26/05/2026
Africa Day
Africa Day is a day when Namibia and Africa commemorate the commitment of Africans to free themselves and to foster financial, economic, cultural and scientific emancipation. Africa Day means unity, coexistence and continental integration.
Africa Day remains important. The world is globalising and thus the continent needs to continentalise. Africa is the future. It has the youngest population and strategic resources needed to fuel the world economy. People who are pessimistic about Africa are influenced by the prevalence of corruption, wars, patronage, ignorance, disease, unemployment and poverty. Africa needs to promote peace, good governance and pro-poor social welfare policies.
Africa Day is a noble day. The GenZs have a limited political memory on the African vision. What needs to be done is to promote the day through cultural festivals, panel discussions, workshops, conferences and expos. The day should be captured in the education syllabus, media, and government programmes.
The priority for Africa is economic development, good governance, peace and security, investment in health, education, human capital development, research and development, innovation, institutional capacity building and pro-poor budgeting.
There remains a need to celebrate Africa Day. The day is important to decolonise the African mind and to foster continental unity and integration.
On the economic front, Africa should pursue a mixed economy, promote value addition and sustainable development, invest in technical skills and technology, invest in sme development and continental and industry value chaining. African young captains of industry should seize opportunities offered by the Africa Free Continental Trade Agreement by identifying needs in the market, acquire assembly line or 3D technology equipment and add value to our lithium, gold, diamonds, cocoa, coffee, tea, fruits, herbs, roots, fish, crops etc. Entrepreneurship is the missing link. Governments should create a conducive environment for business to thrive. Business opportunitied are boundless. Entrepreneurs should innovate, replicate and adapt winning ideas, conduct market research with cashflow projections to ascertain market feasibility, viability and acceptability, set up a business, get funding, partner up with investors, register a company, sett up a team and implement a business project locally, nationally, continentally or globally.
Africa should also amplify servanthood leadership, promote democracy, accountability, transparency, integrity, media freedoms, reduce the cost of doing business, promote the ease of doing business and invest in infrastructure, fishery, tourism, agriculture and manufacturing.
A body is greater than its parts. A body should move in synergy and be in harmony. Africa is a geopolitical area which needs to appreciate prioritise peace, security and stability. Africans have much in common with each other in terms of history, culture, languages, and ideology and a shared vision. Hence Africa unite.
Concerning current developments in South Africa, we are witnessing Afrophobia fueled by vigilantes. Mobs are highjacking institutions, policies and systems and creating anarchy. South Africa is part of Africa. She trades and invest in Africa. 5% of the population which are foreigners cannot be blamed for poverty and unemployment in South Africa. Mobs are scapegoating innocent people. On the contrary the system should deal with the undocumented immigrants and criminals who ought to be dealt with through the rule of law.
The time is now for Africa to Unite. Africa should maintain focus and accelerate realisation of the Africa We Want. Africa should also seek Christ to obtain eternal quantum leap spiritual blessings.
