Author: kajarbi54

A village once boasted a master builder whose compound was the envy of all. Visitors marveled at his ornate gates, his flowing fountains, and the velvet robes worn by his children. The builder claimed his wealth flowed purely from the superior design of his mind and the industrious hands of his sons. Yet, behind the high walls of the compound, a secret gate opened at midnight. Through it, the builder secretly diverted water from his neighbors’ wells, collected grain from their granaries under forced tribute, and charged them a heavy toll just to walk past his house. For generations, the…

To accept a gift that demands your soul in return is to resemble a starving man who agrees to be fed, only on the condition that the chef is granted full ownership of his stomach and the legal right to harvest his organs at will. It is a Faustian bargain wrapped in the glossy veneer of humanitarian aid. For decades, international aid frameworks have operated under this quiet, asymmetric warfare—offering short-term financial relief while systematically dismantling long-term national autonomy. As the proverb wisely dictates: “The hand that receives is always below the one that gives.” But when the giving hand…

DAKAR – For more than a century, the Olympic movement has travelled across continents, bringing together the world’s athletes under one flag of competition, friendship and human possibility. But there has always been one glaring absence. (Africa). That historic omission will finally end in October 2026 when Dakar, Senegal, welcomes the world for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, the first Olympic sporting event ever to be held on African soil. From October 31 to November 13, 2026, Senegal will not merely host a sporting competition. It will open a new chapter in the history of the Olympic movement and,…

“He who does not build a barn during the harvest will beg during the drought.” This timeless African proverb perfectly captures the momentum sweeping across the continent’s financial landscape today. For decades, Africa’s largest economy exported its raw wealth—crude oil—only to buy it back at a premium as refined fuel. But the paradigm has shifted. Standing as a monument to industrial independence is the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery [Lekki Free Zone, Lagos]. Now, through the largest public share sale in African history, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is opening this industrial giant to ordinary investors. The Dangote Refinery Initial…

MONROVIA – Africa is witnessing a major moment in its financial and industrial history. The launch of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals is not simply another transaction on a stock exchange. It represents a significant test of Africa’s ability to mobilize domestic capital, expand industrial production and allow ordinary citizens to participate in the ownership of one of the continent’s most important industrial assets. The IPO, launched in September 2026, is set to raise about ₦2.15 trillion, or approximately US$1.6 billion, through the sale of 4.1 billion shares. At ₦525 per share, the…

An old Yoruba proverb warns, “When a handshake passes the elbow, it has become another thing entirely.” Similarly, the Zulu people say, “A single finger cannot crush a louse.” These pieces of traditional African wisdom capture a grim reality in modern African geopolitics: the historic and once-indivisible bond between the continent’s two largest heavyweights, Nigeria and South Africa, has slipped from a warm embrace into a dangerous chokehold. To understand how the continent’s two most exceptional sibling nations reached this impasse, one must look at the story of the household they share. Born to the same great matriarch, Mother Africa,…

The Akan people of West Africa have a profound proverb: “Anoma entoa ogya a, ɔbɛyɛ dɛn na ne mfeɛ asɔ?”, translated literally as, “If a bird does not fly into the fire, how can its feathers catch light?” For centuries, Eurocentric historians, driven by imperialist agendas and racial chauvinism, wrapped African history in a dense fog of deliberate amnesia. They claimed that Africa was a “dark continent” devoid of written history until European colonial powers graciously arrived with the gift of the Latin alphabet. This claim is not just an error of history; it is a foundational lie of the…

MONROVIA — Liberia has reached a financial milestone that deserves national attention. For the first time in the country’s 179-year history, domestic revenue has surpassed US$1 billion in a single year. President Joseph Nyuma Boakai says the achievement represents more than a figure on government books. It is a demonstration that Liberia can mobilize resources from within its own economy rather than depending overwhelmingly on foreign aid and external borrowing. And that is where the significance of this moment extends beyond Liberia. For decades, African countries have struggled with the difficult contradiction of possessing enormous natural and human resources while…

The Triple Foundation of National Renaissance National Sovereignty”No religion is above State” Moderate & Loving FaithPrivate devotionMutual respectRejection of Sharia Productive ScienceEngineers over dogmatistsAction over passivityIndustrial sovereignty I. The Ancestral Wisdom: Proverbs and Riddles of Action In the deep well of African tradition, our ancestors left us architectural blueprints for survival, long before foreign theologies and political frameworks arrived on our shores. They understood that the physical world is governed by the sweat of the brow, not the posture of the hands in prayer. Consider this riddle told under the baobab trees of the Sahel: Riddle: I have no voice,…

“Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.” This ancient adage speaks to a profound truth about power, representation, and memory. He who controls the narrative dictates the boundaries of reality. For nearly five centuries, humanity has viewed itself through a deeply distorted lens, relying on a visual framework that systematically shrinks the cradle of humanity while artificially inflating the Global North. Imagine walking into a courtroom where a judge determines your legal compensation based on a trick mirror that makes you look half your physical size, while your neighbor is reflected at quadruple their…