Building the next generation of African Leaders | Fred Swaniker
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- By the year 2035, Africa will have the largest workforce in the entire world. In this video we take a look at the Ghanaian entrepreneur that has dedicated his life to preparing for Africa's imminent population boom.
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İt's my first time hearing about the University.
İ hope that their vision is fulfilled.
We really have to tackle Africa's biggest problem; bad leadership
Exactly.
Coming from Asia, I have to say that education is definitely the key to escape poverty in my experience. Very ambitious project for a whole continent.
i am from asia too and i wish something similar exists here in asia too
Now that's what I am talking about, positive action, not mere words. Heart to the brother. It's high time AFRICA be unites within itself.
A very good course. He should invite African inventors, designers, idealists visionaries and innovators who are based outside Africa for sometime to share their knowledge and experiences that they've gained.
They have plans for that but it is step by step
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@@NewAfrica thanks. Looking forward
2nacheki 2nacheki u need to stop making some very irrelevant videos too. Like that John Cena crap
@@Painandgain943 Lol, true though, it had to be said (but do try to keep it civil). There's no time for messing around!
@@Painandgain943 yep I have also found their videos poorly researched
I heard about ALU and it is really moving things forward for Africans and hope it will succeed and produce next african leaders who have Africa first in their hearts and not to be selfish with money or fame.
I really love what you are doing! How can we get involved and or partner with you?
Thanks for your kind words! We'll shortly be setting up a patreon account which will enable us to make more engaging and insightful content... Please watch this space!
South Africa has Nuclear power.Ghana too has or had a reactor.its about having the balls to unite continentaly.for the African Defence Force.like Nato.then we can have our own detterrants.but then you need the stealth delivery systems.and the systems in place to manage .Then the political competence to manage foreign threats,which require competent espionage and counter espionage assets.its only doable as a united effort.once divide and rule is on our comtinent.its very hard.Thats why China resists the break away sentiments in its land.
@African 1st Congolese 2nd and how wold you that?
@African 1st Congolese 2nd you expect a nuclear armed neighbor to let you acquire one? The 1st one to make it will make y'all vassals.
@African 1st Congolese 2nd you're a good believer i.e naive. If one of your neighbors was to get it the rest will be colonised, that's how humans behave.
I love your channel ❤ from South Africa
This is fantastic news! These Africans have pinpointed the problem with a precise solution. Not only that, they are presently working on it. This should give all Africans hope.
I think Afrika needs more Swanikers now
Education will change the course of African future
Very encouraging. I will always support african entrepreneurial mindset.
This is fantastic. Keep up the great work and let us know how we can help with this good work. The time for Africa has come!!
I’m so glad I found your channel. Thank you so much for all your work! Keep it up.
leadership without doubt is the biggest problem that Africa has
Please pray for Kenya my people, the level of corruption here is destroying the country and people's livelihood
Ghana too
This is a fantastic initiative.
Africa needs more Fred Swanikers in all areas of life to be a developed continent in the near future. We can all contribute our own bits.
#thinkbigforafrica
I hope you dont mean western development? because hello LESSONS LEARNED. notice not even birth the end up sustaining. What future Earth will have if we repeat errors of the West. The truth is AFRICA doesnt need development. The culture in Africa was forged with eons of millenniums of Test A/B. It just need to stop being robbed; and it will be well.
......... if you pull back you will notice THE WEST more and more is adopting African way of life they onced laughed at. Natural living, smaller footprint, tiny homes (dont call them huts), natural medicine(dont call it bush doctor herbals )... even carry babies wrapped ..i mean (baby-backpacks)
vlogger also do a disservice to Africa by bragging their country has the same McDonalds like the West, and same policy of creating gated communities.
💯✨Africa needs less Fred Swanikers - because behind all of it is USING AFRICA'S YOUTH to become working serfs for the West or 1%ers. Education isnt African it 3:35 Western Indoctrination. aka White Jesus 2.0. all he is is another shill, an agent. Who is funding his speeches? 5:40 = are western issues.
climate change. AFRICA wont flood if all the ice melt(95% of the continent sits high. AFRICA IS THE ARK), Africa has the least C02 emission. the other are western concerns about Africa. Africa is massive (22 climates, 6 time zones). it can hold 7 Billion people easily.
cinnamonstar808 everywhere has a culture from testing A/B. Africa is not the ark since climate change means higher temperatures. If anything that title goes to Siberia. The tiny homes and natural medicines (most of which don’t work if referring to things like essential oils) are a result of changing times. They were and are not unique to Africa, and the CO2 emissions is purely due to circumstances
I'm a Canadian Chinese and when I was a young man I spent quite a few summers in Mainland China. Seeing the poverty and seeing how China had become so backwards was truly heartbreaking. But given what has happened in the last 30 years fills me with hope and joy and I never imagined that with in my own lifetime I would see China become strong enough to re-take its rightful place in the world. Seeing a re-born and revived China is something that is truly astonishing and fills me with joy.
I hope that one day Africans will have its Renaissance too, grow and develop economically and retake its rightful place in the world. Without economic development Africa will never truly be free and Africans can never be truly Masters of their own Homeland. I hope the joy that I feel will be something you feel too!
Im 100% behind a strong Africa!!
this is my favorite youtube channel,
Brilliant! Keep it up. Much love 💕 from Nigeria .
I'm glad there's African young visionaries out there willing to build initiatives like this. We definitely should support them with everything we've got. Corrupt leadership is really the bane of Africa's development. We've tried all sorts of militant ways to force change from the top to no avail. This young man's approach of changing the mindset of the youth is certainly a new approach. My question is how do these smart people get into strategic positions where they can actually foster change? In many African countries, politics is a minefield full of psychopaths willing to do anything to get into and maintain power. And the majority of the electorate is poor and ill educated. Thus they are more prone to elect these machievallian characters who shower them with chunk change during election campaigns.
Change will be more possible if it starts from the grassroots. Maybe this university could also train their scholars on how to do grass roots level civil education that aims to change the culture from the ground up. If people at the grass roots level refuse bribes and only pay attention to leaders who deliver, then it would make it difficult for upcoming leaders to simply buy their way into power. A change in the hearts and minds of the people is the necessary. A cultural revolution is a necessary ingredient for initiatives like this to have Continental effect. If only initiatives like this could be extended into every sector of the continent's society.
I love what you are doing brother. I nod my head to you in deep respect!
This is exactly what we need to develop Mother Africa. I attentively viewed this presentation. In my humble opinion however one important factor was overlooked, and that is agriculture. I am interested in eventually contributing to have an ALU in Botswana and Morocco.
Ashesi University in Ghana is another example.
Love the video!
Fred Swaniker is an angel!
Other countries are bound to follow his model. Good things ahead for Africa.
Another African hero💪🏿
Wow ! See this video one year after it was made gives me reasons to hope and be optimistic about Africa. Not seeing things happening doesn't mean things are not happening really. Thank u bro your the good info🙏🙏🙏🙏
Outstanding idea. Just outstandingly brilliant project.
Amazing production! Beautiful video with fantastic info, synthesis, and analysis. Excellent work! ♥️🌍🙌🏿💯
Really Nice video!
Can't wait for a video in 5 years with a "where are they now" Theme!
Can you make a new video on the east african federacy?
Thanks for your comment Jan, we'll definitely be looking into the East African Federation to see if we can make a presentation on it. Watch this space!
I want to be there seeing it 1st hand with my own eyes and smiling and dancing in celebration of it 😃🖤
Great channel. I expect that Africa will develop a lot in the next year. I wish my country policymakers, I'm from Brazil, were more aware of the opportunities Africa has and will have. Here, in Latin America, we had the same problems of terrible leadership and institutions in the early years after our independences.
Fred Swanika 's initiative is a good one. He is thinking about preparing for the future opportunities and challenges. I am optimistic about Africa's future if we many of we the youth think in like manner
I love your publication videos. Keep it rolling
Wow, imagine someone not wanting to be a leader himself but instead training future leaders. Totally noble and selfless act. He may not even live to see the full fruits of the seeds he’s planting (it will take few generations) but for sure it will happen!!!
Thank you for insight into new education system' we need more vocational education programs to allow people to work for themselves and create jobs and not this graduates programs to look for jobs' which in fact create high unemployment and retrenchment at sometimes. Viva my African brothers mostly in forefront and few sisters who unselflessly willing to invest their wisdom' capital' resources' efforts to transform Africa. May God bless you all.
greatful for him!
This is awesome
That is a very good topic. If Africa is rise to the challenge, then the sort of APC leaders, Islamic lunatics in Nigeria, must not be allowed to permanente or meddle with this idealogy. I say this as a University teacher, a critical thinker and a public intellectual.
You should do a collaboration kugali it's a African based indie company that tells sci-fi and fantasy story's based off african culture.
Have been watching this video over and over again. It's so inspiring. Despite everything I'm so excited for Africa's future because of this move by Fred.
So inspiring .
Informative Video!
It's great to know about ALX being an initiative of ALU! I actually just concluded the ALX AI Career Essentials program, and it was a great experience. Africa is in dire need of change, and I am working to be a catalyst as a young leader. ✨
Hi i feel its a great idea to create leadership of pure african leaders and not outsiders, this will help create development all over africa.
This is an absolutely video, seeing growth like this is wonderful. I really dislike the image the world has of Africa and Africans ,this just goes to show them how successful Africa is and can be.
Please do a video about Mmusi Maimane!
the embers of hope catching fire. thanks for the content. definitely spreading the news on ALU.
All Africa needs is a few countries to follow up on Swaniker's ideals to start up a chain reaction across the whole continent. People want what works and try to follow and copy it even if it is never perfect it will be a good start.
I think Africa is going to be alright, not only is the bright African mind awakening on the continent but us second generation African immigrants living abroad also think about helping our home countries and continent in general. People really don't know that Africa is the future.
New enlightenment.
I hope this really succeeds :-) and overall wonderful video
what africa needs are leaders who can spearhead its unity.
we need to unite as Africans and we will do so
this is why we must try to solve our problems with a continental mindset rather than with a country mindset. it is in this regard that we have created the "Africa unite channel in order to educate our fellow africans on how we can solve the problems of Africa. it all starts with uniting then we'll move onfrom that starting point
I'm an alumni from ALA
The beautiful continent Africa
I love my home
I am proud Africa is rising. I am an embedded software engineer, I am just too obsessed on how I can use my skills and talent for the growth of our continent. I am ready to commit to this growth
Good. Good luck to you. From Europe with love.
Keep making videos brother!
Theres only been three genuine pan afrikanist leaders on the continent those were patrice lumumba amilcar cabral and thomas sanlara
I love this brother I will definitely come and finish my degree there.
I hope that they succeed! It is a shame that many of Africa's first generation of leaders had almost no practical experience in economics and problem solving, delved into Socialism and became corrupted by power. These weaknesses of these leaders made Africa more vulnerable to the Depredations of Neo-Liberalism and Neo-Colonialism.
Nice move👍🏾
Absolutely critical thinking, One can see the idea of this project, African has many university educated people, but ALOT of this squared Educations can't be applied into the environment they are existing in, the concept of hands-on training/experience and exposure is without a doubt the way forward!!!.
If and only we Africans design our own leadership path based on the inherent virtues and merits of the continent will we truly transform ourselves.
Good job br live longer this is grt
Being young is good. Free from the burden of tradition and hypocracy.
It is great and encouraging to see videos of Africans rising up and making a difference.
Would appreciate more videos like these and that Africans start keeping record and taking notice of great achievements and leadership
This is the Key
I want to go to the ALU now.
@1:23 who are the other two leaders besides Paul Kagame? The younger looking two.
Hi Joe, the first is Sangu Delle, a Ghanaian investor and the second is Patrick Amuah, the founder of the Ashesi University in Ghana.
Abiy Ahmed is the Ethiopian prime minister not president
same difference
We will rise up one day they like or not
Not one day our time is now
@@Yayo615 very true our time is now!
It depends on how you do that. THAT Will determine success.
'Next generation of African ledaers'
*JULIUS MALEMA*
😂😂
In New York ou can have in certain instance free education, but you are mandated to stay in the city and work for a duration of 5-10 years. In my opinion, building an african school is great, but he should have tryed to fix the problem of the students staying abroad a bit. We call it here '' L'exode des cerveaux'/The brain Exodus' we had a similar problem in haiti, but for political reasons, now some people are going back for various work.
I hope Africa is finally able to come out of the ashes of the dictators of the Cold War and the shadows of colonialism into a shining beacon to the rest of the world
Brilliant and helpful content from this video, and so many others you’ve done.
However, this map of Africa used in this video is wrong. For instance, 3:08 Rwanda is in the north of Burundi...
Well spotted! 👍🏿will bear in mind going forward 🤓
that student finance skeam sounds like what they have hear in the uk
Are they being taught how to campaign without splurging money ?
Just finished the video. Amazing video with the information that they had. But to be dead honest, education by itself is not enough to solve societal problems. You have to be willing to destroy the people that are damaging society. Which is what every successful empire has done in world history, between europe, asia, and native america. Africans, however, for the most part, are not willing to organize into a conquering empire. This whole "education this-education that" sounds great in all. But its only piece meal and will only help local problems until some warlord takes what these educated people have built, because these "educated africans" dont know how to defend themselves, or organize and army to destroy the corrupt leadership. You have to be willing to kill to be successful. Europe, Japan, China, Native americans figured that one out. The key difference between Tyrannical leadership and good leadership, is that good leadership only kills/punishes bad people.
Why isn't the Trans Atlantic slave trade tough in every country in Africa?
People are too focused on these office jobs. The trades need to be developed they need vocational school to teach practical skills not colleges teaching useless shit
Africa doesn't need leaders they need people that know how to get shit done
I wish you luck , but I can't see how an extra billion people will do anything but make things worse ; more poverty, economic migration, and possibly famine and starvation.
Have you Africans ever heard of God and God's promise to the world because I am gone doubt they have and that they are able to believe to a by God promised future.
This video sounds like an advertisment. I do not care about how pretty their campus is and if it's situated on Mauritius or in Ghana. Many of the greatest universities in the world are situated in much less impressive environs but they don't have to. The publications they produce, their research, their allumni, speak of themselves. The reason there is a fairly universal system of higher education is twofold: interoperability and efficiency. Libraries are calm because without reading you are ignorant. If you want to have a discussion, you can have it in a classroom or a team-study room. In no high level university you are supposed to "memorise and regurgitate". From the presentation it seems that the goal of this institution is not to create educated people that would become "leaders" whatever that means, but creating a prestigious cohort group that can gain power later, to whatever end. I applaud the effort of mr. Swaniker but I do not think that you can solve Africa's problem from top down and I am fairly sceptical towards this project as I am towards many such projects everywhere around the world. The good thing is that it seems to give internationally accepted degreees at least.
And since the video and a few other sources doesn't really specify the budget, but talk about the 80 mil dolars raised, so I suppose that can be taken as the main part of the budget of the project, just for comparison, one of the wider high echelon universities, Czech Charles University which ranks between 200-300th best university in the world and has mostly just one campus (some of its medical programmes are situated cca 100 kilometers from the main place but that is no continent-wide reach) has a yearly budget of around 400 mil. dolars. Universities are expensive institutions just to keep the teachers there because in the current world, you have to get those teachers in a worldwide competition of institutions and businesses and without good teachers your nice campuses won't be worth anything.
Not to be rude because I don't mean to be, but isn't Africa's majority youth because of it's abysmal life expectancy?
This is going to be a DISASTER
There is reason to be optimistic because development is not a linear process. In the modern world good ideas spread quickly, and Africa has the critical mass of talented, visionary people with enough will power and resources to make things happen. Cheering for this from Italy.
Pessimistic or optimistic? I like your overall message thou.
Someone with your mindset must be quite rare in Italy (with all the racism toward sub-Saharan Africans that's currently going on in Italy) - but bravo, for not blindly following the herd!
@@jamesbilly7141 , definitely optimistic, but your comment is relevant, because I didn't say what kind of development we should expect, I meant a good one.
@@lesleykramer7207 , racism has always been a big problem in Italy and elsewhere, unfortunately. By racism I mean the irrational belief that immigration is a catastrophe. However, two things must be said in this regard: 1) you get an inaccurate picture of Italian mentality by looking at the polls. Anti immigration parties are becoming popular also for reasons that have nothing to do with immigration 2) There has always been a strong and active anti-racist movement.
@@ggg148g
Gotcha, my friend. We're going to get to that promise land. Things are changing, let's hope for the best.
Great content!!! I really learned a lot, thank you!!!
I’m AFRICAN- american. Seeing this video makes me SOOOO damn happy! I know and believe AFRICA will soon be the richest continent on the planet. Not just in natural resources.
So encouraging to hear what's happening in Africa. It's only a matter of time before we take our rightful position in this world. Such brilliance and vision its absolutely amazing.
what's your "..rightful position in this world.."?
@@ireneuszpyc6684 e.g. world GDP share equivalent to population share
@@marcodiepold2065 do you believe in equality of outcome (and not equality of opportunity) ?
@@ireneuszpyc6684 To move away from being downtrodden and disrespected by the white man (and all the others who have followed his example), and stand with their heads high - as EQUAL citizens of the world. HTH
@@ireneuszpyc6684 If you think Africans have equal opportunity on the global stage, then you're an even bigger fool than your initial comment suggests.
It will be good for you to get a website with a forum so after watching this insighful video to meet like minded persons and share ideas
Do you think There will ne foreign students coming to african Elite Universities and If so, would that cause Problems?
I think it would be the opposite. It could possibly promote the quality of the institutions and the education.
Yes I do think their will be foreign students coming the AEU. You already saw several white men among the first graduating class. Yes it will cause a problem, is that even a question. Or are you one of those who STILL think they are our friends?
blu22 having white doesn’t mean that they came from outside Africa Africa have white peoples don’t associate the the word Africa with color
@@Bricktown982 well most north African are brown or white so aren't they considered African
blu22 how are they not african when they have been born in african soil and lived in african soil for their whole lives secondly? It’s not them to blame it’s conallism that has ruined Africa on all sectors.
I am very optimistic, Africa is rising!! Our Education Fabric has to be tailored towards relevance to African problems... This is soo good. This is indeed the Harvard of Africa, if I may put it that way...
Yes; optimistic. It will take generations but Africa will eventually secure its’ stolen seat on the world stage.
I’m very excited about Africa’s future. I work with young people here in Canada who’s goal is to eventually move back to change the lives of their communities. It will be a slow process but it will happen.
Can't wait. Get them plane tickets right now!
ALU is a GREAT Idea... They need to come here and get money from Western Blacks.. Fix Africa so we can eventually come home
Does anyone know if it's possible for Non-Africans to go there?
Love this channel. Detailed and insightful content that we wouldn’t see else where concerning Africa. Would love to support this channel and help promote videos.
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I’m really excited to see how everything turns out. Can you make development videos about sierra Leone please.
You're consistently putting out good content on this channel. Well done for that!
You are missing the point here, Africa’s problem is not leadership it’s the mindset of our people both leaders and followers.
There are African leaders who are graduates of Harvard and Oxford yet they continue to plunder the resources of their countries. The problem is our system of education it is still largely Eurocentric and colonial.
Watch this video as it perfectly explains the problem and solutions
ruclips.net/video/MMtdLv7FT9Q/видео.html
That contained an unhealthy dosis of 'we wuz kangs'. The creator conflates pagan egypt with other civilizations and cultures across the continent. Surely one would realize that sub and super saharan africa are different places and cultures, and that Egypt received much greater influence from the levant than from the upper Nile. Aside from that the university model is not arabic, it's west european, unless you are including islamic institutions, but those do not contribute to technological development or infrastructure.
The reason people model themselves after the western system is because it built the industrialized world. That world has now become global and it's language is English. If you want to add to that world you need to learn the language. Creating a new academic institution and teaching and granting degrees in kiswahili is not going to prepare them for that globalized future. Granted, it might be a good way to keep them inside the country and prevent braindrain, but you'd need to find some interface between the global pool of english knowledge and the localized institution. There is no reason to try and reinvent the wheel if you're planning to use the highspeed rail in the future.
Now certainly something needs to be done to retain talent locally. But you're gonna need a pretty big stick or carrot to compete with the opportunity to work somewhere more peaceful, better developed and for higher wages. But I don't think that's the kind of mindset you're referring too.
thinkppl This is a connection between the ancient Egyptian civilisation and proto-Africa what you call “sub-Saharan” even the name Saharan is Arabic
Your response clearly provides an indication of your mindset, every great civilisation builds its own institutions, the current one Africa is operating is Eurocentric and Arabic, where is ours?
We are Africans, and we are a unique set of people. African languages are becoming extinct because people like you continue to push for English and other European language as a tool of education. What happened to ours?
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again whilst expecting a different results.
We need to retrace our steps and develop leaders that trained by our own independent institutions not the ones set up by our colonisers
@@johnblaze816
Love it. There is no European country with an official African language. None! But yet Africans love to speak the oppressors ' languages! It's about time Africans rename everything with European names. There are so many African countries with European names! Is there any European country with an African name? Sad!
Check out Amos Wilson's Falsification of African Consciousness lectures. I think it will help explain the psychological processes that contribute to these issues.
Check out Amos Wilson's Falsification of African Consciousness lectures. I think it will help explain the psychological processes that contribute to these issues.