George Weah won the FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d’Or in 1995, continued playing professional football until 2003, when he retired, then went back to school, obtained a secondary school certificate, travelled to the United States for a university degree and later a master’s degree, returned to Liberia, entered active politics, became a senator, contested for president, went into a run-off, won, was sworn in, completed his term and left office. His son, Timothy Weah, went on to become a professional footballer and represented the United States at the 2022 and 2026 World Cups. Meanwhile, Arsenal still hasn’t won the Champions League, despite reaching two finals under Wenger in 2006 and Arteta in 2026.
Colonial powers sped up resource extraction and wealth transfer by building single-purpose infrastructure, and using legal or military force to enforce contract labor.
Nothing was done out of goodwill. Evil, evil regimes.
Black owned scrapyards killed Spare Centre. So lovely to see. Black people actually taking a huge stake out of the lanie dominated car market. Mooi man.
I have spent the last few days trying to get fund fact sheets from a couple of Namibian investment firms, and it has been surprisingly hard. Some go unanswered, others bounce you from one person to the next.
It made me think about a bigger issue. Investment information in Namibia is far too difficult for ordinary people to access. Fund fact sheets, documents that tell you what you are investing in, what it costs, and how it has performed, should be freely and easily available to the public.
If we are serious about financial literacy and getting more Namibians to invest, the information has to be within reach. You cannot ask people to make good financial decisions while keeping the basic facts hard to find.
W/bay is th only deep-water port on Africa's west coast south of th equator. Closer to copperbelt than Durban. Trans-Kalahari & Trans-Caprivi link it to Zambia, Botswana & DRC. Nam to Zambia trade grew 48% in ‘24. It does not need to beat Durban, only to be a credible alternative