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It's the giants... I feel big when I stand on their shoulders. Africa's energy crisis is a wonderful pass-time for me.

[Taku @takue]

To thine own self be true.

[PHILOSOPHY @PhilosophyOnX]

Above all, do not lie to yourself. Dostoyevsky

[Air Zimbabwe @FlyAirZimbabwe]

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[mmatigari @matigary]

Comrades, the problem is far deeper than you think.

See the high school students who are part of the mock (junior) parliament are unsatisfied with their mobile tablets. They claim they take blurred pictures. They want iPhone 17 Pro Max smartphones from the government.

They are not different in mindset from the MPs who want LandCruisers from government.

Do you see the future challenge? 😭

[mmatigari @matigary]

We have long advocated for nuclear power because it’s clean energy, and we can’t industrialize or move into OIT/AI without adequate electricity.

Unfortunately our politicians are tied up with buying and distributing cars. Japan, SA and Europe are making millions from such adventures. We sell gold and buy cars.

Kagame is onto something admirable here.

[Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod]

They're calling this the most American tweet of all time.

[Taku @takue]

profound Tinashe. Profound.

[Tinashe @baba_nyenyedzi]

SA’s illegal immigration crisis is partly an economic policy failure and partly strategic misdirection by its corporates. 25 years ago, SA was awash with capital. Instead of investing into Africa, much of that capital went further afield into Europe. African risk was higher, yes, but deeper investment would have created opportunity across the region and somewhat reduced migration pressure. It would also have given Pretoria more political will to push reform in neighbouring countries.

What do you think?

[kudzanai @kudzie_sharara]

"Tiger Brands CEO came to our factory to conduct a tour which was a departure as we don't normally have South African firms coming to Zimbabwe to learn about innovation."

Liam Philip, Montgomery Foods Managing Director

[Taku @takue]

say it louder pls.

[Isaac @IsaacJonas21]

1/ Zimbabwe’s pension funds hold US$1.16 BILLION in property.

It earns just 3.7% a year.
Money here needs to earn 12.4%.

That’s a loss on 44% of the nation’s retirement savings — every single year.

A thread on the quietest risk in your pension 🧵

[Taku @takue]

I wish this came out when I was in high school. Form 4 to be exact!

[SEWE OUT NOW!🤘🏿🎸 @SylentNqo]

Apparently this is the new national anthem 😬🏃🏿‍♂️ #SEWE

https://t.co/QcQIE2ZkRs

[George Nheweyembwa @GeorgeNhewe]

"Akabuditsa pfuti pa match yevana."
That's what we're all saying this week.
Not "he made a mistake." Not "he was having a bad day."
Just that sentence. Repeated. At the barber. In offices. At dinner tables.
Tobias heard it. And something in his chest went quiet.

[Taku @takue]

Eish. This is so removed from what I see when I visit China 🤷🏿‍♂️.

[Adamski Jahman @jahman_adamski]

China is collapsing! Communism does NOT work!

[Kashyap Sriram @kashyap286]

In the time it took me to write this rebuttal, Ms. Wade got 1.2 million more views. That's the algo at work pushing a narrative.

[Walter @murwirawalter1]

@HeraldZimbabwe @MinOECW has let us down. We see mountains of Musasa firewood in Mbare and along Mtare rd near Headlands where people are selling firewood for survival. This practice was never there when we were growing up. What has changed? Could some action be taken b4 it is too late?

[K @begottensun]

Had a tough but fascinating talk with form 1 to 4 students at a 🇿🇼 high school in today. The topic was money.

My core message was simple:

Money is earned through value exchange.

You do not “get” money.
You earn it by offering goods or services valuable enough for other people to exchange money for.

Just like you don’t “get” a degree; you earn it.

I can tell a lot about a person about how they speak about money:
Let get that paper (not manufacturing it)
Getting that bread (not baking it)
Making Cheddar? (That’s valuable)

I tried to challenge how we speak about money. Instead of saying:
“Let’s go get money”.

We should ask:
“How do I become more valuable?”
“How do I create more value for others?”

Because if you can consistently provide value, you will never truly have “no money.”

Value can be:

Good food
Convenience
Security
Education
Entertainment
Skills
Technology
Solving difficult problems

A plumber earns because plumbing is valuable to people who cannot plumb.
A developer earns because software can solve problems.
A musician earns because joy and entertainment are valuable.

Then I asked the students what they wanted to become.

A large number said:

IRL streamers
YouTubers
TikTok influencers

A few said app developers.
Nobody said accountant.
Nobody said scientist.

What struck me was this:

Many of them admire wealth outcomes without understanding value creation.

One student said he wants to be like Elon Musk.

I explained:
Elon Musk became wealthy because he created massive value at scale, through payments, electric vehicles, internet infrastructure, rockets, communications platforms, and engineering companies.

Another said he wants to be like Mark Zuckerberg.

But the important question is not:
“How do I become Zuckerberg?”

The real question is:
“What value did Zuckerberg create for billions of people?”

Then someone said they wanted to be like Wicknell Chivayo.

Everyone laughed… 🤣

But... Whether you like him or not, whether you agree with the value he’s creating benefit to society or not, he’s creating value to someone or something. Could be at the detriment or others, who knows. But someone finds it valuable. You don’t get that rick without creating VALUE!

Pablo Escobar and Michael Jordan both have created value … for better or worse.

A lot of young Zimbabweans today can clearly see money… but cannot clearly see the value system behind it.

With people like Strive Masiyiwa, it’s easier:
We understand the value created through Econet and telecommunications.

The danger is when young people only see the money at the end, without understanding the years of value creation underneath it. Behind the slay queen with the orange iPhone, is a satisfied overweight married businessman.

Zimbabwe desperately needs a generation obsessed not with “looking rich” , but with becoming genuinely useful to humanity by creating value!!

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

Pattern Recognition is also the form of intelligence that causes the most stress.
You will see things that others do not.

You'll feel crazy.

Things will be *so obvious* to you, and others will just deny it.

[Taku @takue]

💯💯

[Modern Dad @ModernxDad]

When god wants to make you powerful he would..

[Taku @takue]

Based. lol.

[Evelyn AnitE @Anite__Evelyn]

@AfricaFactsZone, Thank you for bringing this up. First, it's true I took back my ambulance & I have no apologies for that. Why did I do it? It's because they didn't vote for me. So did you expect me to walkaway with nothing? Galatians 6:7 A man reaps what he sows.

[Evelyn AnitE @Anite__Evelyn]

@AfricaFactsZone, Thank you for bringing this up. First, it's true I took back my ambulance & I have no apologies for that. Why did I do it? It's because they didn't vote for me. So did you expect me to walkaway with nothing? Galatians 6:7 A man reaps what he sows.

[African @ali_naka]

Congratulations to Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 men’s 4x400 relay team! Won Gold Medal beating KENYA, Nigeria and some Deputy Europeans in the Final

[M-Jay @M_Jay94]

A must listen/watch for all Africans who care about Africa’s economic growth.