Chinese closeness with Africa and the Uneasiness of the West

Markets: The current events of Chinese investment in Africa and the consequential fidgeting by the western power, evident through series of mainstream media reports, has resulted in the call to interrogate the status of Africa in the global political and economic powerplay; one could ask what’s really the interest? everyone is looking for a new market, and Africa seems to be available for grab.

Norms: It is kind of obvious to see that, this is a matter of everyone fighting for their personal interest, which is completely economical and the idea of seeing China becoming this close to Africa in terms of trade, security, development etc would not sit well with many world superpowers. This is not a question of the Chinese approach, it is more like holding on to your subject and not allowing them to get off your grip.

Law: It is clear now than ever before how globalization has benefited few top players, the concept of unfair trade practices is historically the style of the west and we are in an interesting time that everyone is renegotiating bilateral/multilateral agreements and there’s a lot more of that to come.

Codes: The phenomenon of ‘leapfrogging’ I feel is just another attempt to justify our slackness as Africans, and the exciting thing for me is that the real technological revolution is happening in a manner that the rest of the world would find it difficult to understand especially from the emerging market. We are yet to see the true potentials of the blockchain, the next 20-50 years would be particularly interesting in this regards.

Trump, the best in the past 3 decades of American White House

It is a public knowledge what seems to be the perception of many Americans about president Donald Trump; questions around his person, his ideology, his leadership style (whether he’s qualified to be even called a leader), his ethics, his policies, his lifestyle and of course his friendship or not with the Russian leader. America as a country since 1989 has had 5 different presidents till date including Donald Trump and as it is now, he appears to be the best in many ways.

The danger in the power of codes/algorithm