I am distressed by the unprecedented level of the humanitarian crisis facing Malawians in Durban, South Africa.
This crisis is predominantly the fault of Afrophobic thugs in South Africa, who have stolen the money and personal possession of ordinary Malawians, and touched their homes.
I will be making a donation for their repatriation.
Any African who are able to, should make contribution for the dignified return of these Africans, if they can.
They are our people and we cannot allow them to die in South Africa.
Dangote just signed a $1 billion deal with a Chinese firm called Sinoma to build 12 new cement plants across Africa.
Twelve.
Northern Nigeria. Ethiopia. Tanzania. Zambia. Zimbabwe. Sierra Leone. Cameroon. And expansions in Itori, Apapa, Lekki, PH and Onne on top of that.
80 million tonnes of cement per year by 2030. That’s the target.
But the number that should really wake you up is this one. Dangote Group is chasing $100 billion in revenue by 2030. Not naira. Dollars. While everybody is waiting for foreign investors to come and save Africa, one man from Kano is building the infrastructure backbone of this continent himself.
Refinery. Cement. Gas. Fertilizer. These are not sexy industries. Nobody is making reels about cement. But every single road, bridge and housing estate on this continent needs it. And Dangote is positioning to supply almost all of it.
This is probably the biggest business story in Africa this year and I promise you most people will scroll past it because nobody is dancing and there’s no drama.
Don’t be most people.
@erikchiwala May be u ought to look at it that #DPPMALAWI took a backseat abit so that tizione. U can't blame them. They were ousted on a run-election. First of a kind in Malawi. Folks matched. #chilima rest in peace had much to say about it. It was 4 anyamata oganiza bho. Itsanana Canaan nau
The world’s first 3D-printed school was constructed in just 18 hours in the Salima District of Malawi, specifically in Kalonga village within the Yambe zone. This innovative project was completed in June 2021 by 14Trees, a joint venture between Holcim and the UK’s CDC Group.
Today, for the first time, I learned about Legson Kayira. At just 16 or 17, armed with only a small axe, a blanket, and a Bible, he set out on foot from Malawi to pursue higher education. He walked over 2,500 miles (4,000 km) across East Africa, facing hunger and exhaustion—until he finally secured a scholarship in the U.S. A journey of sheer determination!