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Africa is subsidizing the world. There is no reason why we should not process, package and market what we produce. From cocoa to rubber, cotton, sugarcane, gold, diamonds, oil, coaltan and even the professionals we train. 1/9
The question we should be asking is 'what do you need this cocoa for? Chocolate? Don't worry we can produce that for you' 2/9
Instead we sell materials cheap &import finished products dear. Sell rubber/cotton/gold/diamonds/oil/coaltan to import shoes/clothing/jewelry/petrol/electronics. Penny wise Pound Foolish! We could gain 400X what we currently make. That's why I say we're subsidizing the world! 3/9 
Apart from the absurdity of throwing so much money away there is the general absurdity of African govts either not developing the industries they produce for or their economies from the change they are making. 4/9
In Nigeria's case, the oil and gas business is just like you have a well in your house someone comes to your house to take water from that well for $5, purifies it, bottles it and sells it to you for $2,000 while destroying your house in the process for 50 years now. 5/9
Why do we allow this? Because those who own the oil are not the ones controlling it. First it was the military now its Fulanis. Second because those who control it have a poverty mentality, including the NDelta heads, they think $5 is the greatest amount of money in the world 6/9
And they will kill to maintain access to that $5. This is the scenario across Africa. They think because they have houses and girlfriends or boyfriends in Paris, London and Miami and they are going to dinner with white people they are important. 7/9
All the while they're the laughing stock of those white people & Africa remains the laughing stock of the whole world. 8/9
Awolowo and Ajayi Crowther have been the only Nigerians who believed in empowering a people. It is time for Yorubaland to leave Nigeria. We have a lesson to teach Africa, we have thought them before. 9/9
