Andrew Mwenda: Let's take a new look at African aid

[@senyonjohn]

What an informed ,eloquent and articulate bunch of a Mutooro intellectual. Tooro is proud of you

[@vineethvijayan3315]

This has got to rank among the very best videos I have seen on African Investment Scene. If any of you have suggestions for similar, please do share or let us know.

[@davidkawooya5937]

Mwenda, I didn’t know u speak so much sense. I think people in some quarters are trying to demonise u but am enjoying yo speeches . Come across as fair and balanced. Keep it up educating Africans plz. Thank you

[@ghanboy]

Very captivating speaker. My eyes were glued to the screen for a while.

[@manmanhane308]

Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for life. The world is slowing begining to see very bright minds in Africa. TED is doing a greate job in this effort =)

[@rahmamassawe7746]

Arguably One of the best Ted Talks ever!

[@LOVELYBEKESO1]

He changed his tune...he nolonger sings the same song. He is amo g the abusers of Ugandans democracy. He serves the junta, the nepotism is paramount in Uganda today than never before.

[@zenalaus]

TED started out in Monterey, California, but expanded to at least a couple of other cities in the U.S. & also expanded to TED Global. I am almost certain this speech/talk took place in Tanzania at a 'TED Global' event - not in California.

[@luizcadu]

This speech is brilliant because his point is so obvious, yet so hard for rich nations to perceive! By the way, aren't Libia, Tunisia and Egypt more prosperous than Botswana? Cheers from Brazil!

[@DOUGLASBALIKUDDEMBE]

I loved the way you analysed issues. You made good research. Big up country man

[@MsKingwa]

Loved this, the energy, the conviction, the message, totally on point!

[@LOVELYBEKESO1]

Come to Uganda today and see if he is still the same person critiquing the same government he serves. Unfortunately he is one of the mafia abusing the intrigrity of the Ugandan people.

[@af9493]

Cogently expressed! What Mr. Mwenda is saying is not new, but I've never heard it expressed this well. I still believe there are intelligent ways of doing development work that don't involve direct transfer payments from governments in the West to those in the developing world. Fostering Civil Society in these countries is also a necessary step in creating a sustainable future.

[@Thefreedomspeaker1604]

Indeed bro Andrew mwenda u are our African intellectual am too proud of u

[@bernagurning]

Andrew Mwenda, this is a great speech!!!

[@faithmhandu5235]

Incredible. Thank you Mr Mwenda.

[@vincechipatuka6489]

Andrew Mwenda you are a great speaker. Good speech.

[@kasulebriankalule2129]

This short presentation is more intellentually engrained than the discussions that go on at the AU and UN Summits.

[@shanitakwikiriza7636]

Gone are the days when MWENDA WAS STILL SENSIBLE. NOW IS THE MOST NUISANCE UGANDAN

[@omar7amdi]

Thanks wonderful presentation

[@taeightae6438]

amazing, i love the self belief he is encouraging for us africans

[@moodys4923]

Good job Mwenda -

[@insanelycreative]

This is relevant to all developing countries, not only in Africa but also Asia as well.

[@keyse091]

@luizcadu I too at first thought he said that education doesn't create wealth. But when I read between the lines, I know what he means by that. Aid-supported education system is quite shallow and negligible, almost exclusively at primary level. That type of education is not enough to create the wealth required to uplift a country. At the end, he says, "support the research institutions,' which of course is a typical education system that starts from the primary to higher productive one.

[@zenalaus]

Why? You said you bet Andrew Mwenda was (not) invited to any other TED conferences but you didn't say why. He gave a very interesting speech & he's a good, engaging speaker. Whether it was accurate & thorough about everything I do not know, but the subject is a huge subject to cover in only 19 minutes. He himself is an African & the subject/dialogue should have input from Africans, so it seemed this was a contribution to the dialogue whether some would disagree with some of what he said or not.

[@LOVELYBEKESO1]

What he discussed on this platform then is totally different on whst he is doing or speaking today. He is one of the cartels enjoying the taxpayers money. He is up to mo good .

[@edgarmuganzi9533]

Great intellect

[@tukuwatchdog421]

Mwenda is a genius

[@cuttiesx]

I totally agree with you, the ongoing Economic Partnership Agreements btwn EU and Africa demands African countries to open upto 90% of their markets for EU products. The foreign investors will be allowed to invest as much as they can in the countries, this is very damaging coz EU is a rich block and the African investors cannot compete with them at the moment.

[@geoffreysemaganda]

I dont know this guy but I like what he said. Watch it.

[@joseornelas1718]

Ghanas plan is the best. Bikes to Ghana is a great program. Dambisa Moyo book backs him up.

[@HuggumsMcgehee]

"Creating wealth". God I love this guy.

[@LOVELYBEKESO1]

You won't believe what he turned into...a mafia serving the junta.

[@crudhousefull]

Absolutely incredible.

[@motosana1]

Spot on brother - cracked me up!

[@EmmieRoxx]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with helping people. It's good that you want to help people, just make sure you know what you're doing. Africa does not need charity. Sending their governments billions of dollars doesn't do anything. What they need is investment.

[@powerhouseinco9664]

As Africans, we are good at shifting blame away from the real problem. Foreign aid is not the problem, why? Because it has worked in South Korea, Israel, Singapore, etc. The case isnt the same in Africa because of corruption, incomptence, among other reasons!!

[@MsAuthenticite]

Touché!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@HuggumsMcgehee]

@estorpai I highly doubt Bono is intentionally doing evil. That's the thing that so many people miss, but it's one of the most important things we need to recognize when solving problems. It's oftentimes the most well-intentioned people who help create and perpetuate senseless evil and destruction. We often fail to remember that intentions are just thoughts in your head. Unless you have psychic powers, your thoughts have NO effect on the physical world. Only your actions for good or for bad.

[@Jotto999]

Shut it, Bono. Mwenda is right on.

[@Ndondiafrika254]

12 year later.... nothing has changed

[@mrreman]

Very interesting. Among many of his great points, he's so right in that what we see here in North America from the medias coverage of Africa is Only about Famine and Aids and sympathetic positions. Such a weak view of Africa.

[@LOVELYBEKESO1]

He changed the tune...he is a beneficiary of the aids money today. Its so unfortunate that what you hear from him on this TED platform is totally different with what he is doing or speaking today.

[@NubianBeatslive]

Why can't TED organize a debate between some of these corrupt African leaders, the world bank, and some of these thinkers African thinkers? It would be interesting.

[@LatinoInsurgent]

very enlightening

[@elywananda]

I love the way Ugandans seem to pronounce "important" as "impoNtant"! My cousins do that all the time!! Lol. But back to serious issues. The brother makes some very good points.

[@mattdathew2794]

well, u caught me there, I had actually never thought about my impoNtant pronunciation of it

[@shakkamusa2366]

Africa has so many intelligent and talented people, yet none of them are in politics. Why is that?

[@randomguy3080]

Who was he quoting at 5:10 I couldn't understand the name he said

[@goPistons06]

@shussey100 i've read that your country has improved much over the years, it does well in international rankings of economic growth and freedom. is this progress visible? are the poor better off? i'm from chile, and i'm curious about countries that go from statist policies to free market oriented ones.

[@DouradaBambina]

Poverty Inc. documentary brought me here

[@matsikonorman4510]

well said andrew.

[@aan3]

@Janusha The old argument that Europeans and Africans have different IQs will not help the situation it will just anger people. African countries should do what China and Japan did study the economies of other nations, invest in human capital, private investment, research institutions within African countries as the speaker says in the video. Here's a workable idea hire local citizens and train them in specializations not just for the short term but the long term.

[@afroblack1000]

I Like this guy

[@paradoxicalcold]

so true

[@talemwalawrence1256]

Mweenda you really mwenda yawe

[@haeml6959]

This is when Andrew was objective, nowadays he works full time for the son of the president. The same president he was talking about back then wants his son to take over from him and that's who Andrew decided to work for. Just for comparisons Uganda now has 557 member s of parliament, more than 300 presidential advisors, and more than 300 semi autonomies bodies which all have directors, commissioners etc. Things have become extremly worse

[@globalmarket306]

True

[@ThePiachu]

Country that developed because of generosity of people outside of it - Vatican.

[@LusoCMD]

even if Public Administration was 2% of population these are the numbers: 2% of population = 618 000 618000 / 690 Billions UGX = 1 116 504 UGX per P.Admin. person 1 116 504 UGX = 587 U.S. Dollars

[@doroteya11]

Good eloquence...poorly constructed facts. I guess, Mwenda is driven by the ambition to give Africa a better face...he says only six countries are in civil war, he doesn't say that many are bedridden with bad leadership, corruption. He also contradicts himself. For instance, he says, sending someone to school will not create wealth. But he goes ahead to say that knowledge is an important part of wealth creation. I have no doubt that his speaking engagement is organized as a result of aid!

[@sphynxalive]

@Janusha That is flase friend. That may have been how they were initially decided but if that was true then many Caribbean countries should be considered 2nd world. The first second and thrid world titles now are connected with the level of development and political bias as well as trade relations with the so called "1st world" countries. What you say flies in the face of america being considered a first world country today.

[@a.mangla78]

awesome

[@orbik_fin]

I just wish he could talk slower, and in a more "neutral" accent. But everything I could understand, I totally agreed with. Rich countries give aid to African countries just to look good and are not interested in actually improving human lives there.

[@luizcadu]

@keyse091 I see what you mean. Thanks for the info. Cheers!

[@luizcadu]

The guy is dead on. The only point in which I don't agree with him is that education does not create wealth. You gotta have a good education in order to be a good, efficient, competitive worker, which will attract investment and wealth to you.

[@sphynxalive]

@Janusha The majority of empirical studies on the matter of racial differences in Brain size suggest that blacks have larger brains than do others groups. Brain sizes vary considerably within any species, but this variation is not usually related to intelligence. It correlates loosely with body size: large people have larger brains as a result, women on average will have smaller brains than men. However, this does not indicate that the level of male intelligence is higher than female

[@omoibile]

@thepiachu : Vatican is a city of a country ITALY

[@amirpaykari5576]

من امیر پایکاری متولد 1361 از تهران پایتخت ایران هستم نکته بسیار جالی است که در مورد بلند شدن قد و قوی شدن فرزندان دلبندتان در سن رشد جسمی و دوم قوی شدن عصبهای بدن که موجب سلامتی اندامها بدن است را در هر سنی که هستید میخواهم به شما بگویم ببینید انسانهای نخستین که وسایل سرمایشی و گرمایشی نداشتند چطور میشد که از انسانهای امروزی قویتر بودند و بلند قدتر بودند امروزی ما در حالت طبیعی همیشه بدنمان را در شرایط معمولی آب و هوایی قرار میدهیم ولی در زمانهای قدیم ( انسانهای نخستین ) مردم کار بدنی میکردند و عرق میریختند و بر اثر بادی که میوزید برای بخارشدن عرق بدنشان گرمای هوا از بدن گرفته می شد و دوباره خورشید می تابید و عصبهای بدن گرم میشد و در شب هنگام در آن دوران عصبهای بدن دوباره سرد میشد و همین سرد و گرم شدن عصبهای بدن به گونه ای که توضیح خواهم داد باعث تنومند شدن آنها میشد وقتی عصبهای بدن گرم میشود عصبها منبسط میشود و مواد غذایی توسط عصبهای بدن بلعیده میشود و وقتی که عصبهای بدن سرد میشود مواد غذایی حرکت برعکس را در عصبها انجام نمیدهد نمیدهد نمیدهد و خلاصه براثر فشاری که به پوسته عصبها می آید جذب بدن میشود و عصبهای بدن قوی و با طول بیشتر میشود واندامهای بدن قویتر میشود خلاصه اگر انسانها باعث بیماری میشوند به علت ضعف در دستگاه عصبی بدن است و خلاصه کودکان و نوجوانان و جوانان و همه انسانهای کره زمین برای اینکه بتوانند در کمترین مدت زمان این انقباض و این انبساط را در دستگاه عصبی بدن داشته باشند باید در موقع حمام گرفتن ابتدا از آب در حد توان جسمیتان گرم استفاده کنید و کامل خودتان را با آب بسیار گرم شستشو دهید و بعد از آن عصبهای بدن که منبسط شد و خون بدن به طور کامل غذا را به عصبهای اندامهای بدنتان رسانده شد آن وقت در پایان به مدت پنج دقیقه از آب در حد توان بدنتان سرد سرد استفاده کنید اینگونه عصبهای بدنتان منقبض میشود و تمام غذای وارد شده به داخل عصبهای بدنتان ابتدا جذب اندامها میشود و مابقی که میماند باعث میشود که پوست رویی عصبها کشیده شده و بزرگ می شود و بعد از گذر مدتی باعث تنومند شدن شما در هر سن و سالی میشود و خیلی از غده های زائد در سنین شما در بدنتان به وجود نخواهد آمد و خلاصه یک اعصاب آهنی پیدا میکنید خواهش میکنم گرسنگان جهان به ایران بیایند و با انجام کارهای باغبانی و ساختمانی بهترین زندگی را بکنند

[@daugtherofzion369]

raw material in Africa is too expensive for the west, plus the electronic production is a money making machine in the west and china so the civils wars that is giving them access to the raw material they need on cheap price by founding wars in an African country like RDC.CONGO by exchanging mine for weapons . the west cant play by the rules africa will be too rich for them to accept.

[@lusaka99]

@Janusha it is sorry

[@HuggumsMcgehee]

@bluecafe22 Yeah. We Americans seem to want to treat Africa like our ward rather than a potential equal partner. Not. Helping.

[@filmsetudiantscinema]

Oups, je me rend tout simplement compte que de l’Afrique centrale à l'afrique de l'Est, loin de tomber dans le piège de l'histoire unique dont parlait Chimanda Adichie dans sa présentation: Le danger d'une histoire unique, l’Afrique entière souffre d'un mal, que seul la multiplication de Leader, peut Soigner. Car pou moi, Opposition égale Proposition. lors un seul Mot: Leaders Africains Levons Nous, créons encore plus de plateformes comme TED, Réalisons des films, agissons dans la société, soyons solidaires Et, Et nous réussirons à changer les Mentalités

[@j0hnc00]

@Janusha no arguments there since excuses for our humiliation in the eyes of outsiders are cheap and pathetic. But regardless I'm actually in favor of eugenics and social engineering (if you've seen some of the zeitgeist videos, they mention the mouse experiment were nurture can offset some genes (not all times though)). Anyway we do have Africans at genius levels to source from and sure we might be late to the revolution but we will be there and it is coming

[@Scaredycat1963]

J. G. Kelley brought me here

[@ridim2007]

5 star

[@Mrsirajabdullah71]

@omoibile alhumdiallah I am greattttt!!!!!

[@AfricanThinker86]

@larredgar Africa could be better than the US or Europe.

[@mattdathew2794]

Yeah, the donor depiction of Africa is true, it's full of poverty, hunger, poor infrastructure, hopelessness etc. But if they were interested in improving it, they give the money to NGO to do the job, not corrupt idiots

[@sutrkane]

The NGOs are corrupt too bro; they want funding from tax dollars and donations so their organization will stay afloat.

[@Rensune]

@atomicdogg34 On Point!

[@omoibile]

@Mrsirajabdullah71 : Thank you darling, I can see you are.. How are you?

[@sekatterobert8734]

this was the sane Mwenda! be4 getting corrupted by the regime!

[@___19965]

Mwenda still holds these beliefs... He has had soft spot for the regime but his beliefs on aid remain intact.

[@___19965]

Mwenda still holds these beliefs... He has had soft spot for the regime but his beliefs on aid remain intact.

[@LusoCMD]

18% of Agricultural population = 18 Billion is just a joke 18 Billion divided by 5,562,000 = 3236 Uganda Shillings 3236 Uganda shillings = 1.70 US Dollars per person

[@babajamon304]

Booker T. Washington reborn

[@NewRealityForAfrica1]

Africa new cultural revolution. Why do we have names like Andrew and Elizabeth, names of our natural enemies

[@amirpaykari5576]

من امیر پایکاری متولد 1361 هجری شمسی از تهران پایتخت ایران هستم میخواستم مطلبی راجع به زمینهای حاصلخیزی که در آب و هوای خشک قرار دارند بگویم اگر شما برای رشد دادن گیاهانی که ریشه آنچنان بلندی ندارند مثل پرورش نهالهای درخت وبرخی بوته ها درزمین کشاورزی نیاز به آب فراوان دارند ما میتوانیم تا یک عمقی تا چند متر ازسطح به داخل زمین چیزی مانند قیر و گونی و یا آسفالت را بسازیم و دقیقا مانند سرعت فروکش کردن آب در مناطق مرطوب زمین در آسفالت مورد نظر سوراخهای کوچک قرار دهیم و اینگونه میتوانیم خیلی از گیاهان خوراکی که آب فراوان نیاز دارند را در جاهای خشک زمین برویانیم اینگونه در مناطق خشکسالی شده میتوانیم گیاهانی را برویانیم که آب فراوان نیاز دارند به اینگونه گندم نیازمندترین چیزی است که باید کاشته شود و در درجه دوم هر گیاهی که نیاز بود کاشته شود در ضمن با ایجاد اختلاف دما در ساعتهای معین شبانه روزدر گلخانه ها هر نوع گیاهی را رشد دهیم فقط این اختلاف دما به طور طبیعی و آرام بیست و چهار ساعت یک دفعه است ولی شما ( نیروهای کشاورزی ) باید در گلخانه ها چند بار این اختلاف دما را ایجاد کنیم ولی خوب به فصل بهار نگاه کنید بارندگی میشود و باد می وزد و با بخارشدن آب ازروی اجزای بیرونی درخت باعث سرد شدن رگهای کل درخت میشود بعد از آن آفتاب می تابد و دوباره گیاه قبل از تمام شدن روز گرم میشود و این بارشها و بخارشدن در فصل بهار موجب رویش بیشتر گیاه در فصل بهار میشود و درفصل تابستان به علت نبود بارندگی و اختلاف دما نشدن کمتر رویش گیاه کمتر میشود واین رابدانید که آب در گیاه حرکت برگشت به سمت عکس جهت رشدش راندارد ندارد و با اقباض گیاه در سرمای هوای شب پوست گیاه کشیده میشود و رشد میکند و وقتی گیاه منقبض میشود آب درون خود را برگشت نمیکند در جاهایی از جهان ممکن است باد بوزد ولی بارندگی کم باشد اگر خاک منطقه مناسب است سریع شروع به کاشتن به این شیوه نیروهای کشاورزی کنند تا قیمت مواد غذایی با زیاد شدنش در بازار ها کم شود اینگونه ارز نیاز را به کشورتان را بیاورید تا با همت درست عدالت دوره امام زمان (ع ) را در این زمانه بچشید خواهشمندم کشورهای مختلف با هم نجنگند ولی از خود دفاع بکنند خوب است بدانید در منطقه جنوب دریای خزر ایران به علت اینکه رطوبت در روی برگها و شاخه ها است و باد که میوزد برای بخارشدن آب گرما را از سطح برگ میگیرد مرتب دمای گیاه گرم و سرد میشود و رویش گیاهان چندین برابر میشود خواهشمندم با یک لایه آسفالت در زیر زمین کشاورزی که با چند سوراخ کوچک در آن است جلوی این گرسنگی و تلف شدن مردم جهان را بگیرید خواهش میکنم گرسنگان جهان به ایران بیایند و با انجام کارهای ساختمانی و باغبانی بهترین زندگی را بکنند

[@TMayai]

MartinBormannIsAlive: The speaker is right. Unfortunately, the economies you referenced did not grow as a result of aid; they emerged out of things he emphasized--adoption of aggressive market policies that have nothing to do with aid. Read Easterly's work...

[@Mrsirajabdullah71]

@omoibile ahhh! my dear told you I would behave lol

[@julunorman1924]

The speaker is now supporting the government he was blaming. By the way Uganda is now doing worse than that today despite aid being poured. I like his speech though.

[@Mr.Noizcats]

😂😂😂🎉❤

[@sphynxalive]

@Janusha I never gave you any sources of my information btw. So far it has been your opinion against mine but I'm willing to bet that most intelligent white/black/asian people doing the research themselves will more likely agree with me. Probably 95% as you seem to like using random percentages. By your own words I think yodu would be classified with those who thought the earth was flat. Like them you have one no research and probably have never studied a natural science beyond high school.

[@Sivels]

This guy sounds like an austrian economist.

[@zenalaus]

Colonialism hurt Africa, but you're 2 stuck on the idea of what people thought years ago & stuck on the idea that wanting 2 help someone is 'evil' & it means helpers think the people they want 2 help are "unintelligent" & "non self-sufficient." That's 2 simplistic. What about love & caring? Ireland would not be at peace if U.S. President Clinton didn't help them. What's wrong with helping people? NOTHING. & different countries have different weather/climate, so drought happens more some places.

[@nicosmind3]

Well this talk was a mini-skirt :P

[@alexanderkiiza]

Andrew Mwenda! what happened then?

[@sphynxalive]

@Janusha Instead of talking about fairy tales like evolution out of Africa (It is a very imaginative theory and has no proof to base it on) why not focus on the socio economic factors that influence intelligence? That is not withstanidn the fact that most race based IQ tests usually favour the race of the scientists performing the experiments anyway. Did you know that the largest brain sizes were from the native Australians? Also DNA has yet to show any relevance in the IQ of an anyone

[@bintikenya]

I don't like the sexist joke about mini-skirts he makes at the end of his one sided speech.

[@pita.music-original]

Then he himself became a sycophant.

[@Sivels]

@MartinBormannIsAlive idiocy alert

[@Overkill7200]

boi

[@mutesah]

What a disgrace that this man has was given this platform

[@mutesah]

The day I saw this thing in on TED was the time I cancelled my subscription

[@LOVELYBEKESO1]

It's a shame to see the very person on TED platform talking sense being the very person being a useful idįøt today in the junta government of Yoweri Tibahaburwa Museveni enjoying the taxpayers money. Idi Amin's government built a great revenue than the junta government of 36 years Uganda has today. Andrew Mwenda justify yourself if you don't play the piper against the Ugandan people. What happened to this Andrew Mwenda????

[@enekuronald7248]

Come follow him physically you will may not survive in uganda.

[@Hemo1231000]

you need more education.....