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THE MIDDLE MAN VALUE CHAIN: THE BRITISH AND CHINESE CASE IN IGBOLAND
The 1901 Aro Expedition of 1901 was a violent ousting of the Aro merchants(middle men) who ran a cartel of slaves in the Niger area
The British grew from staying around the shores to desiring to enter the..
The 1901 Aro Expedition of 1901 was a violent ousting of the Aro merchants(middle men) who ran a cartel of slaves in the Niger area
The British grew from staying around the shores to desiring to enter the..
hinterlands.
They had found a cure for malaria and wanted to eliminate the middle man (Aro merchants mostly) who were the feeder bloc of slaves and other wares.
The Aro merchants refused and it led to a violent attack against them-In fact, 'cos the Aro were popular, they...
They had found a cure for malaria and wanted to eliminate the middle man (Aro merchants mostly) who were the feeder bloc of slaves and other wares.
The Aro merchants refused and it led to a violent attack against them-In fact, 'cos the Aro were popular, they...
Thought they had a military. The Brita attacked with full notary hardware.
The middle men were eliminated and it established a kind of #Monopsony where the Brits dictated the price. For the people's wares, they gave money that had value, because now, they were forced to sell.
The middle men were eliminated and it established a kind of #Monopsony where the Brits dictated the price. For the people's wares, they gave money that had value, because now, they were forced to sell.
#MilitaryPower broke our exporting market value, middle men chain and other other factors of production.
#EconomicPower It's a new age.
The age of the Chinese. By 2030, China would be the world power.
#Communism (pol. structure) is helping as against the Igbo #Republicanism
#EconomicPower It's a new age.
The age of the Chinese. By 2030, China would be the world power.
#Communism (pol. structure) is helping as against the Igbo #Republicanism
They have a rescript like the Japanese had in the mid 1800s.
There's a collective abeyance to take over the world economically
So you see them learning languages of their potential competitors, like they are doing for Igbo language
They want to eliminate that Emeka China that..
There's a collective abeyance to take over the world economically
So you see them learning languages of their potential competitors, like they are doing for Igbo language
They want to eliminate that Emeka China that..
goes to China to import goods or that Chinedu Gwangzhou that imports electronics.
They are encroaching the base of the market to have access with the main consumers through language
They are encroaching the base of the market to have access with the main consumers through language
Ndi Igbo what are we doing?
We can't boast of being enterprising if we can't build a multi billion dollar business chain around it.
We need to modernise our business structures and make them compete with others in China, Singapore and Japan.
@Alaigbo_I @Buchyogba @UchePOkoye
We can't boast of being enterprising if we can't build a multi billion dollar business chain around it.
We need to modernise our business structures and make them compete with others in China, Singapore and Japan.
@Alaigbo_I @Buchyogba @UchePOkoye
The answer might be in the Igbo Apprenticeship system. It has potentials
Communist-Sustainable-Value Chain-Re-productive
But we need strategies to modernise that Igbo Apprenticeship System.
We're sleeping o
Communist-Sustainable-Value Chain-Re-productive
But we need strategies to modernise that Igbo Apprenticeship System.
We're sleeping o
*..gave money that had no value
