or Car parks (they say because it pays more. Ok, which have respect? The banker or the security man standing at the door?), while the women want to die on the hill of 12-hour carehome shift per day? Why are Nigerians and other Africans in the UK so desperate to stay back or have ILR, such that they will continue with manual labour that is being rejected by other nationalities? It is understandable doing menial jobs for a start to pay bills and school fees while working your way up by upskilling. But settling for menial jobs long term just for ILR does not serve us or our continent.

Yesterday, Kemi laid out her immigration plan to increase ILR requirement from 5 to 10 years, so a care worker will wash yansh for 10 years, while the Indians are upskilling? Other diaspora communities—such as the Chinese, Japanese, and Indians— historically played an active role in their home countries' development by returning home with “skills and capital” because they were upskilling rather than thinking about staying back in the US or UK. Why can’t Africans think global instead of local. Are Nigerians aware that there is a way you will upskill yourself, you will return to Nigeria and still be working for global organisations? Why the desperate resort to security or carehome work?

This lack of imagination has and will have significant implications for Africa’s socio-economic progress, as Nigerians and other Africans are yet to understand the role of diaspora in national development. For instance, China, India, and Japan provide powerful examples of how educated nationals abroad can contribute to national development:

China: After Mao Zedong’s death in 1976 and the introduction of economic reforms under Deng Xiaoping, many Chinese scholars, engineers, and business leaders returned to China, bringing expertise that helped propel its rapid industrialization. In 50 years, China is the second largest economy in the world and those that returned have transformed the country from poor to rich in such a short time.

India: Indian professionals, particularly in technology and medicine, have returned to build thriving industries, such as the IT sector in Bangalore and the medical tourism industry in Mumbai. India is now the 5th largest economy in the world at $3.9 trillion, where in the 1980s, it was $189 billion. The Indians have surpassed the UK and France and soon may eject Germany as the 4th largest economy.

Japan: Post-World War II, Japan capitalized on the knowledge of returnees to rebuild its economy, making it one of the world’s leading technological and industrial powerhouses. Japan from history kept learning from the West to innovate. As such, their citizens go abroad, learn new things to take back home. How many Japanese have you seen doing care or security work?
In contrast, Nigeria and Africa has struggled to harness its diaspora's intellectual and economic capital, because the smaller portion of its educated professionals especially in the US, choose to remain abroad, while the others in the UK are busy pursuing shifts to even think about coming home to develop the continent.

Of course, it can be argued that the reasons Africans are desperate to stay abroad is because of the
lack of economic opportunities,
political instability, corruption,
poor infrastructure & work conditions, low quality of life at home, weakened education and healthcare.