I agree with Oshay because I have always said that Black Americans created a path for Africans and Caribbean people to come to the United States, but Africans have yet to create a pathway for us as Black Americans to go to Africa nor have Afro-Caribbeans created a pathway for is African-Americans to go to the Caribbean.

African Americans have the highest poverty rates in America.Because they are poor it is impossible for them to help develop Africa .You would have to be rich to build infrastructure like China to help develop Africa.Also America does not help African Americans get out of poverty.America helps other racial groups of people like poor migrant Hispanics get jobs, good housing ,or open up their own stores but America does not help African Americans like that.

Im from the Bronx. I been robbed 3 times in Kampala by the police. 2 times for smoking a cigar in public and 1 time for video recording police on my phone. I couldn't imagine sending money to build uganda with that type of blatant corruption

Yes!!! AFRICAN HAVE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES.

Africa has all the money. They don't need anybody else.... you nailed it Oshay. I'm African and I totally agree with you on this one. I have always said the same thing.

That's a stupid thing to put on the shoulders of a group of people. As an African I totally agree with oshay... The corruption and misuse of money is a thing that has to end first. Heck we are tired ourselves in South Africa for hearing about taxpayer money being flushed down the toilet over here...with not much to show.

Africa is not for the faint-hearted, I know so many Brothers and Sisters who saw the opportunities, took the risk and now thy're thriving.

Imagine telling the child that was thrown away and left for dead being told he has ro come save the woman that threw him away in first place what a Godless world we live in smh

Oshay, I have to put respect on your name. I agree with every word you spoke and every breath you took. I will watch this again.

10:59 the host needs to be professional. Anytime Oshay speaks facts, especially in the defense of AA she looks annoyed. This is not the first or only time I noticed this.

00:34 - Hosts introductions 02:33 - Dr. Umar Johnson's opinion 04:49 - Black America supporting Black businesses 06:29 - Diaspora investments in Africa 07:43 - Push for return to Africa 10:04 - Parity demand for African diaspora 13:08 - Misuse of diaspora investment concerns 15:05 - 'Year of Return' merits discussion 17:08 - Relevance to diaspora generations 19:24 - Diaspora remittance statistics to Nigeria 21:27 - Fears of diaspora dominance unrest 23:48 - African-Americans investing in Africa 26:10 - Questioning responsibility to do good 30:11 - Harnessing opportunities for local Africans 33:16 - Mindset shift towards progress advocacy 36:19 - Self-reflection call, guest introduction 38:00 - Show wrap-up, social media plugs

What happened? All the African governments which used to provide full scholarships + allowances to African students to study abroad in the 60-70s, bankrupted their educational budgets and many of those students stopped returning home once the first round of coups destabilized their countries. So the countries never got the benefit of their skills which the state paid for them to acquire.

So far Oshay is Legit, 15 mins in Legit and Period.

This show continues to evolve in content and production quality. Keep bringing the heat Kenganda. You have something very powerful here.

Dr. Umar is out of touch. Black communities in America need all the help they can get right now. Investing in Africa shouldn't even be on the radar.

Yeah Oshay you broke that shit down broham... But Africa and the diaspora needs to get our shit together on all ends...

There is a reason why African Americans aren't jumping on Sean Combs' bandwagon to support Black businesses. While he has created a lot of great music, as far as the music industry goes he maintained the status quo. The status quo of bad recording contracts. Being an artist is a business, and Combs worked with a lot of Black artists. How many of them did Combs empower and mentor to help their music business thrive? As far as the Black community can see, Combs has never been seen to help anyone but himself and his own family. This may not be the case at all, but it is the perception. So Sean Combs does not come across as that guy who will go to bat for Black businesses. And what is he proposing to do? Make a Black business directory app? Many would say that Comb is not responsible for his artists, but at any time Sean Combs can step up and show that he's sincere about helping Black businesses by first helping those artists who helped him make millions of dollars. He should consider giving those artists a cut of the song publishing and masters that they helped create, or create a fund to support them in their business venture.

Only 9 mins in, I agree Oshay! Many aren't ready to have this discussion though.

The question could be, "Do Africans actually want the help, especially in the way Black American expatriates see help being offered and implemented?" We don't understand African ways nor cultural priorities and the cultural nature doesn't seem to easily integrate those who aren't integral to its identity.

I'm am AA living in Florida. Show was Fiya. Oshay....and your two partners EXCELLENT Job to you all.

Interesting conversation. I like the honesty. You can’t fix what you don’t acknowledge.

I’m an American in law school in South Africa, the Project Pat quote hit different!!! 😂

I had to watch again. Oshay you snatched the crown from Gabs on this one..👍🏿🥲

I love this podcast you guys keep it real. African need to hear this.

Honestly, I wish that African Americans would just work together and build generational wealth here in the US. Everyone else seems to be doing so. We don't support each other. We'd rather make everyone else rich. That's what we've been doing for the past 500 years. Oshay is right. I also will not be visiting any slave castles. No, thank you. My home is not in Africa. No offense to Africans, but my people have suffered enough.

Excellent topic! I don't think Umar has the slightest idea how much research and access to information exists for US investors. So whether it's land, stocks, or business we need real verifiable information. It must be accessible online. The Govt must be stable. Stories about homes,land, etc being challenged after the sale means someone has lost huge money. Oshay you hit the nail on the head with Xenophobia. That's exactly what would happen!!

OSHAY is 100% on point with his assertion! I concur!

I think it’s problematic that only AA’s are being targeted for “investment” in Africa with the assumption that the majority of AA’s do have the money to invest when in fact they do not.

I would love to go back to Africa if it wasn’t for the constant corruption, tribalism, and lack of unity. I can experience that in America where I already have roots vs coming to Africa with nothing and less opportunity.

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Oshay, why those you mentioned could get away with such corruption was because the money stolen are kept in foreign country economy. Such countries government encourage those leaders so as to get access to the country resources.

Oshay was lighting it up w/ intelligent remarks on this episode!

Excellent heat brought to the public. Do it again and again and again.

This conversation was FIRE..a lots of truth was shared here..I just want to say that was somewhat touched on here..This is going to be a long term project between AA & Africans ..with a lots of unlearning & relearning for both groups. With a great commitment for both groups. Lets say at least a hundred years in the making..

I enjoy watching the shows. Kudos. American here looking to set things up for my son in Uganda/Kenya BUT there is absolutely no way to independently buy and own freehold land. I see the prices. I want to buy hectares for his future benefit. Africa is NOT SERIOUS and doesn’t WANT us to return and invest if they have no unencumbered pathway to: 1. Full citizenship on arrival (perhaps with investment minimum) 2. Freehold landownership 3. Visa-free travel and appropriate rights and privileges between and within any country wherein we meet investment minimum requirements. Please address the above issues in a future show and continue to beat the drum for same. [Background: I “own” land in Asia via usufruct that will expire in ~20 years. Usufruct and leaseholds do not cut it. I have spent time in East and West Africa (early 2000s). Eyes open.]

Why should I look to African Americans to build my land? A lot of brothers and sisters are fighting just to survive.

Legendary Oshay … absolutely brilliant

African Americans CAN NOT be blamed for refusing to build Africa. The first question anyone should ask is..what are the business policies put in place to accommodate, protect investment, investors, and make a business strive? Until the right policies and environment are put in place, there will be no major changes in the ways businesses are done or attracted to individual countries in Africa. Yes, Ghana, Kenya, and a few others have done well by coming up with a nice initiative opening their doors to the diaspora but personally, I think they have not gone about it the right way. The initiative has not attracted the right person's and business community these African leaders thought their program will attracted. They African leaders have to start creating the right atmosphere and policies before they will attracted the right business community to come to Africa to invest the kind of huge amount of money to make an impact on any African economy.

Africa have resources, they need infrastructure

This show was fire 🔥 ❤ You must save yourself and fill up your own cup before you can begin to pour into others. 👏🏽👏🏽 Master Gabs! Your guests are always so lovely to watch and learn from. ❤

African Americans can invest in Africa by visiting and spending money. However, to ask them to build Africa isn’t necessarily fair. However, we do need to acknowledge that colonialism replaced further slavery. If we don’t work together African Americans are left vulnerable. African Diaspora do need to go back and invest in their home country.

Excellent Presentation Team! Excellent, it needs to be discussed!👏🏾👏🏾🤷🏾‍♀️😁😎

Fantastic honest talk. Oshay and the crew said it all.

I absolutely love these conversations!

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A great woman Yvette carnell said years ago that if Africa were to give African Americans free visa and free land if we came back to africa, she said we would all be exterminated before the month is over. and she said that the only way she would come back under those conditions is if africa would allow us to have our own military because thats the only way we would survive...

Clip that part when Gabs shouts out Project Pat!!👍🏾

Awesome topic! Great show!

😎Great show guys!! The content was spot on 😎😎🤑🤑

This podcast is amazing.

Can take the African Leader out of poverty, but can't take the hunger out of the African Politicians. 🤑

I think most of us have to let go of the romanticism of leaving and going somewhere and start at home. Spend every dollar you can in your community. Search for trade partners in Africa or the diaspora. Work for the generations to come and plan for succession

Actually, the strength contributions andaccomplishments of African Americans have for too long been underappreciated by Africa and the black and brown world. We went from slavery to the president fought for rights so any color or sexual orientation can come to the USA and get educated amd make money. Far to often the money and opportunity Africans speak of that African Americans have . The struggle that came with it is not acknowledged or appreciated!! Our Ancestors the Original African Americans, indured and educated the next generation to get where we are today! Nothing was given to us we have to fight still to this day. And all an African has to do is find a way over to the states . To benefit from our ancestors blood that was sold and shipped by their ancestors. And african Americans are so forgiving that we dont hold a grudge against Africans... all we ask is that you show us the same love back. We want to help African because it is our ancestors home also but we also demand respect ✊🏿

Investment in Africa can not come in the form of money, it must come through people. Africans in the diaspora need to bring themselves, as friends, teachers, students, restaurant owners, etc develop familiarity, and partnerships

VERY well stated about parity issue OShay💣

Go oshay! Talk that talk bruh!

OSHAy on fire 🔥

The content you are covering speaks volumes about your hopes for the community. No one can say you dont care! Oshay and Kenganda have my vote!

New follow. The conversation is so real.

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 😂 Shout out to Master Gabs and that project pat reference.

I agree 100%. If you do too well in Africa they will create rules to take what you have, or take what you have built out right. This is a fact. 😢

Great show wonderful people. I spoke this some time back about Africa making laws their Parliament or any system they have, to drastically punish those in leadership or business that intentionally steal from their people they are supposed to be caring for and dealing with honestly. There needs to be severe punishment.!!!

I love when o shay is honest and stops the politicking. All we are asking for is reciprocity

wow oshay was on fire!!

I love this show

thank you a lot brother for mentioning Sani Abacha and Ibrahim Babaginda for billions of dollars they looted from the Nigeria treasury with no repercussions till today ! Imagine the huge development and the dividends that comes with it if that money had been invested in the nation instead. and its not just those two its pretty much all of the leaders we have had in Nigeria such a bad luck! Nigeria is a country where the good people because of their inactions have allowed bad people to blossom.

O'Shea is absolutely right about Africa helping themselves. Leaders must support their people. Diasporans can help but Africans must do the initial heavy lifting.

GREAT INFORMATION.

The trust and good will amongst us has to begin somewhere! Yes there are scammers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean...those on the continent and those in the Diaspora...this is sad, yet true! But again building the trust has to start somewhere! @ Joanita

I’m the words of Elijah Muhammad “build your own nation” Africans need to build Africa!! Stop going to other countries and build ya own country.

Loving the conversations ❤, from Jamaica 🇯🇲

Brother Oshay, dude you're brilliant in this commentary. You've found you niche' Keep grinding.👍🏽

Identifying the problems is step one of the process. Step two is consensus that it’s in the interest of both parties to pursue this mission and commitment to do the work for mutual benefit. Where there is a will there is a way. Step 3 is putting heads together to find solutions and execute .

Progressive African countries need to setup something to make it mutually beneficial for thr best and brightest African Americans to come and help give their input on building African countries. First should be infrastructure to move industry across the continent.

This a real school men we have learn a lot thank you kenganda squad

Oshay you hit the nail on the head.

I love this show and I love the hosts! Keep up the great work! Love you guys! I have traveled back and forth to Sierra Leone and Ghana and I always have a great time when traveling to the continent! My husband is Sierra Leonean and has with roots in Mali. I've done my genealogy and my roots are Aniyunwiya and Blackfoot (Indigenous American). I love to see the Diaspora uniting and I absolutely love the beautiful continent of Africa!

I once heard everything seems impossible until its done.

UMAR is talking about the black dollar was spent on Asian hair shops,Jewish shops,Arab shops,Indian shops,and white shops. Blacks don't be many things from Africa or black shops in the USA.

Very good talk

It would take a million of us from America to connect with a million brothers and sisters in Africa to even start to build a viable working environment model

Thank you, Thank you. I've been circling back to this point in almost every pod cast. I "stay" in Uganda, I cannot say that I live here. Without some level of parity as in citizenship or right to abode. Im not investing in $#!+ that I cant pick up and take with me or allow it to wither on the vine after I leave.

Oshay is a deep thinker and is right about the strategy we need as a people

Africa will be built without the diasporians anyway, and that is what has been happening before those outside Africa start to open their eyes to see that African economy's can grow too.

I also want to mention: African countries’ land office records are a hot mess. Sort that nonsense out and make scam and graft-free citizenship and freehold landownership possible. Build that and we will come for our 40 acres.

Oshay was spot on in his opening monologue.

I totally agree with you, as a Liberian I give you 3 yeses for your observation of African leaderships

This is what I (I'm not an anomaly) want to know. What kind of businesses are in demand? What kind of professions? What skills?

Black Americans can't save Africa....when they start making laws easier for us to come back home then we should invest🤷🏾‍♂️ I invested in tanzania but they have not made my transition easy so🤷🏾‍♂️

Thanks for giving some insights on Uganda. I wasn’t aware of that. Have to look into that. Good insights. Bobi Wine is in the US.

I love Oshay. Period. Dr Umarr just be talking to be able to feel himself sometimes. I love the facts Oshay detailed on the challenges that exist…corruption and as he stated the lack of parity.

Kenyan here. I love you guys for your great debates. I do not like the words "support Africa, help build Africa", etc. As the AA guy says, Africa has the wealth. We all know, stealing by the political class and some African elite in cahoot with criminal cartels and foreign corporations are the problems. This makes Africa difficult to invest in due above including corruption. This distorts the free market making it difficult for AAs to invest as a block. In the short term, they may, however, invest like any diaspora for profit, which in turn supports economic development. In the long term, Africa is charting its development path through creative destruction as evidenced in the new wave of kicking France out of Africa. Go go Africa and chart your own path.

Original Americans (brothas n sistas) need to focus on building our own home where we from….

Oshay spitting bars,I can't disagree with anything he said

WOW!!!! What an important conversation and Oshay is right on the money. We need to have a realistic conversation, and not an idealistic conversation. The first thing that MUST happen, is CITIZENSHIP for the diaspora. When that happens, I will know that Africa is serious about its diaspora children.

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This program is very informative but a few things need to be addressed… Oshay, please remember that those old African leaders who stole millions of dollars from their people had foreign European banks enabling them. Those old politicians didn’t save their loot in local banks but overseas in Swiss and other western banks. These European foreign bank could’ve reported the theft to their governments but they didn’t. Politicians stealing still goes on but much fewer and the amounts are smaller. Africa’s development was stifled since independence because they relied on exporting raw materials as the Europeans intentionally didn’t build any manufacturing industries so that African countries would be self-reliant. After independence African countries found out industries that use local raw materials were very expensive to build…by design. It’s not entirely fair to compare Asian countries to African countries after independence. But the point could be made that African countries were complacent and could’ve still tried to build these manufacturing industries. But it’s not too late. Lastly, African countries are developing, with or without African Americans’ help. African countries are among the world fastest growing economies in the world. It’s more incumbent on AAs and other diasporans to come back to the continent and help to achieve the global power that Africa so desperately needs.

Oshay spittin'

I agree that AA have no obligation to build Africa. It's too much to ask them to basically fund Africa. There is a risk to investment everywhere but Africas is higher. A more logical approach is for willing AA to take advantage in making their own investments in the continent. Lamenting about Africa and people from other races are making money in Africa is a loss to AA.

I’ve watched videos about African Americans being scammed out of land . AA can’t buy land only lease it and the owner can decide to take it back at anytime because it’s their land . There is a video of a building being destroyed because the owner sold the land for a Chinese hotel and he had 53 years left on his lease. He couldn’t do anything but take a loss because he didn’t own the land .