Editorial: Africa's future belongs to the confident builder
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s call for Namibia to stop negotiating from a “poverty mentality” speaks to a broader African truth.
Six decades after independence swept across the continent, political liberation remains incomplete without economic sovereignty.
Too many African nations still export raw minerals, import finished goods and seek validation from the same powers they once resisted.
The dream of the liberation struggle was never just about flags and anthems – it was about dignity, ownership and control over our own destiny.
Namibia, with its vast natural wealth and strategic position, stands at the crossroads of that unfinished revolution. Green hydrogen, uranium and oil could power not just industries but true independence – if managed with courage, discipline and vision.
Nandi-Ndaitwah’s warning against a “begging mentality” is a call for Africa’s second liberation: a mental and structural emancipation from dependency.
To achieve it, nations must trade with each other, industrialise their resources and trust in their own capacity.
Africa’s freedom was won through sacrifice; its prosperity will be earned through self-belief and unity. The continent’s future belongs not to the humble petitioner, but to the confident builder.
Six decades after independence swept across the continent, political liberation remains incomplete without economic sovereignty.
Too many African nations still export raw minerals, import finished goods and seek validation from the same powers they once resisted.
The dream of the liberation struggle was never just about flags and anthems – it was about dignity, ownership and control over our own destiny.
Namibia, with its vast natural wealth and strategic position, stands at the crossroads of that unfinished revolution. Green hydrogen, uranium and oil could power not just industries but true independence – if managed with courage, discipline and vision.
Nandi-Ndaitwah’s warning against a “begging mentality” is a call for Africa’s second liberation: a mental and structural emancipation from dependency.
To achieve it, nations must trade with each other, industrialise their resources and trust in their own capacity.
Africa’s freedom was won through sacrifice; its prosperity will be earned through self-belief and unity. The continent’s future belongs not to the humble petitioner, but to the confident builder.
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