what the from the freedom from
after the victory of the colonial powers
it was then propagated at our very own
African states would then grow into age
of wild force piety have more than forty
years now where do we stand
truly the prosperity was so forth
propagated for a continent has not come
into power if it comes for anything some
of our African states are actually in a
was aggravated state then they were
doing the crow appeared deaf I ask you
as the generation here today
are you seriously living a life greater
than that of our ancestors this sounds
quite a dilemma today the height of
tribalism is greater than ever before in
the past our African ancestors United in
the goal for independence putting aside
the different tribal identities so they
could achieve the common goal of
Independence
however today this very lines of
tribalism is what divides our African
society take for example our Kenyan
nation the pioneers of our independence
Jomo Kenyatta Dedan Kumasi or Gingold
Inga Tom Boyer and Hari Foucault all
people of different tribal identities
but in their quest for freedom of our
land they put this very identity to the
side to achieve the free and
non-discrimination that will so live in
today then take a look across our
borders you can see that we have
experienced what only eight years ago
was our Kenyan nation on the brink of
Civil War then across our borders we
look at the country of Somalia I’m sure
you all know the situation right now
this is a but a few stories the Central
African Republic
DRC Congo Ethiopia Nigeria it have this
story to tell all stories of how
tribalism is routing issues in the
society now over the last two decades
the African countries have been devoted
towards removing outer cuts and
promoting multi-party politics well in
the absence to build genuine political
parties that compete on the basis of
ideas towards a better nation
and the batter Africa’s a home we have
instead look towards tribal identities
as the foundation for political
competition nevertheless I believe hope
is still alive the 1994 Rwandan genocide
pays testament to this an article
published by the Guardian newspaper
entitled 20 years after the genocide
dwande raised a beacon of hope
highlights how the country’s undergone
an 8 percent per annum economic growth
investment has tripled since the Year
2005 malaria later deaths have decreased
by 85 percent and the amount of children
dying before the fifth birthday has more
than half truly Rwanda sends the path
for all other African countries with the
flip of a coin apik has put itself on
the map with innovations such as m-pesa
as of March 2016 the mobile transfer
software clocked a twenty seven point
one increase in global users across
Africa Asia and Europe however is this
enough pride for us Africans to cling on
to doing the recently concluded Rio
Olympics that I’m sure many of you
watched it was a stylistic kanya to see
how many of our very own athletes had
announced their Kenyan citizenship to
lead countries or of non African states
now one of the implications of this I
mean how did this so easily denounce
their African citizenship four countries
are no even though of their own I mean
is there something wrong with our
African countries I mean how don’t they
have pride in being African now as you
all know Africa is known for its
dominance in track events and the
long-distance events but if our talent
has been poached what does it mean for
us
does it mean that the next time you
watch in Olympics the only thing you’ll
be seeing is our very own African born
athletes upon the podium with medals but
not standing up to our national flags or
to our national anthems but instead
those of other non African nations other
non African states now the trend is
apparent if you pay attention to the red
circle you can see that in the whole of
Bahrain’s Olympic history every medal
won has been won by the African born at
least
therefore I ask if it’s not athletics
then what do we have as our identity
maybe it’s no traditions or maybe it’s
in or tourism and wildlife sector have a
still to this very identities still
exist the touch
take for example tourism tourism has
been hit hard by terrorism the East
African coast is now unfavorable to
international tourists who’d rather
visit the Caribbean where there’s
greater safety the take tribalism again
tabali ISM still roots issues to the
tourism sector for example in 2015
tribal clashes broke out between the
Maasai and the collagen in our County
which hosts the world’s best game pack
according to the World Travel Awards
Masai Mara again
poaching is hot on the heels of our
African elephants as of this year
105 metric tons of ivory was set ablaze
what a hundred million dollars now the
real implication of this is that this
105 metric tons of ivory represents
about 6,000 to 7,000 dead elephants then
we take a look onto our traditions every
day when I go to school I pass by a
woman who is always dressed in this
attire I have been privileged for the
last four months to attend an Asian
dominated school this right here is a
lehenga Anatoly now over this four
months it has been a standing – sister
how culture from such an intricate part
of their daily life for the first few
times when I saw this woman dressed in
this attire I wondered I mean couldn’t
she keep up with the latest trends in
the fashion days
but on deeper realization it came to me
the only reason she was this everyday
was because of the deep pride she had
for Indian high-touch we challenged me
to look within myself and see what did I
have to show for the African my African
heritage and which is my question to you
what do you have to show for the Ithaca
within you
therefore if this realities of
corruption tribalism loss of pride and
loss of hatred a part and parcel of the
society we so live in then what are we
as the
you’d sit here today and outside there
bring about it and is there any
potential that through our actions we
can actually deliver Africa integrative
edge if you ask me a thousand times yes
in 2000 while recognizing magazine The
Economist releases the cover magazine
entitled the hopeless continent this is
after looking at Africa’s economic
growth for the previous ten years it was
only 2% in 2012 the same magazine
releases a new cover magazine page
entitled Africa rising this is after
Africa undergoes of 5.5% economic growth
further in the same magazine in an
article Easter entitled Africa’s hopeful
economies the Sun shines brighter
highlights how Nigeria cements icon or
liquid on water is not the richest black
person alive overtaking Oprah Winfrey it
also goes on to suggest how countries
such as Ghana Mozambique and Ethiopia
among as the world fastest growing
economies economists further belief but
by the year 2050 Africa could move from
a two trillion dollar economy to 29
trillion dollar economy that means by
the year 2050
Africa could have the net value was more
than Europe and America combined in
today’s currencies however as much as we
talk about the potential for Africa this
potential can only be realized as us the
youth seated here today realize our
potential to change this continent
Julianna who teach based testing money
to this the Rihanna who teaches a
current executive director of big lodge
and the co-founder of Shahidi
hard together with a team set up what is
called the brick now the brick is a
hardware device that enables you to stay
connected to the internet even when
power goes out or so knowingly happens
in our continent it does this by
connecting you to the newest GSM network
now this innovation shows the product
when Africans are no longer global
consumers of solutions but rather
creators which is my vision for each and
every one of you if each and every one
of us here is able to generate solution
to alleviate the problems within our
social economic fabrics then the
advancement of this continent will be a
thousand times faster than it is today
for Juliana Hanna team
she has driven Africa towards the global
digital revolution so therefore I ask
you and you and you and you oh and you
back there what are you doing today –
father this continent finally as I
finish my purpose here today was not
trying to but the content put at the
about Africa because it is true but
rather to provide a changed mindset as
to how our continent is see instead of
intoxicating the world on what is so
wrong with our continent why not offer
them the interesting establishments we
have to offer and that’s the next
generation of Africans work to alleviate
the problems we face as a present
African society in the words of Nelson
Mandela sometimes it falls upon a
generation to be gauged you can be that
great generation let your greatness
blossom I believe as the youth seated
here today if we cultivate our minds and
our skills we can deliver Africa into a
greater age thank you [Applause]