Mexico confuses me as a country.
It is the country that has hosted the World Cup the most. 3X. Says something about its infrastructure. And clout.
It is also a top 15 country in the world by GDP.
It is also a member of OECD and G20, the prestigious comities of prosperous nations.
Decent indicators of economic clout and prosperity.
Yet, it is somehow a butt of joke, especially to Americans. Treated like a poor neighbour you don't want to mix with, you chase away from your borders. And their people running away to America by all means.
Last week, a farmer called me and said he wanted to buy โฆ3 million worth of 4Tree fertilizer. To compose myself and look more professional, I borrowed my fatherโs GLK. ๐ Wallahi, the man showed up on a small motorcycle and transferred the money using an Itel keypad phone.๐ญ๐
Blord is a billionaire, yes but heโs not even Top 500 richest Igbo men.
Go to pharmaceuticals line in aba and see billionaires who still uses Nokia torch.
The other day i was arguing with someone about how books like 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' are foolish to Nigerians at large.
One of the points i raised was that financial literacy cannot cover for systemic failures.
This is a prime example of the statement: โyou cannot out-hustle a bad system.โ
Imagine a loan was taken for this.