A rising continent--Africa
First and foremost, we would love to thank you all for your support, from when we were just a page on FaceBook, to now owning our very own website. It has been one step at a time, and we are very grateful to you, our readers and our followers. When we were just a vision, our Founder said "Always a first time, always a commencement of a journey, always an ignition of a stupendously large dream. In the beginning was an unexplored and underachieving Africa. When we decided to step out of the darkness and bring Africa to light, we began the creation story."
Some people may say, Africa is a dark continent, made up of barbaric people. However, we see the continent differently. Africa is a great continent that is home to a diverse set of humans, which makes it much more fun. Here is what we have to say:
"On the outside, Africa is portrayed as a ‘jungle’ that serves as a habitat to a barbaric multitude. The amusing part of the story is that some Africans agree with this postulate. But we, the enlightened Africans, know that the beauty, glory, and potential of our continent are bursting out the seams. We know that if we do not speak up about the true image of our motherland, the world will be oblivious of it. Africa, home to the cream of the global society, is a continent formed on the foundation of love, happiness, unity, loyalty, sacrifice, morality, and hospitality. Africa cannot be said to be a backward continent; ‘developing’ may be acceptable but definitely not ‘backward’. Moreover, when a continent is said to be ‘developing’, it paints a picture of room for further improvement, but when a continent is said to be ‘developed’ it means a different thing. Such a continent can be related to a ball thrown up in the air: once it gets to its maximum height (‘developed’ stage of continents), it has no where else to go but DOWN. Africa has been made an object of ridicule because for so long, it has been developing. If we noticed as in the medical field, a foetus usually takes an expected estimated period of nine months before it can be said to be ready to exit the protection and support arenas provided by its mother. A child that is born premature usually has almost everything premature (i.e. most physical features are premature), but a child that takes the adequate time to develop or longer usually has an unarguable edge over the one that ‘rushed’ out. This paradigm is used to explain the reason Africa is taking so long to join her peers in the league of developed countries.
On the inside, Africa is glorious. We are Africa! Like every other continent on the globe, Africa has her good spots as well as her bad ones. The beauty of Africa can be attributed to the vast dominance of the presence of nature. Africa is one of the most surreal continents on the planet with the most amazing and most amazing sites that not only treat the eyes but also the soul. Various beautiful sites in Africa include: the great Pyramids of Egypt, the Sphinx, Victoria Falls, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar beach, the Virunga Mountains, the Omo River Region, Marrakech in Morocco, Cape Town in South Africa, the Hot Air Balloon Safari, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Seychelles Island, the Robin Island, Kruger National Park, the Table Mountain in South Africa.
Some people may ask...Where is the hope? Let us enlighten you. Africa currently has a population of about 1.1 billion. By 2030,, it is believed that we should have grown to a staggering 2 billion. Take a look at that. What could we not achieve with a demography like that? More disposable labour, a larger work force, a more rapid economic growth...what else?
Take a look at our entertainment industry. Nollywood is the second largest in the world. Nollywood produces more films annually than even Hollywood and Bollywood put together. Our movies are #worldclass. We can boast of a lot of internationally renowned actors, actresses, musicians, etc. such as: Genevieve Nnaji, D'banj, P-Square, Wizkid of course, Don Jazzy, Davido, Sarkodie, Victoria Kimani, AKA, Kid X, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, and so many more. The largest and thickest music label in Africa, the Mavin Crew, just keep doing it bigger and better
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Wooh! Business and entrepreneurship? Africa's business is not growing, it is booming, we used to worth about $1 trillion in uhm, 2010? As at 2013, we were rated at $1.6 trillion. An economic increase of about $600 billion in a space of three years. What does that tell you? In ten years, we would be just huge. A few people who have made this happen are: , Fred Swaniker, Acha Leke, Mike Adenuga, Wale Adenuga,
Tony Elumelu
Aliko Dangote,
Fred Swaniker
Acha Leke
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