Name: Africa is a sleeping giant -- I'm trying to wake it up | Adeola Fayehun
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T19:08:31.000Z
Duration: 7 min 10 s
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First of all, I cannot believe I'm on TED Talk.

everybody in my village is watching this.

And so, of course, my bride price just went up.

I host a YouTube show called "Keeping It Real with Adeola."

Now this show is a gentle, respectful and very blunt way

(Video) President Buhari: I don't know which party my wife belongs to,

Especially when they mess up, which is a lot of times.

If any African official is watching me, by the way,

I do this because Africa has everything in it to be great.

natural resources more than any other continent.

Africa supplies 31 percent of the world's gold,

or borrowing money from China or the World Bank.

we're like an eagle that has no idea it could fly,

Now the truth is, I'm trying to wake up this giant,

I insult them for insulting our intelligence.

the Nigerian president vowed to end medical tourism

He spends three months receiving treatment in London in 2017.

We were without a president for three months.

So then it becomes my job to call out the President,

I said, "Ha, Mr. President, it's your girl, Adeola.

Thirty-five thousand Nigerian doctors are presently working in the US,

because in Nigeria, they are not well-paid,

neither do they have the necessary equipment

And this is happening in many African countries.

But sadly, a lot of African talent is flying straight out of Africa

this Nigerian doctor operated on an unborn baby

discovered the neurological effects of concussion on athletes.

Like, for real, it's not a joke, we are, we're waiting for God.

I mean, just look at the president of Burundi.

He's jailing journalists and opposition members,

so that people could pray for God to fix the country.

And I'm like, shouldn't he be fixing the country?

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Africa is a sleeping giant -- I'm trying to wake it up | Adeola Fayehun

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