GLOBAL I AM ARCHIVES: From Lagos To Wakanda: Rethinking Wealth, Work, And Human Potential

In this archival episode of Getting Deals Done, the Mastermind Forum, we look at a larger cosmic picture and identify  opportunities based upon information gleaned from past episodes.  In this case, we note trends by Fortune 500 companies as Viasat Satellite Communications and Newport Beach's Alhambra Technologies with manufacturing in Bahir, Ethiopia. 

The Africa insurance market reached a value of US $70 billion in 2020. Revenue in the eCommerce market is projected to reach US $43,885 million in 2022. Agriculture takes up 15 percent ($100 billion annually) of the whole continent's GDP and is also the largest economic sector. African infrastructure saw a raise in compound annual rate at 17%. Banking, Oil and Gas, and Telecommunication also showcase markets with astronomical potential.  The new BRIC are centrally located on the continent where all civilization, technology and visions began.

We trace Africa’s rise from informal ingenuity to investable scale, with Nigeria’s momentum, Senegal’s smart-city vision, and a people-first ethos that powers real markets. Along the way, we frame Afrofuturism as practical design for dignity, trust, and growth.

• Nigeria’s scale, GDP context, and entrepreneurial tribes
• Why informal markets are the infrastructure of daily life
• Startup capital growth and Fortune 500 attention
• Senegal’s smart sustainable city and crypto-enabled services
• Afrofuturism as a blueprint for practical innovation
• Integrity, purpose, and human potential as market drivers
• Partnerships across media, water stewardship, and hospitality
• Invitation to our virtual mastermind forum

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Transcript

Nigeria’s Scale And Momentum

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Let's consider Nigeria, the richest and most populous country in Africa. The country's large population of two hundred and eleven million is likely a contributor to its large GDP. But also those tribes of Igbo, Yoruba, Hasa are renowned for their business savvy and business moxie, and are also the bedrock of former empires as the Benin Empire. America is a 200-year-old economy. Nigeria's is well under half of that. Its growth is paranormal.

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Nigeria Deep Dive And Global Attention

Afrofuturism And Human Potential

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The new emerging economy of the world is Africa, specifically those countries of Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Six of the world's ten fastest growing economies are located on the continent, and 22% of its sizable working-age population are starting businesses. I would include Senegal and Ethiopia as the real-world and future Wakanda societies of the planet. In an article from earlier this year from Folwage magazine titled Why Africa is Prime for Economic Investment, it is noted that the continent's startup capital has grown from 400 million in 2015 to 2 billion in 2019. Technology Fortune 500 companies are all focused on the continent's once-in-a-millennium untapped global opportunity, which shows a$5.2 trillion investment gap in small to medium-sized businesses. 70% of the sub-Saharan African economy is informal and includes businesses as motorbikes, taxis, water, ATMs, and mobile irrigation services. The article notes most transactions are peer-to-peer, one-on-one. However, technology behemoths, accredited investors, and Fortune 500 companies alike are all diving in headfirst to the motherland and the birthplace of all civilization. Let's consider Nigeria, the richest and most populous country in Africa. The country's large population of 211 million is likely a contributor to its large GDP, but also those tribes of Igbo, Yoruba, Hasa are renowned for their business savvy, business moxie, and are also the bedrock of former empires as the Benin Empire. America is a 200-year-old economy. Nigeria's is well under half of that. Its growth is paranormal. The GDP is$375 billion and ranked as the 27th largest economy in the world. American Satellite Communications company Biasat Satellite knows it. So does Google, McKinsey, JP Morgan, Chase, Ford Motor, Citigroup, and General Electric. It is a commercial nerve center ahead of Cairo, but queued behind Dubai. Ghana's public initiative of year return home are up from 1,000 to a staggering 10,000, attracting nearly 250,000 visitors, primarily African Americans. Senegal is manifesting the real Wakanda with a$6 billion 2,000-acre smart sustainable city with luxury resorts, condos, offices, a hospital, a stadium, an artificial intelligence city run on cryptocurrency. If you consider Africa her people, well then that's an entirely different conversation. Business-wise, entrepreneurially, Africans are in an unprecedented springtime. And if you consider the names of nations as Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Zambia, Cameroon, just titles that really mean nothing but random colonial titles assigned over 400 years ago. If you consider that Africa's people are nomadic, digitally savvy, spiritually endowed, conscientiously motivated, well then the larger picture is really quite magnificent. There is a new spirit coursing through not only Africa, but also her most valuable commodity, her people. We are renewed, reinvigorated, and filled with purpose, and seemingly endless quantums of energy towards creating a new age now. Consider Afrofuturism, which is really just a renewal of the principle set forth by Ancestor Marcus Garvey when he said, God and nature first made us what we are, and then, out of our own creative genius, we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit, and eternity our measurement. Really, this is just a call to all of humanity to realize your potential. It is a call outside of the effective, though low frequency tool of racism. Or as Prophet Bob Marley noted, the greatness of man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. The new age will always hearken back to our original mandate as human life energies: to be good to one another, to enjoy the earth, and to love. This is the moment of time and space in which we are all gathered, and the purpose for which the earth reclaims its spirit. We are one. One love. Africa is one.

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I am Amu Beme Vege, the founder of Afrobees. Our station is broadcast on nearly 50 million screens, laptops and smartphones in Europe and Africa since 1996. Afrobees is looking forward to working with our new American partners, Victoria and Noble. Today, Afrobees is also the owner of a Pan-African TV network called UBS News TV. And one, Worldwide Afro Network, our vision for the new millennium. We have many other shows where we discuss politics, entertainment, and culture. Our mission is to bring Africa, the Caribbean, America, and the diaspora together with inspiring and educational programming. AfroBeeS is for the future, and Africa is that future now. Find out more about us at ubisnewstv.com and one. That's w a n.africa.

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