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Economy




          to industrialize Afrika, we need this   Ethiopia and other things that are   others but on an equal level.
          Grand Inga, it is inevitable.      going on, how will we safeguard an
                                             Afrikan fund created through taxes   This is a huge responsibility to us;
          International River did not stop   to make sure we are able to achieve   it is very hard to see every year 55
          there, it came to South Afrika in   our goals?                        presidents go to meet one presi-
          2019  because South Afrika was                                        dent who promised you 30 billion
          planning to finance Grand Inga II;   The problem is that these presidents   which will come just like that but
          Grand Inga Dam has three phases.   are killed every time is because they   we do not know how it has come.
          This NGO came to parliament        act separately, so we have to act as a   This is very bad; it shows that our
          in South Afrika asking them not    group. We don’t have to let a presi-  presidents are desperate. There are
          to finance this project and telling   dent show that he is at the forefront   good presidents in this generation
          the South Afrikan government it    of these kinds of strong ideas. We   but they are desperate and when you
          will bring more loans to Eskom;    have to make sure all presidents act   go to the high places is when you
          it would be a huge burden. This    at one time at the same thing.     see that Afrika does not belong to
          organization is supposed to fight                                     Afrikans. It will only belong to us
          for rivers, for ecology and so on, for   I don’t think at that stage in the   when activists impose the proper
          environmental aspects now is speak-  1960s that Europe wanted Afrika   way of taking care of Afrika and
          ing about the burden on economics.   to create African union, so it was   this corruption will gradually end as
          They fight a lot against this Grand   an initiative they took all together.   we are becoming more independent
          Inga Dam and in the process, we    Even this initiative of the Afrikan   financially. We have to be financially
          have found that for Inga Dam there   trade agreement you can see it has   independent of the west and we
          are many rich people that are financ-  been successful overnight, so if   have to create our monetary system.
          ing these NGOs like George Soros.   we sit together and decide we are   When you have a big market then
                                             creating this and not let one pres-  you are able to create a monetary
          Studies done by many companies     ident try to promote this alone or   system with Afro, our currency sys-
          that are supposed to build the     one organization try to promote this   tem, backed by gold, then you can
          Grand Inga Dam have shown that     alone. We have to make sure Afrika   make available as much money as
          there will not be any environmental   is growing very fast and Afrika is   possible to Afrikan people and then
          problems with building this Inga.   multiplying the way Israeli people in   you can start to produce as Chinese
          So, you can see clearly without our   Egypt were growing and multiplying   people are doing.
          money we will always be delayed    but Pharaoh was angry and jealous.   But to do that we have to make sure
          and Afrika will stay in the dark.  We won’t miss our Pharaoh but this   that we are free financially because
          The more we don’t have our own     cannot stop us to think much harder   there will be diplomatic influence
          electricity the more we go deeper   and get strategies, but the first strat-  to make sure that this country is
          into trouble. We have to create our   egy we must have is to be able to   voting against it, but what we can
          own IMF and World Bank then we     work as one.                       do as Pan-Afrikanists is to pres-
          will be able to handle these conti-                                   sure and create debate and division
          nental infrastructures then we can   As Pan-Afrikanists there is a lack,   among our leaders until they vote
          go into local and regional infrastruc-  there is an emptiness of pan-Afri-  it, because this continent belongs to
          tures.                             kanists to go as activists to push our   us. If we act together, we will easily
                                             leaders because these institutions   succeed. It will not take three years
          With the interference from the west   belong to us. To get there we must   from now to create these conti-
          from people like International River,   stop complaining urgently. We must   nental taxes and then the technical
          Soros, the US Government and so    be sure of our intrinsic innate value   aspect will follow on how it will be
          on in investment into Inga Dam     that we have been given by God,    created.
          and into other things in Afrika. For   not by people. I am not free be-
          instance, how they killed Gadaffi   cause United States gave me rights,   To connect with Chris Ndayiragije,
          and all the coups they have started   I am not free because the Charter   please use panafricandestiny@gmail.
          on the continent and the different   of Human Rights gave me rights. I   com.
          problems they have created for the   have my own intrinsic value given
          continent Afrika to prevent Afri-  by God. So, what belongs to Afrika
          ka from moving forward; such as    should belong to Afrikans it does
          the opposition to the GERD in      not mean that we will not share with



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