AFRICA to become World's largest trading bloc: Game-changer or a step too soon?
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- The African Union has began work on a monumental free trade deal to unite all 55 African countries within a single market. But will underlying issues conspire against the project?
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I hope i live to see the day someone from Kenya can travel on high-speed train to Nigeria or south Africa
@Mr. P. Enis 3 times the size of the USA .. 7600 miles long 4000 miles wide . 11million sq miles ...1/4 the size of the moon
@Mr. P. Enis maybe it's not a one train trip but a multiple train trip
@@theprince1795 I was thinking the same but some battles are not worth fighting
As an Engr trains lets go
Kato S best wishes to all Africans
It is a risk worth taking, you can't succeed or fail without actually doing something.
Trade will force the countries to get their act to getter to trade(hopefully)
“Every man wan heaven, no man wan die”.....
Red Pill prime kick out one set of Caucasians whilst seeking to do business with another?
It’s not arms, they will invade with, they will invade with ‘disease’....
They will seek to wipe out and leave buildings and infrastructure standing...
Scientists and Engineers are needed, not weapons - Weapons will only encourage the SELLOUTS among us !!
@Red Pill prime Mmmmmm! Maybe...
Yet the prospect of the HOT-WAR is already lost (300 years ago)....
US deployment is in fear of the chinese - the PROXY WAR in years to come - Africans need to mature both Politically and Intellectually and the best arena to navigate this STEEP learning curve is to COME TOGETHER !!
P.S.
The US (and other Caucasian forces) would not deploy FOOT-SOLDIERS in pursuit of occupying Africans, NAH!!
They would decimate Africans utilising Viruses, Disease and Pestilence....
Search your feelings - You know this to be true....
@Red Pill prime if i don't know WARFARE then, you don't know CRITICAL or STRATEGIC THINKING......!!
Aren't you the same dude who thought it was a good idea to buy / trade for Arms with Russia ??
Clearly, it is YOU that needs to MATURE both Politically and Intellectually....
P.S.
Racism is systematic and not a card pulled because you lack the faculty in the exchange of ideas....
We can agree to disagree however, your response "triggered" by facts is nothing less than Puerile...
The video attests to visions and Blueprints set out since the 1950's (by the Garvey-Ite, Dr Nkrumah) and only NOW, after nearly 70 years it seems, traction is being gained on ideas.....
I shall make it simpler for you.....!!
1: There are no weapons an African can get hold of that will supersede the Western Military Machine, unless developed by AFRICANS THEMSELVES !
2: The acquisition / development / customization of such weapons will provoke the SELLOUTS within Africa against their own (there is untold precedent to this) !
3: The preferred method of War to colonize/ neutralize the Africans (by whatever OUTSIDE FORCE) will be by disease and specially adapted viruses - EBOLA was deployed to TEST the African resolve and the capacity of Western Civilisation to respond to CONTAGION !!
To conclude, rather than give money to the Ruskies so Africans can kill OTHER Africans in even more BARBARIC (and evidently ELF-LOATHING) ways, Africans should prepare facilities at home to STUMP the BRAIN-DRAIN of SCIENTISTS and ENGINEERS - COUNTLESS "CREATIVES & GENIUS'S" to be discovered NOW, in Africa !!
Opportunity to arm (on WAKANDAN-LEVELS) will occur HOLISTICALLY, as a natural by-product of innovative success and scientific ACCOMPLISHMENT - The path to gaining RESPECT in the world...!!
Now let me see you respond with "Mmmm', that makes sense...."
I appeal to your good reason:
Rest assured, My perspective is
TOO BLACK !
TOO STRONG !!
Too Soon? I Don't think so! Tomorrow will never come if you don't embrace today!
Its now or never
@Culture Freedom Hello.😊Based upon negative historical factors and the one-sided narrative that exists around African trade, it is understandable why one would be skeptical and even pose the question as to what, if any, benefits will the ACFTA produce in Africa? But by visiting the website below, one can get a comprehensive look at the variety of commodities that countries in Africa export to the U.S. therefore getting a better understanding of what the real possibility of inter-continental trade in Africa could look like. And, if we expand our search and look at African trade with other global regions outside the U.S., I'm quite sure we will get an even greater understanding of the measurable outcomes that African governments hope to gain by creating this ambitious inter-continental trade agreement. ustr.gov/countries-regions/africa
UrbanAfrica We have to fix basic problems in our countries before we can expand out. We have to put pressure on countries who are part of the deal to fix these things before they can join in.
You took the words right out of my mouth. I wish this endeavor every success and may the hand of God be upon it and bless it for the people.
@@stevenmutumbo5477 No it isn't "now or never". Africans still haven't heard of patience?
Addressing the mass migration. We can take smaller steps and not go straight to the same system as the EU.
For example;
1) Allow free TRADE of goods and services.
2) Build the infrastructure, logistics means and other projects across the continent.
3) Free Visa on arrival or e-visa for all African nationals.
4) Than the free movement of people, without any passport control.
5) Unifying the African currency sounds cool, but I don't think I would want it because of high inflation in many countries. Also, now there is crypto and digital currency, we should wait and see their potential.
I would be so happy, if during my life, I can travel from Cairo to Cape Town in a high speed train (or even hyper loop) where I would be able to stop in many cities without the hassle of borders and feel safe and welcomed in each country.
We have been waiting for 50 years sir!
AfCFTA means open borders for movement of goods and capital.
@@joerichards1000 can u trust African country to by govern by one central government.Too much corporation in African government, how will u expect group of African official to govern the whole continent
Yes, brilliant strategy
It's a risk worth taking. We must keep our eyes open to the future. Not ourselves, the movement is for our future generations of African people. Yet just as other countries do we must make laws blocking fake goods etc and enforce it. We have minds as other people.
@@muhumedmohamud2356 We can never move without taking risks. Uniting Africa is a risk we all must be prepared to take.
It is just like when your wife reports to you she has conceived. You may not be vibrant economically but somehow, the child is born and bred into adulthood. Africa is ours, stop being pessimistic, be optimistic.
Well, I think we should start small, per regions like ECOWAS and COMESA, fully turn them into borderless trading/political blocs then see how it rolls out...
That already is the case.. East Africa, West Africa, they already have single markets and customs unions. They already have these borderless areas. AfCFTA is the first step of this process Africa-wide.
Good job Africa. Do it now before population increase. Integrate yourselves and become a bustling continent. Love ya from India!
Appreciate the love!!
Much love to you as well
The population is increasing too fast we need to colonize mars lol👽
The USA might get beaten by the union in the new future
@Yonis Ali sure, but Africa is too much diverse than India and not living together in a sense of economic and political powers. India or China were ruled by one empire many times. They have a sense of nationality. Entire Africa doesn't have that. People call themselves Nigerian, not African.
This would be great for Africa's economies.
In the long run no it would not
Rainbow Lion, you're not god.
@@josephlindor3708 Never said I was. History explains all.
Rainbow Lion, do some research on Rwanda, they got raid of the puppet's.
I see you on every African topic on CZcams
It is a risk worth taking. The road will be bumpy at the beginning but with courage there will be a light.
Remember the EU and the Euro did not come to exist and become stronger overnight.
My hope is that the African leaders come to the realization that enough is enough and start taking care of their citizens. They are not animals but human beings .
Multiculturalism is great. It widens the horizon of the individual and encourages tolerance. You dont need to sacrifice your culture to accept other cultures coexistence with it.
@Yonis Ali Spain was much worse before joining the EU. We're not doing Well now, but let me tell you, before the EU Spain was a developing country. The idea the EU hasn't favoured southern countries IS just not true. Here in Spain we have serious corruption problems and you can trace that to many of the economic problema we have. The austerity measures were probably not the answer though. they reduce the market and decrease the efficiency to repay loans. But we're better off now. My grandfather had typhus in his youth and lived barely above poverty in a mining town. Typhus in Spain? That's unthinkable today.
This was Marcus Garvey dream for Africans aboard and at home in Africa
Jerome Hill GARVEY-ITES. RISE !!
The dream will be a reality in our lifetime
@Kimara Runcie garveyites was the members of the Garvey AAA movement
AAA is African Advancement Association
Marcus Garvey is the greatest of all time I have so much respect for the history of Marcus Garvey, Next Malcolm X.
Just like NAFTA generates revenue for America the free trade Africa agreement will generate revenue for Africa. A Good Move.
NAFTA had some down sides that should be examined and that Africa should not mimic. There is also need to address how Africa will develop its abundant resources. But start project.
@@plumjade4584 can u tell me the downsides of NAFTA or point me to an article/research that explains this
@Zenme Yangzi they do have the intelligence but not the actual contracts to do the jobs. Everything is on the internet now people are learning everyday. I know many black college graduates. There are universities in Africa as well. Time to retire that western narrative. Black people has invented much to modern society.
Zenme Yangzi Dumb racist
@Zenme Yangzi c - section, surgery, algebra, brought literacy and philosophy to Europe etc etc. if you're going to be a racist, atleast, be a knowledgeable one.
I hate to say this but, mass migration to more prosperous African countries will cause conflict. Nobody wants this. However, trade and goods should move freely.
Exactly that is a recipe of disaster.
@@justcallmebrian793@ Well that is not always true, Nigeria has the biggest economy in Africa, but there are more Nigerians in Ghana, than Ghanaians in Nigeria, bigger economies doesn' t always mean the right environment, however your point is well taken, it is also opportunities for the continent to integrate while been mindful of the environment, as we all know Africa holds most of the undestroyed natural environment and wild life left for mankind, people always don't want to move else where if they can find what they need in their community, also remember Africa was borderless untill arrival of Europeans
@@kervinaham7375 Point taken. I am in favor of what is happening. That is my only apprehension.
It is time for us to unite without interference from outsiders.
@@kervinaham7375 Africa was not without borders. Tribes held areas and would have demanded tribute from weaker tribes long before Europeans arrived. There where kingdoms in Africa and I assume some of these went back far into history. The Egyptians had a frontier thousands of years ago that they defended against other tribes.
@@grahamt5924 @ I don't think you know what you talking about, Africa never had borders, if you are real African and not a recent arrival, you would know through our languages and the way the artificial borders of today tell the story, you will know right away some thing is not right. Most Africans speak more than more one language, some of us speak three or more, so it was always easy to communicate, even today, you always know the language of other tribes that were in your region, yes there are various unique ethnicities, with their own abilities and talents, so do all the the tribes, of course we don't live in heaven, so there were misunderstanding just like any other places, but did not get out hand like it did else where. I for one believe in one Africa trading with Africa to benefit Africans, if there are issues, we work and find the best way to fix these issues, every country on the continent can play it's part as they all endowed in their own way
Can't wait for a one United states of Africa to come Yoooh!
or a better name than united states plz...it sounds purely evil
United Countries of Alkebu-lan
@@lionsgorrilla8822 1K miles way better
@Neon Dawn yeah no. looks like ur great great grand kids will see it. u almost sound like ur on ur deathbed nah
@Neon Dawn okay😂can't wait for one
Risk worth take we in the daispora need a single united Africa !!! Love from Haiti 🇭🇹
What most of you guys living in the diaspora have no idea of is how Massive and Super diverse Africa really is that forming one country is literally impossible. The whole of North Africa is completely Arabic with Islamic Dominance and just can't fit in, plus in sub Saharan Africa it's a Massive blend of different black races with totally different languages. The least Africa can do is to promote African investors and trade for Every country to develop into a Power house just like Asia and Europe did.
This is by far the most intelligent and analytical CZcams channel on African issues.
Same questions I have always asked myself... With the exception of South Africa, Nigeria and Morocco, what do African countries produce other than raw materials that is making the clueless leaders push for a free trade market so soon? Is it to freely export criminals across African borders?
This AfCFTA is nothing but the work of China that seeks to choke clueless African leaders with debt on sea or airports they don't need, take over those ports and use same to flood other African countries with Chinese products duty-free. But then, what can one expect from African leaders who accepted a Greek AU headquarters gift from China and are being spied on during AU meetings?
As a Nigerian, we haven't even fulfilled local demand for goods nor maximised export of goods in free Ecowas market, and now we're joining free trade with the rest of Africa despite the issues of porous borders? I am against us joining this Chinese-induced AfCFTA else Nigeria as a huge market will become a dumping ground for Chinese or European goods.
You don't speak and sound as Africa to me! No human being was born and begin to walk and run! A human child grows up in stages. He has to understand that fire burns. Has to learn that seating doesn't come without falling so is walking does not come without falling hard, let alone running. You don't fall and remain flat on the ground, the child does not remain down there, he gets up until he is strong to run a marathon. We did not know that one day Africa will be free politically from colonial rule. But our fathers had a vision, they knew that they can rule themselves. We are ruling ourselves politically though not fully! This is the same with economic freedom of this great continent! It won't be easy as nothing comes easy, as we take examples from a child. Africa is not running yet! She is walking. But very soon she will run a great marathon in which no one will compete with her.
Who can run as faster as her on a world platform where Olympics are concerned? is it not children of mother Africa? I can only imagine how she will take on on economic arena. Have faith my brother your Africa will reach where she belongs. "SHE IS THE LEADER" The mother of all humanity. Never mind She will be there. Corrupt leaders must be removed from positions of leadership. Africa will rise.
There is old saying: “it’s useless locking the stable door AFTER the horse has BOLTED”.....,
Africans need a trade and political union NOW - They have 25-30 years to squabble among themselves, in pursuit of determining “which Pigmy is the tallest” - fertile ground to finally agree on aggregate lessons learned....
Come 2050, if they haven’t woken their asses up, it will be TOO LATE !!
A new world order will have been galvanised and ready for action, setting Africans further back, for ANOTHER 1000 years....
Is that what you want??
Anyway, irrespective of what you want, Nigeria has signed and has joined its fate with its other 53 nation-state brothers and sisters across the continent !!
GARVEY-ITES, RISE !!!
Charles J To add:
I agree on your point re: the Greek AU “Trojan Horse” but so what ??
Did Nigeria and Dangote Cement OFFER to do the same for the NEEDY AU ???
Exactly !!!
Therefore, this is an example of lessons learned - “No such thing as a free lunch”.....,
Africa and Africans need to mature, both POLITICALLY and INTELLECTUALITY...,,
As they say, “the headmaster was once a school-boy”...
Lessons need to learn the hard way but at least, it will be among ourselves...!!
Africans, like Europeans (1000 years of the Dark-Ages) or Chinese (Maoist Great Leap Forward) are just as HUMAN as all aforementioned !
Only, starting from NOW means gestation period (for AFRICAN EXCELLENCE) is 30 years max......‼️
Form ! Storm ! Norm ! Perform !
See:
Some of us are REALLY thinking ....
GARVEY-ITES, RISE !!
Tabita Phiri HUGGZ & KISSEZ !!
You have EXPRESSED ALL 🖤 Thank you, you have made my day ....
I shall continue to represent our ancestors with “renewed vigour” ....
Where are OUR warriors ⁉️
GARVEY-ITES, RISE ‼️
Tabita Phiri AAAAAAHHHHHH‼️
I have “re-read” your post and I am truly, deeply, BEAMING WITH PRIDE .....
WARRIOR ❗️
WARRIOR ❗️
WARRIOR ❗️
HOW WONDERFUL ‼️
This ambitious and open vision for the future makes me proud to be a Zimbabwean and an African.
There will always be those greedy few who will fight progress but fight you must.
@@usejasiri Free trade isn't real.
We need a borderless continent. African people dont need a visa for travelling between african countries
No that is definitely a good idea.
weak nations will flood nations that are doing better..whats why britain did brexit
That would be terrible
Okay then just between the stronger economies
a 90 day visa waiver is perfect. even usa to uk isnt completely visa free
I believe that overall, this is good move even with the known and unknown challenges involved.
Progress is not achieved one time. It's a process.
And it happens a step at a time. And this is a big positive step forward in my view.
The next step is for us to start tackling the challenges involved.
#Thinkbigforafrica
buy africa build africa 🇰🇪 is all in
Due to the security issues in Africa we should do it gradually and slowly add other countries when they're safe and eventually the whole of Africa
I like how you discuss the pros and cons, negative and positive affects etc
We need this done over 5 decades ago.
Hubert Gakpo
Africa would’ve fallen apart if we did it so long ago.
We are not ready to mimic the EU. Remember how many rebellions and wars were happening in Africa 5 decades ago? There were wars happening in most African countries. If we mimicked the EU and went full on free trade we would’ve seen catastrophe endue for Africa.
We can’t simply learn in the go as many people want. Some people say, let’s start Africa free trade right now, we’ll learn and make it work on the go. If we do that we’d hurt so many people’s lives. Remember The USSR? The USSR implemented full on communism without putting much thought into it. It sounded nice on paper so they said let’s do it, we’ll learn on the go. It’s because of that so many tens of millions of people died in the USSR and it eventually collapsed. Remember Somalia? They implemented full on Lassez faire capitalism saying they’d learn on the go. It’s because of that they suffered so greatly.
The EU was thought out for a long time before they decided to make it happen. The brightest minds in the AU say this is a bad idea and it is. They studied economics. Most people that want this Africa free trade are those who aren’t economists. We weren’t ready then and we aren’t ready now for Africa free trade.
We are many many decades or even a century away from a united Africa(don’t forget Africa is a continent and there isn’t a single continent in the world that’s united. Not even all European countries are part of EU)
5 decades ago colonialism wasnt fully dead yet
Africa had to go through the period of wars and civil wars go fix the straight line borders issues, and Africa may need another decade before fully stabilising and we may have 3 new countries by then
South Africa would literally have a heart attack
Why a heart attack, SA loves the idea
But South African Julius was the one who initiated this.
It's time now we must eat our own food.
Sudan peace over there
Nigeria peace over there
Libya seize that slave trade
If my information is correct, I think Gaddafi tried that With "one currency" and well we all know the rest. Plus, foreign eyes will never want Africa to be fully independent without having a hand in it.
Exactly the West is a big issue
Maybe Africa will have to try to make military alliances and maybe develop nukes so the west can fuck off
As a Latin American, I too understand the dream of having a united community across a continent and the disappointment that comes when corrupt politicians and oligarchs sacrifice such dream for their personal gain.
It might be too late for Latin America to unite, but I wish Africa the best of luck.
I think without a strong sense of unity and a willingness on behalf of the key players to put pan african interests over that of their individual countries and personal greed/ambition, it will be very difficult.
Hopefully the upcoming generations will be of a visionary mindset like Sankara and learn from the mistakes of the past instead of being short sighted. I'm hopeful. We need to prove to the world and more importantly ourselves that we can rise up and do for self.
As an Egyptian, I am all for increased African integration!
@Mesfin T ha ha ha ha ha ha
@Mesfin T you are a joke! Ethiopia has terrible internal stability by its own doing... And then needs to blame a foreign powers 😅 and then it tried to dehydrate Egypt and Sudan and acts all shocked when they demand it stop 🤣
*Talk about africa unity, tell Ethiopia to stop killing its own minorities and dehydrating its fellow Africans!*
@S E P Egypt is a founding member of the African Union and funded dozens of African independence movements... Learn your history
I certainly believe the time has come for Mother Africa to create a new paradigm for its people and those off the Diaspora.
However, I’m not educated enough on the drawbacks to offer any positive solutions to the impediments mentioned in this excellent video.
I am so glad to see the winds of change coming. “ ONE AFRICA, ONE PEOPLE, ONE DAY!”
It is a risk worth taking. However, we should also accelerated the awakening of our people from ignorance and involve them in collective awareness and decision making. There is always strength in numbers. Oligarchy is the number one enemy!
I love the vision of this channel! I’m ADOS (American Descendants of Slaves). I hope to see Africa as a SINGLE United Nation (United States of Africa) with 1 elected leader voted by the people for elected terms and ONE ECONOMY with its 2 billion worldwide population (continental Africans and Diasporatic Africans)! When Africa can build itself democratically and economically more Africans from Diaspora worldwide will have a REASON to come home and support a system like this economically because there will be a natural and relational benefit to do so. Many from Diaspora want to come home but have nothing to return to so we are forced to live in other countries for economic benefits! If China can change its economic course in only 30 years and build the greatest cities the world has ever seen in modern times, Africa can achieve this also. This is my DREAM for Africa and its children of Diaspora!
Fix your countries first, then trade.
Meaning get rid of corrupt politicians, build a strong local economy, and change people's mindsets about embracing change.
When all these internal issues are fixed, then we we can accept any foreign companies, and immigrants to trade.
Trade will force the countries to get their act to getter to trade(hopefully)
@@bendedstraw4294
As seen in South Africa and Ghana with Xenophobic attacks against Nigerians, it'll only make people more protective of their domestic economies.
And South African companies are all over Africa, and no African country has yet developed as satisfying competitor.
AND ALSO, Aliko Dangote being the richest man in Africa today, is because the government restricted foreign companies from entering the cement industry in Nigeria, so that might be a possible scenario when free trade is implemented.
@@lu881 :( Let's hope positives will happen :(
True
The job lies essentially upon the shoulders of the African Union - who need to be firm in the implementation of the guidelines that all members of the 55 countries should abide to the agreement. First things to be done is to implement an African Union Passport to end with the joke of having visas to travel inter-Africa which was left by the former colonial rulers that must still be laughing that after 50 years the bureaucracy still exists and continues damaging the development of Mother Africa! It is High Time to wake up and mainly for the politicians to be made accountable for the continuous mistakes and greed that negates Africa to rise to its might! Once good measures are taken to effect the Africans that are living abroad and were looked down by the politicians that took over governance after independence will start returning with the knowledge and expertise that they gained abroad. This is one reason to praise Ghana's president who has become the pioneer to encourage the return of people of the various diasporas. The governments of all African countries have to be encouraged by the African Union to implement TV programs to make their citizens aware to join hands and forget about going abroad, to be killed in the Mediterranean, as it is happening every day.We need to fight to lift our MOTHERLAND to become THE CONTINENT OF THE FUTURE and that can only happen if the politicians throw away their allegiances with their cronies and to really start making a reality the promises that they make before being elected! To be strong African must look inside instead of looking out with opens hands begging for alms!!!
Very well said!
It takes a little pain to grow and you have to take that first step. I don’t think it’s too soon. There will be problems but I think you have to take action to fully realize and handle them.
Learning on the go is something that caused great catastrophe and death to occur like in the USSR when it first implemented communism without thinking about the draw backs. They told themselves that we’ll figure everything out along the way and look how that turned out.
The EU didn’t happen because all countries decided to say we’ll learn along the way and make it work after we’ve already started it. The European Union took a long time to be formulated and was thought through very very well before they decided to make it happen. This Africa free trade agreement cannot happen. There’s more cost than benefit as pointed out by our most brilliant minds in the AU. We cannot simply learn on the go or we’ll hurt an insane amount of people in the process.
I'm all for this 🙌🏿 United States of Africa
Amos Culbreth Kingdom of Africa sounds better
@@pantherrelay6280 or United Nations of Africa
The lack of industrialization is our achilles heal. We are destined to fail without first establishing large scale manufacturing hubs
We are moving forward regardless of what anyone thinks. FORWARD!
Colonialists did Africans a good one ....they divided and conquered absolutely
We were divided even before they arrived. Africa has never been united. We always had many different kingdoms and empires which achieved great things. The only thing the Colonialists did was take away our freedom and screw up our leadership leading to so many corrupt modern African states.
We are a continent, not a country. There isn’t a single continent on earth that’s united and it’s for a reason. We aren’t ready for this Africa free trade yet. We can’t just implement it now and say we’ll learn on the go. Such things only breed catastrophe and hurt many many lives. The Somalians which implemented full on laissez faire capitalism said they’d learn and improve on the go and look at them today. The USSR implemented full on communism and said they’d learn and improve on the go and look at them today(you can’t because they collapsed)
Sol Rhopalocera so I wanna ask you a simple question. Do you like the fact that Individual countries in the Africa zone trade with countries other than themselves? Is 19% of intra-trade between african countries what you want?
If America were able to unite, If China were able to unite, so shall we
I Do you know how long it will take the individual states to catch up with the rest of the world?
Let me give you a simple example: if Zimbabwe continues to grow at this current rate, it will take them 450 years to attain the status of a developed country
But if Africa had one currency and one central bank, Zimbabwe would have been cushioned by the single currency and not experienced the worse galloping inflation rates in decades.
So now tell me, how African countries are going to develop if they fail to trade among themselves.
arkorful kwaansa
Zimbabwe as a single nation was strong once but Mugabe destroyed it by making foolish decisions. Libya was a prosperous nation despite having to grow on its own but that was because it didn’t suffer what most other African countries suffered from and still do today -incompetence, corruption and lack of love for their countries. There were also other strong African nations like burkino faso who had leaders that were achieving lots of growth(Thomas sankara) but then his incompetent and corrupt subordinates betrayed and assassinated him. The proceeded to lead the country to ruin. (Once again Africans destroy their own countries opportunity, due to corruption and incompetence)
African countries can grow individually. Although an african bank and a central currency is something I can agree with, free trade is not. It would destroy countries with nothing to offer inside their own borders like Somalia which would cause serious brain drains for them. At the same time other countries with something to offer will become overcrowded with too many people coming to them to seek jobs. It is human nature to leave a country when there’s a better job in another country.
Also, China and America had completely different situations from us. America was united to fight a war against Britain and it’s not a continent that united. China was united by force and is being forcibly held together by force to this day and its not a continent. Africa is extremely diverse. The more diverse a country is the more impossible it becomes to keep it together with democracy. Africa would be impossible to hold together with democracy because we are the most diverse continent on earth. Look at how China isn’t even a continent and it isn’t even as diverse as us yet still has to work so hard to keep itself from losing its own provinces. It wouldn’t be able to do this if it were a democracy. How can we expect Africa to have a leader from somewhere like Somalia? Aren’t many Kenyans gonna dislike him and want to revolt? What about the people from somaliland? Aren’t they gonna wanna revolt and break free from our country too? What about people from South Africa, this president that was elected will be nothing like any of the South Africans so what makes you think much South Africans would wanna vote for him? Everyone’s just gonna vote for leaders in their country and if their votes leader isn’t the leader of Africa then they will simply want to revolt and leave our united Africa. If you want Africa to unite then your gonna have to completely reject democracy and prepare for many civil wars and rebellions. You can’t just make such a diverse *continent* come together like that and expect everything the work out. Most Africans will either simply vote against a united Africa because they don’t want to be led by someone they’ve never seen or someone they don’t understand and who doesn’t understand them. Even though Europe is only exercising an economic agreement it is still 100% incapable of ever coming together as a continent to form 1 country. Just look at how diverse it is and how much countries are feuding in it. So abandon democracy all in the name of a dream then prepare for many civil wars and rebellions for a united Africa.
Our problem in Africa is that we are trying too hard to grow with the same methods the west uses. The west has already developed and is using methods that are only good for developed nations. If Africa wants more developed nations its gonna have to stop trying to use western methods which are only geared towards small but sustainable growth. China realized this and that’s why they achieved growth. Because they used alternate methods that were perfect and radical enough for a developing or third world country.
Africa free trade would be bad because we’d just be trying to mimic the EU. The problem with that is most countries in the EU are developed and have strong local economies meaning most of their people wouldn’t leave to another country for jobs due to a free trade agreement like the EU. However if it happens in Africa you’ll see countries losing lots of people as they take advantage of the free movement to go to countries like South Africa, Namibia, Egypt and possibly Nigeria and some other African countries for jobs that will pay better than their local jobs.
African countries need to look at what they are best at and what resources they have that the world needs most. Then they need to do what countries like the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia did. They need make full use of these resources by selling them so they can build infrastructure.
Oh yes and free trade kills small businesses. The reason behind this is that free trade allows large corporations to go off and sell in other countries for free. Now since these corporations have superior productive capacity to these small businesses, they’ll be able to sell at a cheaper price. The concept of this is called economies of scale. Now since small businesses don’t have the same productive capacity they will not be able to sell their products at a cheap price like the large corporations. This is called diseconomies of scale. Now all the small businesses will die and each country of Africa participating in something like free trade will see high unemployment. All economists know that a country with no small businesses and just large corporations will only create high unemployment.
However even though I agree with the African central bank idea and a continental currency, we won’t be able to make full use of these until African countries stop electing incompetent and corrupt leaders. Or these leaders will just keep borrowing from the african central bank only worsening their debt while at the same time make poor use of the continental currency.
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I'm fine with Africans doing business with other people...
Except America was a United Country upon founding and China isn't United, it's ethnic han Chinese ruling over everyone else.
Unification isn't even a good thing especially because if Africa gets one bad leader, it's screwed. A Robert Mugabe ruined Zimbabwe while the rest of Africa moved on, if a man like him gets in control of the Continent, everyone goes down. And tangling successful African countries with basketcase African countries only hurts the successful ones.
Fun fact: every single continent was colonized but only Africa never recovered from it and kept blaming others for it.
Inshallah this will lay the ground for a United Africa. From an African American Pan-Africanist perspective, there is nothing more imperative than uniting Africa and creating a united African Identity
Couldn't be more proud watching this video. Yes, it's time to take a leap of faith, Mother Africa. That's how the United Africa should be called: MOTHER AFRICA
Africa already has over 1.3 billion people
2.5 billion
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I don't think it's too soon at this point of time. Afrika has experimented the Berlin Conference colonial train project for far too long and it has failed because it is incompatible with Africa's needs! All the economic and social issues of Africa today needs to be addressed at a continental scale. Tariffs should be put outside of Africa e.g. Europe, Asia, Americas. Because those low tariffs and opening of the continent to foreigners have destroyed Africa's economy and it's industries. Freedom of movement can be regulated with strong regional institutions. A continental scale of building Village industrialisation, large towns and mega cities to curb excessive migration flows by breaking the Berlin Conference structure. Gov backed Monopolies would need to be regulated, free trade is not free and that is the ugly truth. But the risk is worth taking for economic and political sovereignity.
This is a good thing, it's a step closer to one United Africa.
Wow. Africa must unite and now
What is required to make this a success is , strong institutions to ensure mechanisms for checks and balances and a strong civil society to bring politicians and powerful business people to ensure and drive accountability.
A United States of Africa would do wonders. Look at America for instance, the largest economies are California, New York, Texas but the whole country profit off of them.
Infact one millitary
Living in the US, but constantly thinking of how to come back home and contribute to the rise of Africa. It’s sad that not so many people I know have the same hunger.
Little steps brother, little steps. Keep going in the right direction. One day Africa will unite, and so many other continents will too. Then one day. Maybe, when we are far more developed, well have a world United together. In the future. Yes. I believe that.
You've got great vids. I love the colour scheme and your textures. We should collaborate!
Free trade starts here lol
Keep up the great work! I appreciate your videos. Very educational and well researched.
Thanks for your support! many more videos coming down the pipeline so please watch this space!
Unite we strong and divided we fall ! All we need to do is take a look at Europe with the biggest single market in the world
I Love it, it is time for Africa to do it. Our leaders has come to their soberness
Great work brother keep it up. Very interesting points ✊🏾
you guys have a really goo thing going here with this channel. I think you have the potential to match or even surprise channels such as 'visualpolitik' etc. keep it up!
Thanks for your kind words! really appreciate the support!
@@NewAfrica Visualpolitik is a complete joke. He is superficial in so many subjects he treats. You are by far more academic :)
African people and continent have a lot of hope more than any other continent.
# I welcome open boarders with in African countries and around the world.
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I love this channel. All positive and I know we can do it. #FREE AFRICA
I think its unfair to put Aliko Dangote in the gategory of a government backed monopoly. Dangote has worked extremely hard for his success and his company has benefitted Africa in so many ways. The reason why he monopolizes the market is because he has little or no competition and he's the best at what he does. And furthermore why did you have to mention the obstacles of the free trade agreement - I'm sure everyone is aware of the numerous barries that stand in the way of its success. However, why is it that your news outlet and so many others have to keep reminding us about Africa's past and the possibility of its future failures. When it comes to reporting on Africa, it never fails that the negative is always highlighted, even when the gist of the story is positive!! Neutrality is one thing, but skepticism and constant and consistent critical analysis is another all together. #AfricaIsMovingForward #GiveHerAChance #AfricaRocks #UrbanAfrica
UrbanAfrica well said!
Africa trading with Africa God speed let it be done many blessings toward Africa
Your channel is so great! I'm really glad I stumbled upon it. It is always good hearing from locals and insiders about the economies and geopolitics of the great and neglected continent of Africa. Best wishes for a prosperous future for the young continent from a Saudi Arabian guy!
This is the way forward for Africa. It is the future our children that is important not that greedy individuals. Africa Must Unite.
I was planning to make a youtube age like this but I no longer need to do it because you're killing it. If you need anything let me know I'm all in to help with the site
To me its the best thing will do ever in the history of Africa.you remember that it was our colonial masters that made all borders cross Africa to serve there selfish needs they separated us into ting economys which can't survive on there own. for us to succeed as africa we all need each other been Divided as proofed that it's a curse so the way now is one Africa without borders.
Those of 'African' origin must go forward with the processes of re-birthing our mind, bodies and souls. Yes, there must arise the collective consciousness. That of course entails 'all' of the pains involved in growth. Working with eachother for the objectives and goal of universal awareness and God-blessed freedoms...
Most of what was said in this video I agree with.
The notion that it is easier for an outsider to enter our borders than it is for a neighbor speaks to a deeper issue of us hating our own image while worshipping the image of the other. Africans by far still have self-hate issues that need to be addressed before we can ever see each other as more deserving of prosperity than those who loot us.
The only thing I don't agree with is the idea of the "U.S. of Africa." The continent is too big and too ethnically diverse for a single government to ever work. I think removing VISA requirements and implementing regional currencies (ECOWAS, EAC, COMESA, SADC, etc) is a great place to start. But we can love and work with each other without becoming a single country.
Whatever you do, don't make the mistakes of the EU!
Open up trade!
Africa is waking up! Your brothers & sisters across the world are standing with you!
ITS TOO SOON! TOO SOON! Executing an unthought plan will only lead to everybody being worse off! Just imagine the potentially devastating effects it might have... If it is executed too badly, it might even hinder the development of a future well-thought trading bloc. Imagine, they could've had a good and functioning trading bloc 10-50 years into the future, but instead everybody is too scared to repeat the first failure that the said trading bloc is pushed 100 years into the futre :
That will happen once we have a rail and road network. A lot of planning needs to take place to address all the issues.
Time for Africa to own weapons of their own....there is no risk of being independent
WMD
Africa should do all of this free trade stuff, single currency and so on - but only within Africa itself. Since the continent is underdeveloped in contrast to the world, there needs to be some kind of protectionist policy against f.e. asian or european food and clothing. That stuff shouldn't be imported in Africa without some african-wide import duty on these goods.
Thank you for the knowledge. And Yes, I have hope for success of Africa.I'm 💖💖💖
There are always going to be challenges when undertaking anything great but that does not warrant postponing it. I think one area you did not address is the potential for more African entrepreneurs to arise due to a bigger market
Risk Worth Taking...
Great video. Thank you for this.
I hope that I get to witness most African nations develop into 2nd or even 1st world countries in my lifetime, a United States of Africa sounds amazing
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Being the world's largest trading bloc for the greater benefit of non-Africans would be another example of buffoonery. It doesn't have to be that way.
AU member countries need to simultaneously take steps in an African Cultural Revolution (this was attempted by some of the Pan-Africanists (mentioned in the film ) after independence . . . but needs to be revived on a larger scale as was done in China).
At a minimum, the aims of such a revolution (as has occurred in nearly every successful country/continent) should be to:
1. restore order to the African Paradigm . . . that is, replace self-destructive Euro-centric colonial aping (language, currency, religion, iconography, aspiration) with the kind of African thinking that built the world's first great civilizations, which the former plundered for their own greater benefit;
2. pivot efforts and resources to internal African industrialization with measured FDI for self-beneficiation of African nations and the continent (the wealth of Africa should be for Africans first . . .others can benefit from buying Africa's surplus @ market prices); and
3. stand up a coordinated security mechanism to protect and defend African peoples, wealth, and posterity from enemies (corruption, carpetbaggers, etc.); near and far, inside and outside, foreign and domestic. Be aware that there are no African military installations allowed in the US, UK, EU, China, et al. But each of these nations has military (and even Law Enforcement) facilities in Africa. Countries like the UK are recruiting Africans for their own national militaries. Who, in Africa, agreed to and negotiated such absurd arrangements?
Dependency on the beneficence of enemies is insane. And self-sufficiency requires self-reliance(and sometimes a little help from your friends, but definitely . . . not your enemy) for the ways and means of life, freedom, and a prosperous future.
It’s a risk worth taking.
Why are you worried if Zimbabweans get jobs with the British Army. I have meet quite a few and they would be really unhappy to loose these jobs. They love their work?
We are living in an exciting time we must encourage this unity of the African people its going to be challenging but we must push forward with the idea and plan
Everyone is overlooking basic differences In African cultures that would make there be constant strife between leadership and the people of Africa....is a south african leader going to manage the people of northern Sudan the way they're ok with? Look what the ANC has done to south Africa politically,culturally and economically since the end of apartheid 25 years back....they took a thriving first world power playing country and have put the rand at near junk status with all around corrupt top leadership that has trickled down to local government.If those people were put in charge of unbordered africa we would not see stable or growing economies like Botswana and kenya
yes its about now,to be frank its been over due
This is the new Africa
Free trade sounds good but there should still be more than one currency in Africa. Each country should also be self governing, not having the whole of Africa being ruled by just one person. Africa should not be like the US with one president, or like the EU with the fairly weak euro as its currency. Here in the UK, sterling is worth more than the euro and most of us are glad that we did not give up our currency. Here, the EU has become far too dominant and we are are now expected to obey laws that were not made in our own country. This is why more than half the UK voted for Brexit. A number of other European countries are also dissatisfied with the EU as one big superstate, dictating from Brussels. Individual countries should not give up their national identities, customs and culture. Borders can also be useful to protect people that are fleeing from some sort of persecution. A refugee or a victim of crime can be protected from harm if they flee to another country with different laws.
A union of nations is a double edged sword, not to dissuade the benefits of such a union, one must understand that sharing the benefits of each nation also mean the sharing of each other's problems. South Africa is struggling with violence against African immigrants by the local black populations, this issue will likely spread across all of Africa if a union was declared.
KB Taiwo as usual you are neither here nor there, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
john blaze that is the beauty of it all. He lays it all out for you, the pros and the cons. You have to arrive at a conclusion yourself.
Do it already ...
GREAT STUFF KEEP THE PRODUCTION GOING ON THIS CHANNEL THANKS 🙏🏾
Free trade across all Africa states is a must! That's the first step. Then when all regions of Africa have stable economies and populations, only then will open borders will be possible. If borders are opened now, there will mass migration to developed areas and rural areas will stay as poor as ever. We need to build up those places first
And we need to divide Africa into southern, western, eastern and central zones of administration so that africa is controlled not by only one person, but many who will allocate funds together for the development of the whole of Africa! What if that one person turns out to be corrupt? The whole African continent is doomed
Yes I believe it’s time for Africa to free and open the boarders.
no, thats not wise dear sir, all that will do is create a pressure differential leading to wealtheir countries being inundated with migrants and poorer countries being drained .
i.e which is exactly what is happening in europe and to america right now.
Will never happen unless we start small because this “African unity” will not end well.
Let’s start with West African unity and free movement, East African, Central African, Southern African. Maybe if we can all find unity in our respective regions, then perhaps we can start thinking about African unity.
Until then, African Unity will never happen.
I have been waiting for this kind of news, and it will grateful once it happened. I really want Africa to unite...
Being North and West African myself the economy growth would be amazing and living standards would rise so African countries can be more of a key player in geopolitics, economics and would be a great step forward for human rights
I wonder what a half North African and half west African would look like🤔
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The saying goes...the devil is in the detail...we need to scrutinize the terms for joining the union. This sounds like a great idea however there is just too many risks associated at this point to just go ahead. Security, external vested interest, internal vested interest, lack of transparency, in effective judiciary etc. We need to be very careful each nation needs to meet certain development criteria before this can prove viable everyone should not just be invited. A united Africa with weak infrastructure, legislation, security and economic principle in place makes easy picking for Westerns or other powers
Great channel! It's so good to learn about issues in modern Africa.
Very well done and many thanks for the information. I would like to also to give praise to the leaders who are honest about making a change and who are committed to making this a reality. Greed and corruption will always play a role in any new trade agreement on the continent and yes, greed will be in the mix as well. Inspite of this, we cannot afford to stop and not keep moving towards the dream of having a prosperous Africa. After all I live in one of the most properous country in the world and also one of the most corrupt and it's still working. It can work if GREED is controlled, Hotep.
If Nato can unite Europe after WW2 then I'm sure Africa deff can 💯
It didn't. Have you ever heard of the Warsaw Pact? Even since the fall of communism, the tensions within the EU are only increasing. The US has little need for NATO anymore either.
It’s past time, go for it. The EU Wasn’t perfect when it started and still isn’t. That hasn’t stopped the European’s from trying.
As a European, I think it's good to decouple African currencies from the Euro. But, I think Africans should be aware of the problems of a single currency. Don't make the mistakes that we Europeans have done. The euro has real structural problems. Countries within the eurozone, because they have different economies can't implement their own monetary policies to sort out their problems (hence Greece, Italy etc..) If your economies are similar, this single currency might deliver massive benefits. But it could also spell disaster trying to compete with more powerful economies like Nigeria. Also what I believe Africans should learn about is MMT, Modern Monetary Theory. If this theory is correct (and I believe this to be so), linking up your currencies, would mean you are giving up your monetary sovereignity and your ability to print/issue your own currencies which would limit your countries future. BE AWARE AFRICA!!!
As always this is a lovely and balanced report. Build the rairoad first like Europe and America and the rest will follow.
It's a step too soon,we should have tested with regional free trading e.g Southern,East,West,north and central Africa before continental
You’re not wrong there. Set up regional free trade markets as well as regional manufacturing and logistic hubs.
People have been saying to watch out for the Chinese trying to build factories in Africa. I say use China as a catalyst for African industrialization because the Chinese already have a demand that Africans needs to fulfill. Being a part of the integrated Chinese manufacturing and logistic market is Africa’s golden ticket to industrialization, just like how the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s was tied to the European international market.