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Colonial Infrastructure in Africa Was Built for Extraction, Not ‘Civilisation’ Anti-imperialist podcaster Triploi, says that the c*lonialist argument that they ‘civilised’ Africa by "building roads and infrastructure" whitewashes hundreds of years of a campaign to steal African wealth on an industrial scale using infrastructure that they built specifically to...

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UN Secretary-General Guterres on Africa: Africa is a double victim of colonialism. First, because of colonialism itself and what colonialism has caused. We can talk about the transatlantic slave trade and many other aspects in which the African continent has been sacrificed. And then second reason why it’s a victim, because when the institutions that are today the multilateral institutions of global governance were created, the African countries, most of them, were still under colonial domination. So they were not present and they were not taken into account, and so Africa is not effectively represented in the multilateral institutions that exist today. And that is something that is a scandal that needs to be corrected.
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UN Secretary-General Guterres on Africa: Africa is a double victim of colonialism. First, because of colonialism itself and what colonialism has caused. We can talk about the transatlantic slave trade and many other aspects in which the African continent has been sacrificed. And then second reason why it’s a victim, because when the institutions that are today the multilateral institutions of global governance were created, the African countries, most of them, were still under colonial domination. So they were not present and they were not taken into account, and so Africa is not effectively represented in the multilateral institutions that exist today. And that is something that is a scandal that needs to be corrected.

Clash Report

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‘The Global Extraction Machine Runs on Africa's Trauma’: Alien Cozmo Content creator Alien Cozmo recently laid out how Western empires have exploited Africa through centuries of colonialism that has morphed over time, arguing “African trauma is the grease for the gears of the developed world.” What do you make of his call to action? Let us know in the comments. Follow us for more like this.
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‘The Global Extraction Machine Runs on Africa's Trauma’: Alien Cozmo Content creator Alien Cozmo recently laid out how Western empires have exploited Africa through centuries of colonialism that has morphed over time, arguing “African trauma is the grease for the gears of the developed world.” What do you make of his call to action? Let us know in the comments. Follow us for more like this.

The Spearhead

10,556 次观看 • 3 个月前

From Wall St to the City of London - our finance, insurance and banking systems are built on chattel slavery. Even the concept of the modern corporation was based on this exploitation. But it didn’t stop with abolition in 1833. According to a paper published in New Political Economy, the Global South has lost $152 trillion in wealth to the Global North since 1960 alone. Extracted, in part, by the same institutions. These are the very same entities that now dump sewage in our water, make profit from the care of our elderly and price gouge the public on everything from energy to food. Reparatory justice is a class issue. It affects all of us and rebuilding something better starts… with an apology.
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From Wall St to the City of London - our finance, insurance and banking systems are built on chattel slavery. Even the concept of the modern corporation was based on this exploitation. But it didn’t stop with abolition in 1833. According to a paper published in New Political Economy, the Global South has lost $152 trillion in wealth to the Global North since 1960 alone. Extracted, in part, by the same institutions. These are the very same entities that now dump sewage in our water, make profit from the care of our elderly and price gouge the public on everything from energy to food. Reparatory justice is a class issue. It affects all of us and rebuilding something better starts… with an apology.

Clive Lewis MP

22,339 次观看 • 1 年前

Introducing Onboard Business 💼 We started Onboard for professionals in Africa and the Global South who needed direct access to the global economy The more we built for consumers, the more we saw businesses dealing with the exact same problems on a bigger scale So we built Onboard Business. Same infrastructure our consumers already trust, now as a web app for businesses
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Introducing Onboard Business 💼 We started Onboard for professionals in Africa and the Global South who needed direct access to the global economy The more we built for consumers, the more we saw businesses dealing with the exact same problems on a bigger scale So we built Onboard Business. Same infrastructure our consumers already trust, now as a web app for businesses

Yele | Onboard 🌐

11,732 次观看 • 2 个月前

When Insurance Was Worth More Than Black Lives One day in 1781, a slave ship's crew threw over 100 Africans overboard to a watery death in the Atlantic Ocean, not by accident, but because British law allowed it, insurance covered it and 143 Africans deaths was an acceptable investment into an insurance scam. The Zong massacre may have taken place over 240 years ago in 1781, but it remains a clear reflection of how the Global North has always valued African lives both historically and to date. As with so many other cases where African lives were wasted for the sake of completely unbridled European greed, recognition of the crime has never been formally established, and no compensation has been given to the African communities on both sides of the Atlantic that were the victims of this crime. The Global North has always placed a relatively low price on the bodies and blood of Africans - a price that has been paid millions of times to feed its imperial economy and build its infrastructure. It still does the same today through the mechanics of neo-colonialism, which enables it to continue taking from Africa to maintain its hegemonic global position. Africa needs to open its eyes to the fact that the imperial Global North has never changed and it remains the real ultimate enemy of African progress.
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When Insurance Was Worth More Than Black Lives One day in 1781, a slave ship's crew threw over 100 Africans overboard to a watery death in the Atlantic Ocean, not by accident, but because British law allowed it, insurance covered it and 143 Africans deaths was an acceptable investment into an insurance scam. The Zong massacre may have taken place over 240 years ago in 1781, but it remains a clear reflection of how the Global North has always valued African lives both historically and to date. As with so many other cases where African lives were wasted for the sake of completely unbridled European greed, recognition of the crime has never been formally established, and no compensation has been given to the African communities on both sides of the Atlantic that were the victims of this crime. The Global North has always placed a relatively low price on the bodies and blood of Africans - a price that has been paid millions of times to feed its imperial economy and build its infrastructure. It still does the same today through the mechanics of neo-colonialism, which enables it to continue taking from Africa to maintain its hegemonic global position. Africa needs to open its eyes to the fact that the imperial Global North has never changed and it remains the real ultimate enemy of African progress.

The Spearhead

37,644 次观看 • 7 个月前

MrBeast built a village in Africa with schools, homes, electricity, food, farms, and clean water. Giving these people what they need for the moment does not necessarily mean that they’re going to actually meaningfully develop in a way that allows them to be self-sustaining in the future. Is building infrastructure enough, or does the entire approach to aid need to change?
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MrBeast built a village in Africa with schools, homes, electricity, food, farms, and clean water. Giving these people what they need for the moment does not necessarily mean that they’re going to actually meaningfully develop in a way that allows them to be self-sustaining in the future. Is building infrastructure enough, or does the entire approach to aid need to change?

Lauren Chen

19,447 次观看 • 8 天前

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IMF & WORLD BANK HAVE NOT HELPED AFRICA How can we trust institutions established during colonial times by the very forces that colonised us? This is the question posed by Fadhel Kaboub (Fadhel Kaboub فاضل قابوب on X), an associate professor of economics at Ohio's Denison University, who critiques global financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Despite their inclusive names, these institutions act as neo-colonial tools, deepening poverty and dependency in Africa and the Global South. After decades of so-called ‘aid,’ little progress has been made in Africa, while Western countries advance by exploiting its resources. For example, the foreign-backed proxy war over natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has lasted over 30 years. Instead of addressing exploitation, the World Bank supports projects like the Inga Dam, which critics say facilitate further resource extraction under the guise of aid. Western powers, led by the US and supported by Europe and the G7, control these institutions. They back initiatives like the Lobito Corridor, a 1,300-kilometre strip of land featuring a railway that snakes through Zambia, the DRC and Angola to ship Africa’s resources across the Atlantic Ocean. The World Bank also supported apartheid South Africa, a history it prefers to forget. Given that Africa pays out more in debt and resource extraction than it receives in aid, is it not time for the rest of the continent to reject these colonial-era models and pursue African-led development, like our siblings in the Sahel? Video credit: Lynn Ngugi on Instagram

African Stream

17,067 次观看 • 1 年前

This is agenda of the west to isolate south Africa from African countries and destabilize the economy then south Africa is going back to the hands of white people in the nameof rescuing the economy because the white know if they distracte south Africa the unity of Africa it will shake so they are using those groups. Sad that they all use people's pains to benefit,but they never share with the people the funds they get. The real truth is nothing will change,the only thing that will change is their own bank balance and livelihoods.The rest will still waiting for 2029 new influencers to use them. Bookmark this comment to remind me in December and 2029 when new influencers resurface,you share to them that we all know your mandate.
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This is agenda of the west to isolate south Africa from African countries and destabilize the economy then south Africa is going back to the hands of white people in the nameof rescuing the economy because the white know if they distracte south Africa the unity of Africa it will shake so they are using those groups. Sad that they all use people's pains to benefit,but they never share with the people the funds they get. The real truth is nothing will change,the only thing that will change is their own bank balance and livelihoods.The rest will still waiting for 2029 new influencers to use them. Bookmark this comment to remind me in December and 2029 when new influencers resurface,you share to them that we all know your mandate.

Dolly

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Almost $1 TRILLION has already gone into building AI infrastructure. Let that sink in for a moment. In just two years, we’ve poured the equivalent of an entire country’s GDP into chips, data centers, and compute power. That’s not hype that’s commitment. And the wild part? This is still early innings. The foundation is being built right now. What gets built on top of it is going to change everything. 🔥🚀
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Almost $1 TRILLION has already gone into building AI infrastructure. Let that sink in for a moment. In just two years, we’ve poured the equivalent of an entire country’s GDP into chips, data centers, and compute power. That’s not hype that’s commitment. And the wild part? This is still early innings. The foundation is being built right now. What gets built on top of it is going to change everything. 🔥🚀

Junaid Dar

140,194 次观看 • 9 个月前

Dr Joshua Maponga On How The Church Reinforced Colonial Conditioning In Africa What role has Christianity played in upholding and promoting imperial ideas across Africa and the Global South? Zimbabwean author, philosopher and former Seventh Day Adventist bishop Joshua Maponga argues that the most practised forms of Christianity in Africa play a key role in maintaining the psychological colonisation of people across the continent. Do you agree with Dr. Maponga? Let us know in the comments.
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Dr Joshua Maponga On How The Church Reinforced Colonial Conditioning In Africa What role has Christianity played in upholding and promoting imperial ideas across Africa and the Global South? Zimbabwean author, philosopher and former Seventh Day Adventist bishop Joshua Maponga argues that the most practised forms of Christianity in Africa play a key role in maintaining the psychological colonisation of people across the continent. Do you agree with Dr. Maponga? Let us know in the comments.

The Spearhead

12,312 次观看 • 3 个月前

Speaking at the first Google Cloud Summit to be held on the African continent, President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 said the event marks a major milestone for Africa's digital future. He emphasised that cloud computing and artificial intelligence will power the economies of the 21st century, presenting South Africa and the continent with an opportunity to lead in innovation rather than simply adopt technologies developed elsewhere. The President said by investing in digital infrastructure, skills and innovation, South Africa is laying the foundation for economic growth, job creation and a more competitive digital economy that benefits all its people.
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Speaking at the first Google Cloud Summit to be held on the African continent, President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 said the event marks a major milestone for Africa's digital future. He emphasised that cloud computing and artificial intelligence will power the economies of the 21st century, presenting South Africa and the continent with an opportunity to lead in innovation rather than simply adopt technologies developed elsewhere. The President said by investing in digital infrastructure, skills and innovation, South Africa is laying the foundation for economic growth, job creation and a more competitive digital economy that benefits all its people.

The Presidency 🇿🇦

39,910 次观看 • 3 个月前

Over the weekend, I spoke at the Arc Community Meetup in Enugu about how stablecoins can support African businesses. The challenge isn’t awareness. Many founders already see the speed and cost benefits of stablecoins. The real issue is infrastructure that still treats Africa as an afterthought, with high fees, poor liquidity, and compliance designed for other markets. Arc is addressing that gap with payments infrastructure built to transfer value across borders without the friction African businesses have faced for years. Stablecoins aren’t just the future for African businesses; they are already part of how many transfer value today. Arc is developing the infrastructure to make that the standard. Thank you CARBZ, for the invite. Great energy in the room. More to come.
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Over the weekend, I spoke at the Arc Community Meetup in Enugu about how stablecoins can support African businesses. The challenge isn’t awareness. Many founders already see the speed and cost benefits of stablecoins. The real issue is infrastructure that still treats Africa as an afterthought, with high fees, poor liquidity, and compliance designed for other markets. Arc is addressing that gap with payments infrastructure built to transfer value across borders without the friction African businesses have faced for years. Stablecoins aren’t just the future for African businesses; they are already part of how many transfer value today. Arc is developing the infrastructure to make that the standard. Thank you CARBZ, for the invite. Great energy in the room. More to come.

CryptoMaMa

16,479 次观看 • 2 个月前

Professor PLO Lumumba has warned that while colonial powers are once again seeking to divide Africa in order to conquer it through a new scramble for the continent, such tactics can no longer serve as an excuse for Africa’s inaction. He insists that Africa must recognize its collective strength in negotiating with the West and the European Union as a united front. The continent must reject bilateral engagements with individual foreign powers and instead demand that all strategic partnerships, particularly in the realms of military, energy, manufacturing, technology, artificial intelligence, and textiles, be conducted at the level of the African Union. This, he argues, is the path to genuine anti-colonial and anti-imperialist sovereignty.
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Professor PLO Lumumba has warned that while colonial powers are once again seeking to divide Africa in order to conquer it through a new scramble for the continent, such tactics can no longer serve as an excuse for Africa’s inaction. He insists that Africa must recognize its collective strength in negotiating with the West and the European Union as a united front. The continent must reject bilateral engagements with individual foreign powers and instead demand that all strategic partnerships, particularly in the realms of military, energy, manufacturing, technology, artificial intelligence, and textiles, be conducted at the level of the African Union. This, he argues, is the path to genuine anti-colonial and anti-imperialist sovereignty.

THEE ALFA HOUSE

15,534 次观看 • 4 个月前

[WATCH] Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says the Expropriation Act is a global trend used by many governments in the world to use land for various reasons. He adds that South Africa is not doing something foreign compared to the global trends. #Newzroom405
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[WATCH] Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says the Expropriation Act is a global trend used by many governments in the world to use land for various reasons. He adds that South Africa is not doing something foreign compared to the global trends. #Newzroom405

Newzroom Afrika

120,075 次观看 • 1 年前

Either this comes from ignorance, or you are deliberately dismissing the history of a country that contributed greatly to the African continent. Somalia’s contributions to Africa were extensive, and many of them came at a time when African states and liberation movements were still fighting colonialism, apartheid, and foreign domination. It began with Somalia’s own long struggle against colonial rule, including the Dervish resistance, which became one of the most remarkable and prolonged anti-colonial resistance movements in Africa. After gaining independence in 1960, Somalia did not simply turn inward and focus on itself. It became one of the founding members of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963, an organization established in part to promote African unity and help complete the liberation of the continent from colonial rule. Somalia then used its diplomatic position on the international stage to speak for Africans who were still living under colonialism. During its time on the UN Security Council in the early 1970s, Somalia pushed for stronger action against Portuguese colonialism and supported efforts to cut off the military assistance that enabled Portugal to continue its colonial wars in African territories such as Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau. Somalia also supported African liberation movements beyond its own borders and stood behind struggles against colonialism and apartheid across the continent. That support was not merely rhetorical. Somalia provided political, diplomatic, educational, and material support to liberation movements fighting for independence and majority rule. And Somali solidarity did not stop at Africa’s borders. In 1972, Somali women protested in solidarity with Angela Davis, an African American activist who was imprisoned in the United States at the time. Carrying signs declaring “Angela Is Innocent,” they demanded her release. Despite being thousands of miles away, Somalis were paying attention to African struggles elsewhere in the world and saw the fight against racism, colonialism, and imperialism as interconnected. You are entitled to believe Ghana deserves a place on that list. But suggesting that Somalia should be removed to make room for Ghana shows a dismissive attitude toward the history of an African country that contributed greatly to the continent and, at many points in its history, stood for something that all Africans should be proud of.
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Either this comes from ignorance, or you are deliberately dismissing the history of a country that contributed greatly to the African continent. Somalia’s contributions to Africa were extensive, and many of them came at a time when African states and liberation movements were still fighting colonialism, apartheid, and foreign domination. It began with Somalia’s own long struggle against colonial rule, including the Dervish resistance, which became one of the most remarkable and prolonged anti-colonial resistance movements in Africa. After gaining independence in 1960, Somalia did not simply turn inward and focus on itself. It became one of the founding members of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963, an organization established in part to promote African unity and help complete the liberation of the continent from colonial rule. Somalia then used its diplomatic position on the international stage to speak for Africans who were still living under colonialism. During its time on the UN Security Council in the early 1970s, Somalia pushed for stronger action against Portuguese colonialism and supported efforts to cut off the military assistance that enabled Portugal to continue its colonial wars in African territories such as Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau. Somalia also supported African liberation movements beyond its own borders and stood behind struggles against colonialism and apartheid across the continent. That support was not merely rhetorical. Somalia provided political, diplomatic, educational, and material support to liberation movements fighting for independence and majority rule. And Somali solidarity did not stop at Africa’s borders. In 1972, Somali women protested in solidarity with Angela Davis, an African American activist who was imprisoned in the United States at the time. Carrying signs declaring “Angela Is Innocent,” they demanded her release. Despite being thousands of miles away, Somalis were paying attention to African struggles elsewhere in the world and saw the fight against racism, colonialism, and imperialism as interconnected. You are entitled to believe Ghana deserves a place on that list. But suggesting that Somalia should be removed to make room for Ghana shows a dismissive attitude toward the history of an African country that contributed greatly to the continent and, at many points in its history, stood for something that all Africans should be proud of.

Deeqa 🇸🇴

20,254 次观看 • 1 个月前

I gave this speech a few years back but in light of recent events in the Middle East it’s worth revisiting. Australia needs to rebuild not just its refining and energy infrastructure but its entire economy. That’s starts with throwing out the neoliberal ideology of let the market rip that destroyed our prosperity and replacing it with an Australian First mentality. That means Australian ownership of our infrastructure, land and energy sector funded by our own Infrastructure bank and our own skills. All policies which support. Sign up today if you agree.
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I gave this speech a few years back but in light of recent events in the Middle East it’s worth revisiting. Australia needs to rebuild not just its refining and energy infrastructure but its entire economy. That’s starts with throwing out the neoliberal ideology of let the market rip that destroyed our prosperity and replacing it with an Australian First mentality. That means Australian ownership of our infrastructure, land and energy sector funded by our own Infrastructure bank and our own skills. All policies which support. Sign up today if you agree.

Gerard Rennick

10,608 次观看 • 6 个月前

BRICS ALTERNATIVE TO WESTERN HEGEMONY For centuries, Western powers have held sway over the global political and economic system, often at the expense of the Global South, leading to significant disparities and injustices. The world's leading financial and political institutions have been under their ambit. This power has been frequently abused to impose unilateral sanctions on governments and countries that have taken policy positions that went against those of the Western powers. This has led to Global South nations seeking alternative organisations that not only give them a better chance of economic development but also shield them from the bullying tactics of the Global North. In this clip, Patricia Mantula, CEO of GSQ Media House, a media entity dedicated to amplifying the voices of women in the Global South, argues that BRICS+, an intergovernmental organisation comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates offers that alternative. Speaking at the ongoing BRICS+ summit in Kazan, Russia, Mantula pointed out that the organisation is marked by diversity and tolerance, a testament to its inclusive nature. By leveraging the global south's resources, BRICS can ensure development worldwide, a departure from decades of Western neo-colonialism. Have a watch, and let us know what you think. Video credit: RT
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BRICS ALTERNATIVE TO WESTERN HEGEMONY For centuries, Western powers have held sway over the global political and economic system, often at the expense of the Global South, leading to significant disparities and injustices. The world's leading financial and political institutions have been under their ambit. This power has been frequently abused to impose unilateral sanctions on governments and countries that have taken policy positions that went against those of the Western powers. This has led to Global South nations seeking alternative organisations that not only give them a better chance of economic development but also shield them from the bullying tactics of the Global North. In this clip, Patricia Mantula, CEO of GSQ Media House, a media entity dedicated to amplifying the voices of women in the Global South, argues that BRICS+, an intergovernmental organisation comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates offers that alternative. Speaking at the ongoing BRICS+ summit in Kazan, Russia, Mantula pointed out that the organisation is marked by diversity and tolerance, a testament to its inclusive nature. By leveraging the global south's resources, BRICS can ensure development worldwide, a departure from decades of Western neo-colonialism. Have a watch, and let us know what you think. Video credit: RT

African Stream

73,522 次观看 • 1 年前