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single foreign government. A we remain mentally married to uncontaminated food we will eat
total of 54 African Presidents the idea that nothing can get tomorrow. It is painful to know
all attended less 6. You will not moving without external finance. that the very system of Europe
find even this number of Afri- We are even begging for things and the West or Asia that Afrika
can leaders attending UN or we already have. That is abso- is rushing to emulate is already
African Union meetings, but lutely a failure of mindset.” dying and will soon be com-
when Russia, China and India pletely gone. The governments
called, they all answered. In A change of Mindset of these foreign nations know
droves as sheep to a slaugh- the many issues in their lands
ter house. Almost every day and every- but cover them all up with fan-
where you hear the news of an-
They give us aid and turned tasies and vain pursuits. They
other tech company opened up
around to determine our eco- know how depleted they are
somewhere in Afrika. A new tech
nomic policies, determine the and how weak and dead their
value of our currencies, tell hub, a new mega funding for system is. They all are running
us how to vote in internation- some technological innovations, to Afrika to create a sustainable
launching of an app or anything
al meetings, turn around to source for their future while Afri-
to do with technology and the
heap on us loans that cages ka in whose land the source is,
gist has been the same for a
us in a new form of colonial- is on a begging spree at the ta-
ism and perpetual economic while now. Technology is good, ble of lies and deceit. Let Afrika
slavery. When will Africa grow but I do have my reservations learn wisdom from her past and
about the usage and how it af-
up? It is not every time a man by that, let her prepare for the
fects our future and the future of
gives you a gift that you must immediate future.
our planet. I hear and read about
collect. Why must we contin-
ue to be recipients of aid and these technological innovations
public goodwill? This African and then wonder if we are really
“
watching into the future to see
leadership that represents the
what awaits us? Because for
final vestiges of colonialism every new technology we create ...And yet, we remain mentally
must go. We need a genera- today, something in our way of married to the idea that noth-
tion of new African leaders. ing can get moving without
We need leaders that will life has been knocked out in the
nearest future. You may choose external finance. We are even
be brave enough to have a
to believe or not believe. But cer- begging for things we already
choice. A land with so much
tainly, you don’t need a prophet
natural resources from gold have. That is absolutely a
to diamonds to crud[e] oil yet to tell you that the more of artifi- failure of mindset - President
we always collecting aid and cial intelligence we create today, Paul Kagame of Rwanda.
the more unemployment for hu-
bowing to foreign interest.
mans in the nearest future. The
Why cant we see beyond the
more GMO food we allow today,
veil? We produce what we do
not consume and consume so the more humans with weak and WHAT MUST WE DO
much of secondary goods we dying immune systems, riddled We must change our minds about how we
with all manner of disease we
cannot produce. When will Af- deal with the Afrikan narrative. The way
will have tomorrow. The more of
rica grow up? Africa my Afri- forward is not hate but love for the Afrikan
poisoned vaccinations we allow brotherhood.
ca!” Princewill Odidi
in our children today, the more
of weak minded and brain dam- We must go back to revive our indigenous
Also included is a statement Afrikan knowledge, medicine, philosophy,
aged adults we are creating for
from President Paul kagame, it family patterns, brotherhood etc before it’s
tomorrow. For while men laud
says: too late to turn back time.
the various technological ad-
“I would rather argue, that we Capitalism is a disease and a killer of men
need to mobilize the right mind- vancements, we must not forget and society. It’s not our culture and never
sets, rather than more funding. that there is a God who promis- will be. There is a true Afrokonomics that
es to destroy those who destroy
After all, in Africa, we have ev- is based on truth, love and the principle of
the earth. (See Rev 11:18) For Ubuntu which states that “I am because
erything we need, in real terms.
as everyone is running towards you are”. We must return to being Afrikans
Whatever is lacking, we have and not slaves to the avaricious and capi-
the means to acquire. And yet, building apps and all forms of talist tendencies of the colonizers.
technology, who is planting the
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