African Youths Must Fight For, Seize Power, Says Vusi Thembekwayo
Summary
TLDRLe discours passionnant d'un orateur africain souligne l'importance de la courage, de la détermination et de l'unité pour surmonter les défis et réaliser la grandeur pour l'Afrique. Il appelle à repenser la valeur de l'identité africaine, de la richesse et du legs pour les générations futures, et critique les barrières qui empêchent les Africains de voyager librement entre les pays. Il insiste sur la nécessité de construire des relations solides et de travailler ensemble pour un avenir meilleur, soulignant que la réussite de l'un est bénéfique pour tous.
Takeaways
- 🙏 L'importance de la prière et de la foi dans les moments critiques de discussion et de décision.
- 🌟 La nécessité pour les jeunes d'Afrique de faire preuve de courage et de détermination pour surmonter les critiques et les obstacles.
- 🏆 La reconnaissance que la réussite et la grandeur sont le résultat de choix et d'efforts personnels.
- 🔄 La fin de l'ère des démographiques et l'émergence d'une identité psychographique partagée par les Africains.
- 🌍 L'interconnexion des Africains et la possibilité de se trouver et de se construire ensemble grâce aux réseaux sociaux et à l'internet.
- 🛂 La critique des difficultés rencontrées pour les voyages entre les pays africains et l'appel à une meilleure compréhension et coopération régionales.
- 💡 L'idée que la valeur change et doit être reconnue et adaptée pour la prospérité future de l'Afrique.
- 📚 L'appel à la réflexion sur l'éducation et les compétences nécessaires pour les générations futures en Afrique.
- 🤝 La nécessité de travailler ensemble et de construire une Afrique unie pour surmonter les défis et saisir les opportunités.
- 👶 L'importance de la construction de jeunes générations fortes et bien éduquées pour assurer l'avenir de l'Afrique.
Q & A
Quel est le thème central du discours du transcript ?
-Le thème central est l'importance de la courage, de la détermination et de l'unité pour les générations africaines afin de surmonter les défis et de réaliser leur potentiel.
Quel est le rôle de la plateforme mentionnée dans le discours ?
-La plateforme est présentée comme un lieu de rassemblement des leaders dans divers domaines pour partager des idées et discuter de l'avenir de l'Afrique.
Pourquoi l'orateur souligne-t-il la nécessité de dépasser les différences tribales et nationales en Afrique ?
-Il soutient que les différences tribales et nationales ont été utilisées pour diviser et affaiblir l'Afrique, et qu'une compréhension psychographique commune offre un moyen de se reconnecter et de construire ensemble.
Quels sont les facteurs clés identifiés par l'orateur pour la réussite des nations africaines ?
-Selon l'orateur, au-delà de la stratégie, des informations et des politiques, le choix de la population de se vouloir grand est le facteur déterminant pour la réussite.
Comment l'orateur aborde-t-il la question de la jeunesse et de l'avenir de l'Afrique ?
-Il insiste sur la nécessité de donner aux jeunes les compétences et les valeurs appropriées pour le monde d'aujourd'hui et de construire un avenir meilleur pour les générations futures.
Quelle est la signification de la prière d'ouverture du discours ?
-La prière sert à invoquer la présence et la bénédiction divines pour guider la discussion, accorder la sagesse et la force à l'auditoire et préparer l'esprit pour les conversations à venir.
L'orateur mentionne-t-il des exemples concrets de réussite ou d'échec dans le développement de l'Afrique ?
-Non, il ne cite pas de cas spécifiques de réussite ou d'échec, mais plutôt il se concentre sur des principes et des valeurs pour guider l'avenir du continent.
Quelle est la position de l'orateur sur l'emprunt de connaissances et de stratégies étrangères ?
-Il reconnaît la valeur de l'expertise étrangère, mais met en garde contre la dépendance et l'importance de développer des solutions adaptées aux contextes africains.
L'orateur aborde-t-il la question de la critique et de la réputation publique ?
-Oui, il aborde la question de la manière dont les individus en voie d'émergence peuvent gérer la critique publique et la pression de la reconnaissance, soulignant l'importance de ne pas se laisser décourager par les critiques.
Quels sont les changements de valeur que l'orateur identifie-t-il pour l'Afrique à l'avenir ?
-Il identifie des changements de valeur autour de l'identité africaine, la richesse, le legs générationnel, l'unité et la compréhension mutuelle, et l'idée de la liberté dans les interactions et les partenariats.
Outlines
🙏 Introduction et prière pour la sagesse et la force
Le texte commence par une prière collective pour la sagesse et la force divines, afin de guider les participants à travers les discussions importantes et critiques qui ont lieu. L'orateur exprime sa gratitude à son frère Pastor P'ojū pour l'opportunité de prendre part à cet événement et partage son sentiment d'humblesse face à l'occasion. Il mentionne également un changement de tenue pour marquer le passage du temps et des précédentes interactions.
🌟 Le courage de nos ancêtres et la gestion de la critique
Dans ce paragraphe, l'orateur aborde la question du courage nécessaire à notre génération pour relever les défis actuels. Il partage une anecdote sur une jeune entrepreneuse qu'il mentore, qui commence à recevoir à la fois des éloges et des critiques. Il souligne que la critique peut être déstabilisante, surtout lorsqu'on est en ascension, et appelle à la résilience face à ces épreuves. Il insiste sur l'importance de ne pas se laisser ébranler par les opinions des autres et de poursuivre sa propre voie vers la grandeur, malgré les obstacles.
🌏 La nécessité de s'unir et de construire ensemble
L'orateur met en avant l'importance de la cohésion et de la coopération entre les Africains pour surmonter les divisions historiques et les obstacles actuels. Il critique les rivalités nationales, en particulier entre le Nigeria et l'Afrique du Sud, et appelle à la compréhension de la nécessité de travailler ensemble pour le bien commun du continent. Il propose que la plateforme Nigeria devienne une plateforme Africaine, rassemblant les leaders pour discuter et partager des idées sur l'avenir du continent.
📊 L'analyse des facteurs clés pour la réussite africaine
Dans ce paragraphe, l'orateur partage ses recherches sur les dix économies les plus grandes de l'Afrique entre 1956 et 1968, à la recherche des facteurs qui ont permis à ces nations d'atteindre leurs objectifs. Il conclut que, au-delà de la stratégie, de l'information et des politiques, le choix collectif de la grandeur est essentiel. Il souligne que le succès dépend de la décision des peuples d'aspirer et de travailler ensemble pour la réalisation de leur plein potentiel.
🌐 La fin de l'ère des démographiques et l'ère des psychographiques
L'orateur déclare la fin de l'ère des démographiques et l'arrivée de l'ère des psychographiques, où les gens sont connectés par la manière dont ils pensent et aspirent à des choses similaires. Il insiste sur la nécessité de reconnaître et de tirer parti de cette similarité pour construire un avenir meilleur pour l'Afrique. Il appelle également à la conscience des opportunités d'investissement et de développement au sein du continent.
🛂 Problèmes de visas et la nécessité de voyager et d'apprendre les uns des autres
Dans ce paragraphe, l'orateur critique les difficultés rencontrées pour voyager et échanger entre les pays africains en raison des restrictions de visa. Il partage son expérience personnelle de voyages complexes à travers l'Afrique et compare les facilités de voyager en Europe. Il appelle à une meilleure compréhension et à une coopération entre les pays africains pour faciliter les échanges culturels et les opportunités économiques.
🔄 Le changement de valeur et l'identité africaine
L'orateur explore les cinq façons dont la valeur est en train de changer en Afrique, en commençant par la perception de l'identité africaine. Il appelle à une prise de conscience de la richesse culturelle et des opportunités offertes par l'Afrique et à une revalorisation de l'héritage et des compétences locales. Il insiste sur l'importance de construire une identité collective qui permettrait à l'Afrique de s'élever ensemble.
🤔 L'importance de remettre en question les perspectives que nous avons sur le monde
Dans ce paragraphe, l'orateur encourage à remettre en question les perspectives que nous avons sur le monde, en particulier les perspectives du passé (hindsight), de l'apparent (plain sight), de l'insight et de la prevision (foresight). Il insiste sur la nécessité de regarder au-delà des apparences, de comprendre les leçons du passé et de planifier pour l'avenir, afin de construire une Afrique unie et prospère.
🙌 La gratitude et l'engagement pour l'avenir
En conclusion, l'orateur exprime sa gratitude envers l'audience et son hôte pour l'opportunité de prendre part à cet événement. Il partage son engagement à apprendre et à s'améliorer grâce aux expériences et aux leçons qu'il a reçues au cours de ses visites en Afrique. Il appelle à une prise de conscience collective et à une action pour construire un avenir meilleur pour l'ensemble du continent.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Stratégie
💡Leadership
💡Culture organisationnelle
💡Courage
💡Critique
💡Patrimoine générationnel
💡Unité
💡Identité africaine
💡Pouvoir
💡Valorisation
Highlights
Introduction of the speaker and the theme of embracing foreign expertise in strategy, leadership, and organizational culture by organizations like Metcash.
Invitation for participants to join the conversation online using the hashtag #platformNG2023.
The speaker, Never Snow, initiates the session with a prayer for wisdom, discernment, and fortitude in their discussions.
Reflection on the courage of African forefathers and the question of whether the current generation possesses the same courage.
Discussion on the challenges of dealing with criticism and the importance of not dimming one's light despite external negativity.
The analogy of a marathon runner to illustrate the idea of focusing on one's path despite the noise from the sidelines.
Call to action for young Africans to seize power and demand a better life, referencing Frederick Douglass' quote on the necessity of demand for power.
The necessity for young people to fight for their place in leadership rather than waiting for the older generation to step aside.
The importance of unity among Africans and the need to build with each other beyond just finding each other.
The idea that the continent's progress should be measured by how well Africans work together, not just individual success.
The speaker's personal commitment to uniting with others for the purpose of doing what is right, not wrong.
The need for Africans to redefine their value and identity in a changing world, moving beyond traditional demographics to a psychographic understanding.
The speaker's analysis of Africa's largest economies between 1956 and 1968 to understand the factors contributing to greatness.
The conclusion that greatness is a choice and that the same factors leading to success in one nation do not guarantee the same success in another.
The call for a pan-African approach to building a stronger, unified continent that leverages the strengths of each nation.
The speaker's personal story of overcoming adversity and achieving success, highlighting the importance of opportunity and hard work.
The idea that the rise of one African nation benefits all, using the metaphor of rising tides lifting all ships.
The speaker's challenge to constantly question what is seen and heard, especially in regards to Africa's portrayal in the media.
The importance of fostering a new generation with the right values to build a better future for Africa.
The conclusion with a quote from Frederick Douglass emphasizing the importance of building strong children for a stronger future.
Transcripts
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expertise in strategy leadership and
organizational culture to organizations
such as metcash please join me at
welcome once again to the platform
Nigeria
please join the conversation online as
well
using the hashtag the hashtag is the
platform NG 2023
thank you
thank you ma'am
good morning
let's try that again good morning
wow there's a lot going on around me
here thank you sir thank you
thank you
let me take you all in
I'm never snow
actually no I can't do this sometime
it's become tradition for me if you're
not a Believer you may excuse yourself
but to those of us that are can I ask
that we stand and pray
we can all close our eyes
father God as we
discuss Flex
move and extend our minds we ask that
you are present in this room
that you embed within us not only the
wisdom of these conversations but the
discernment of this moment
the critical nature of what it is we are
discussing here
most importantly father God the
fortitude to take forward
with your grace
and your will
for it is written father God that it is
not by much nor by power but by the
spirit saith the Lord
and so through your thoughts and Spirits
Lord Jesus
we ask that we engage here this morning
and Let the church say amen and amen
everybody have a seat everybody have a
seat
to my good brother Pastor poju thank you
so much for the opportunity to be here
again
every time we are together I feel
unaddressed
and I I do the best I can to to to to
bring it the last time my brother for
you and I were together I was in a suit
and and he was in a caftan so I thought
I would switch it up
oh
my God
thank you
I don't know
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foreign
methodologies and philosophies and often
if not most of the time sometimes even
the interference of the large hand from
other parts of the world
and so it's not uncommon to find as
Africans who are capable and dexterous
who are talented and educated to move to
parts of the world where our talent can
truly be extracted exploited for us to
do better for our own selves in our own
generation
but I would like to think that there is
a different question for Our Generation
here today
and the question is this
do we have the courage of our
forefathers
I think that's the fundamental question
I was set in conversation about a week
ago
with a young lady that I mentor
and she's begun to get some acclaims she
runs a business and she's doing
exceptionally well
and she's beginning Pastor for Drew to
get some Acclaim she's being recognized
by people she's being invited to do
interviews
and one of the things that's happening
as she's getting the Acclaim is she's
also getting the criticism
now
there is no Preparatory School
for how to deal with criticism
there just isn't
and so often what happens is as you rise
to the natural place to which you have
been called
as the fire of criticism descends upon
you if you like me have any semblance of
self-introspection often you believe
that the criticism must be true must be
valid
must be must be well placed and then
therefore you internalize that and you
Dim your light
imagine the cowards we must be
to be born of forefathers who liberated
our continent from colonizers only for
you and I to be broken down by a tweet
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question I think for our moment and for
our season today is do you have the
courage to rise above a hashtag
will your life be nothing more than a
demonstration of somebody else's opinion
of you
now what is interesting is this
notice
the means of the enemy when he is well
aware that you are on the path to your
greatness he makes the noise to distract
you
I had a conversation with a brother in
Christ of mine Grace and I was sharing
this with him and he said you know
obviously it's something very
interesting but if you are a a runner an
athlete a marathon runner say and you're
running on the track and you're doing a
3000 meter eight laps around a 400 meter
track he says do you know what happens I
said what he said each and every single
one of the people in the grandstands has
something to say every time you come
around the grandstands
he says but of course they have the
breath to say something they're not
using their breath to physically exert
themselves to achieve things
and so for those of us then who are
quiet in the season we are quiet
on energy for the things which our
Energies
we just don't have the time
to do the things that don't matter
I think we're called on in the season as
young Africans to seize power
to truly seize it in the words of
Frederick Douglass power concedes
nothing without demand
and so therefore if we want a better
life for ourselves we must demand of
that power
I often hear young people today last
night I was invited by a friend of mine
who's from Ghana and he's in South
Africa as well so we went out for some
dinner spent some time with some young
people and I often hear young people
today say things like this
you know it's time for young people to
rise it's time for the old people to
move out of the way it's time it's time
it's time let me tell you young people
there is no old person going anywhere
if you want that seat in that office in
that boardroom in that chamber in that
Ministry you're gonna have to fight for
it because power isn't given it's taken
and so the question as our continent
Rises is will we be men and women of
Courage
will we be the generation in 50 years
time that our children reference and say
they they did it right
they had the template for how to truly
pull out of each other the ability to
work with each other and something
fascinating is happening today I must
tell you this this is the good news
the good news is that we're no longer
separated
the good news is that we find each other
the good news is that in this room there
are people who are following on
I know I'm very good looking on
Instagram I must tell you I am very good
looking on Instagram
but the good news is that even I have
the privilege of following a
professional member's work
no matter where in the world I find
myself where there are Africans who are
speaking leading evangelizing and
growing others we now have the ability
to find each other
the true question is will we have the
ability to build with each other
you see to date our building strategies
all Center on these borders that were
drawn for us and not by us
and so it becomes the question of is
your nation thriving versus mine I had
this conversation with a friend of mine
who also works in capital markets like
me in South Africa I said I'm really
confused by this Feud we have with
Nigeria
I genuinely don't understand it
why do we constantly migrate to the
global North and South Africa tries to
punch posture against Nigeria and
Nigeria against South Africans who
what's the game here what's the Gambit
whom is it that we're trying to please
and against whom are we trying to please
them
because each time we find our leaders
playing that game the question perhaps
we should ask is who is the master
you're trying to please
in this moment and in this season I
think as a generation we are called to
truly understand what it's going to take
one and all to work with each other
but to build with each other
this is
I think the generational mission of the
platform
I said this to my brother Pastor pojo
the last time
and I will say it now here publicly
that what has started as the platform
Nigeria in my mind needs to be the
platform Africa
it needs to bring together leaders in
various spheres and various spaces who
are at the frontier of what it's going
to take to truly take our continent to
next whatever next might be
and have them in a single platform
sharing ideas about what next looks like
in my world I spend an awful lot of time
looking for investment Arbitrage
an awful lot of time looking for the
ability to buy eggs and sell it why in a
particular time period and make sure
that my risk what we would call and
finance your risks adjusted for the cost
of taking that risk make sure that you
earn a return that is commensurate to
what the investors are looking for
and often one of the things we do as
investment professionals is where we
might lack the opportunity to find a
true a meaningful Arbitrage is we will
invent it just by purely looking up the
various countries and citizens and the
natives of those countries and where
there might be an underweighting one
asset class of another
that is to say rather than meaningfully
creating and adding value
we're skimming off the top of the
cappuccino and milking the froth
and every time you do the investors are
simply asking the question is there
froth rather than have you made a fresh
cup of cappuccino
so in this moment then
and in the season
it's important that we Unite
that we truly
pull each other towards each other
I will say it here
I will Unite with any man and woman to
do right
I will Unite with nobody to do wrong
amongst our greatest naiveties I think
is that we presuppose
that in the world of Good and Evil it
exists a little bit like it does in the
superhero movies
it's how we approach the world there's a
bad scenario and superhero flies in and
saves things and then forever in a day
things will be better after that reality
does not mirror that expectation
in reality most people are complex
most societies are complex
the challenge for us is whether or not
we individually can be a force for good
a true Force for greatness
without prepping for this uh Pastor pojo
I did something interesting
I'm an analytical mind I work in the
world of Finance so in my world if you
want to prove something you put it in a
spreadsheet
and if it's in a spreadsheet you can put
it on a graph
and if it's on a graph it must be true
nobody debates a graph
so in preparation for this I opt my mind
back
and I looked at 10 of Africa's largest
economies
between the years
1956 and 1968.
and I looked at what it was that made up
those economies
I looked at that particular period
because that was the transitory period
in our continent
what I wanted to seek and find was to
answer a simple question
what does it take for Africans to be
great
it's a simple question
now because of the nature of my work I
went and looked for the actual thing
that I could prove here the scientific
thing that I could go statistically if
you do these things on a balance of
probabilities you will achieve whatever
greatness is defined as for you and here
is what I found
I found that at every instance where
there was a particular set of factors
that made a population group or a
citizenry or a nation achieve its goals
if you took those very same factors and
plugged them into a different citizenry
the numbers would not tally
that is to say the following
that Beyond strategy
Beyond information
Beyond policy formations and
conversations all of which by the way
are fundamental there is a single truism
that holds an ingredient without which
the coffee doesn't taste good and the
ingredient is this
choice
do the people of those countries
choose to be great
you know this is true by the way because
there are a lot of choices we make as
people that filter into just how we
think about ourselves when you say or
hear people say things like this is just
how we do things in Nigeria
that kind of statement is often
diminutive it reduces us to the basic
bare minimum and says accept this
because this is the standard
in other words even though we could
choose better
we choose what we just get
that greatness is truly a choice
if greatness is a choice last time
Pastor Porter shouted at me for not
having a presentation I've got one today
there are three things then
sit up in this moment and in this season
the first
I think the era of demographics is dead
I think the era of framing ourselves by
the tribe we come from the background we
come from the place we went to or how we
were raised is moved I think what we've
become today is not just a demographic
people what we have become today is a
psychographic people
we are connected in the way we think
about the world not just the way we
exist in the world
and so today we find more commonality
with each other because
psychographically we see the world in
similar ways
we Aspire for similar
in other words we are more alike than we
think
if therefore
we are truly to rise as a continent
then how we leverage this as a choice is
going to be important
side note
one of the things I think that's missing
in this season
it's my own humble opinion
that is to say I'm
might very well be incorrect although I
doubt it
one of the things in my mind that's
missing in this season
is a patriotic
flag bearing
strong group
not only of men and women but of
Nigerians
who understand in the African context
what Nigeria is
with the greatest of respect I think in
large part
the average
is
so distracted by internally what's going
on you're missing who you are in the
global context of your continent
you're too worried about what's being
said or who's Japan or who won the
elections or what's next without
thinking consciously
about what you could do as an economy if
Nigeria decided we're going to set the
path for the rest of the region
as a consequence of this absent of
leadership what happens
everything that we have been seeing
and so the question for this moment for
each and every single one of us is will
we be the courageous men and women who
recognize the season we are in
I'm not sure how many of us have
traveled to my country of South Africa
any of you here hands up
when you do
and I hope for all of you that you do
which by the way side note a
conversation we must have in uh brother
I don't know how we do this we need to
convene the leaders of this continent to
talk about this Visa story
this is a disaster
and let me just say the following let me
just say the following
I struggle to understand why I can land
in Paris get on a train and end up in
Brussels
but if I want to move from joburg to
haberoni I must produce a passport who's
the genius that came up with the scheme
you know the Europeans are so quick to
tell us that we can't bundle ourselves
into a single block but they've done it
when you publish this you must just
leave that part out because
because I'm busy raising money from them
you know
they're going to say he's too radical
and so even in my own native land of
South Africa the work as South Africans
we must do is to conscientize each other
about the continent
in my mind that I was listening to your
comments ma'am about the youth service
I'm I'm seized to understand and failing
to understand why we are not
deliberately sending young people into
other parts of the continent
experience the culture live with the
people
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to come here
to be here in this beautiful country
I had to go through Ethiopia
from Ethiopia I was in Zambia
so so I went South Africa Zambia
Ethiopia Nigeria
between now and December
I'm going to be in about eight different
African countries
in that same time it's going to be
easier for me
to do five different countries in Europe
then it will be to do two different
countries in Africa less layovers less
time I'm sorry can we just pause just
one moment pause the time who designed
this nonsense
who wrote the script
I have a theory
and here is my theory
you only lock the Vault where there is
money
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and so maybe there's a reason you've
been kept out of that neighboring
country
maybe there's a reason you've been kept
out of that neighboring region maybe
there's a reason you can't travel to
that other place because if you were to
there is something you might do that
would help us build what we all know we
are capable of
so first keep them away from each other
second convince them that they're
enemies with each other and third
convince them that the other one is
better than the other one and before
you're done they will hate each other so
much you don't even need to pass policy
or law
and in the middle of all of this here we
sit as young people
fruitfully connected by the h8 https
and we're more worried about what's
trending and commenting on it rather
than how do we meaningfully build with
each other and do business
I came to tell you here today that I'm
only interested in meaningfully building
and doing business
I'm only interested in understanding how
do we take the platform and put it in
Johannesburg or put it in Cape Town
and how do we have not just this
conversation here but that conversation
there
because until and when Africa truly is
of a single mind
it will continue to be
the father and the meal for the rest of
the global average
I don't know about you
but I would like a world slightly
different for my children than the one I
grew up in
so we must recognize then
that our value to the world is cemented
and recognize beyond that that even that
very idea of what it is that is our
value
is changing
there are five fundamental ways value is
changing I'm going to spend a minute on
them
the first is value is changing around
how we think of our identity as Africans
the second how we think around what is
truly wealth as Africans
the Third how we think around what we're
building as the next generational Legacy
as Africans
the fourth this archetype of these
binary ideas we've always had they and
US recognizing that we operate as a
single block and in unison
if we don't understand and leverage each
of these value constructs we are missing
the fundamental layer that is layered
into our society today
just our identity alone
you know 20 years I've been a speaker
now 19 this year
I became a professional speaker at the
age of 19 years old
I'm 38 now
for half my life I've had the incredible
Grace by God's grace
of standing on platforms such as this
and looking into eyes
like yours
there is no part of my story
that should bring me here
I don't come from a family of oritis
I don't come from a family of means I
don't come from a family of wealth
one of the challenges we've struggled
with in South Africa post apartheid has
been crime I know this because my father
was murdered when I was 13 years old
eight times my father was shot
for a cell phone
to this day
twice the case has been opened both
times the docket has been lost
far be it for me as a proud South
African to travel the rest of my
continent and speak poorly about my
country but what it is I am trying to
help you understand is there is no part
written into my past that makes my
present possible
and so it is not only there but by the
grace of God but more importantly
because I was able to meet that Grace
with work and opportunity
that most of us in this room are simply
denied that work and that opportunity
what could we do when we truly come
together as a single block
a week ago I was in East Africa Kenya
Tanzania Uganda today I'm here I make it
my intention to travel the continent
because
and on this point I will end with this
you see it's easy for a politician to
lie to you about pan-africanism when
you've never traveled Africa
they can tell you their version of it
because they've never been there
they will tell you how Africans speak
even though they've never been there
which side note or why to Nigerians add
all to everything
I'm sat at dinner last night and this
young man I'm with said something so
profound I was like wow that's so good
he said please don't take my words oh
and a final way value is changing is
that value has introduced us to this
idea of free
that we can connect with each other
freely
share with each other freely
and most importantly build each other
freely
I recognize as a South African who loves
his country that the rise of Nigeria to
being the number one largest economy in
the continent is not a threat to mine
it's the rising tides that elevate All
Ships
so then
what do we do
what is next
where do we go from here
there are three things I'd like to leave
you with
and I will preface those three things by
saying this
constantly question what you're seeing
constantly
question what it is that you're seeing
I'm fascinated when I watch the news
about how Africa is is betrayed the
story of Who We Are
fascinates me
because that story and that messaging
is used intentionally
to wire us to see each other a certain
way
when I was in Kenya last week I must
tell you
one of my dreams came true I was in
Kenya invited by a mutual brother in
Christ between myself and Pastor podu
Reverend Julian
and and uh rev Julian had our brother
Apostle Salman in the room
and and so he doesn't know that I'm a
big fan so he came in and said I've seen
you online I said yeah I've also seen
you online
Pastor there's something I feel in my
heart I must say to you which is this
I think the Lord our Lord and savior has
called upon you
as a merchant of the Kingdom
to build his kingdom
and I think In This Moment
the way you have built this platform
is amongst the ways our Lord and savior
is using you to evangelize not only the
gospel
but more importantly to let those of us
who can evangelize evangelize its same
and so it's not just the platform you
see
of conversation but it is a platform
that launches a generation
it's a platform to next
please
question what it is that you're seeing
there are four fundamental perspectives
you must always question
the first is the perspective of
hindsight
notice how many times when you're in
discussions
conversations
meetings people talk about the past
now the past is important because it
frames how we find ourselves in this
moment but what's even more important
than this is to ensure that we never
allow the past to keep us there
the second perspective is plain sight
Plain Sight
what is
barely in front of you you see it as it
appears
questioned that too because often as the
old Gaelic expression says reality is
merely an illusion albeit a very
persistent one
the third perspective is insight
seeing what we've seen from the past
observing what we observe in the current
day what does it mean about where we are
where we find ourselves now
and the fourth and final perspective
which I think is going to be the
challenge of Our Generation
is foresight
let's talk about tomorrow
let's talk about 2027
I would love to have a conversation
about what is education in 2027 look
like in Nigeria what does it look like
in South Africa
so that we stop as Africans producing
little laborers that we export to the
global North
and rather than say we're all going to
produce the same skills ask of ourselves
the question what are the skill sets
that your economy and your people might
produce to which we could be a
compliment and vice versa you see the
reason we're fighting with each other is
because we're trained in the same way to
fight for limited opportunities all of
us in the same environment it's not
until we build with each other that we
recognize the opportunity in Venture
Capital we do this well if you're
Outsourcing Tech Talent today in Africa
you're Outsourcing it typically to a
Nigerian outfit
no no where in the continent you find
yourself
if you're looking for somebody who's
worked in fintech somewhere in Africa
typically you'll find them in East
Africa
if you're looking for somebody who's
smart 6-2 Zulu well-spoken ladies love
him I mean
no I don't personally know anyone I'm
just saying
I begin with a quote I will end with one
the greatest orator of all time in my
opinion is Frederick Douglass
one of his greatest quotes he says
it's easier to build strong children
than it is to repair weak men
we need to build strong children
we need to truly protect our futures
by giving them the right set of values
for the world we are in today
and all of us
no matter where we find ourselves
in whatever crevice or corner to which
you have been called
to do the work that's required
to preserve for the Next Generation
I'm humbled my brother that you've
invited me back here I words cannot
express what it means for me to be back
here with you
last time I made a commitment which I
didn't honor I will honor it this time
which is that the next time we are
together I'm paying for coffee
they're not paying me to say this so let
me tell you this
you know the reason most Africans look
at Nigerians the way we look at Jews
because frankly we're just scared
you guys allowed
[Applause]
and you're big and you like to fight and
we don't know why
the number of years has been coming I
must tell you has mentored and taught me
it's matured me
even the way I approach business the way
I negotiate now
sometimes I find myself in the boardroom
and I think to myself switch to Nigerian
vusio
do the aggressive Nigerian thing fight
argue raise your voice
and it works
and so on behalf of me my firm and the
taxes I have not paid for what you have
taught me here
thank you so much for the opportunity to
be here once again thank you
[Applause]
challenge
[Music]
[Music]
thank you
I'm gonna be
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