GOD'S WORD TO NIGERIA

 

‘’The Lord says to Nigeria, I have given you a missionary spirit and I am surely going to change the nations of the earth through you. But now I will give you the anointing to change your nation. The Lord says I am going to begin to unravel the corrupt system in Nigeria that men will say it is impossible, but I say with God things are possible. There is going to be a revival in the universities and this revival will be of a large magnitude that the revival in the universities will affect the secondary and primary schools. And God will change Nigeria to the next generation and the Lord says ‘’the unity of the leaders is coming. It is going to uproot and dethrone the occult, for I am going to overthrow the occult spirit. And I am going to use Nigerians to heal the rest of Africa because what happens in Nigeria will affect the whole continents’’

(2002 – God’s word to Nigeria – Dr. Cindy Jacobs)

 
This prophetic word from God through Dr. Cindy Jacobs reveals God's intent for Nigeria to align the continent of Africa to play her role in Global reformation. Read this prophetic words prayerfully and thoughtfully. It's time to establish God's Kingdom (values, norms, patterns and power) in all sectors.

TIMELY BOOK FOR CITY TAKERS

 

A must read for all City Takers. 

find this book, study it and apply the kingdom principles in it. 

God's clarion call to us is "Global Reformation"- bringing change to the nations of the earth.

NIGERIA WILL LEAD THE WORLD BY 2020

“By 2020 Nigeria will be one of the 20 largest economies in the world, able to consolidate its leadership role in Africa and establish itself as a significant player in the global economic and political arena.”^[1]
Concept Nigeria’s economic potential is well recognized. It is the biggest economy in the West African sub region. Given the country’s considerable resource endowment and coastal location there is potential for strong growth. Yet Nigeria has realized very little of this potential. Previous efforts at planning and visioning were not sustained. The history of economic stagnation, declining welfare and social instability, has undermined development for most of the past 30 years.
But in recent years, Nigeria has been experiencing a growth turnaround and conditions seem right for launching onto a path of sustained and rapid growth, justifying its ranking amongst the N11 countries. These are the countries identified by Goldman Sachs to have the potential for attaining global competitiveness based on their economic and demographic settings and the foundation for reforms already laid.

FACTS ABOUT KATHRYN KUHLMAN

Kathryn Johanna Kuhlman was born on May 9, 1907, in Concordia, Missouri. Her parents were German and she was one of four children. Her mother was a harsh disciplinarian, who showed little love or affection. On the other hand, she had an extremely close and loving relationship with her father. She would describe, as a small child how, her father would come home from work and she would hang on his leg and cling to him. She often said that her relationship with God the Father was extremely real because of her relationship with her own father.

Kuhlman was converted, when she was 14, at an evangelistic meeting held in a small Methodist church. When she was 16 she graduated from high school, which only went to tenth grade in their town. Her older sister Myrtle had married an itinerant evangelist, Everette B. Parrott. They spent their time traveling and asked that Kathryn could join them for the summer. Her parents agreed and she went to Oregon to help out. She worked with them, and often gave her testimony. When the summer was over she wanted to stay, and the couple agreed. She ended up working with them for five years.

The evangelistic team was made up of four people, Everette, Myrtle, Kathryn, and a pianists named Helen Gulliford. In 1928 Everette missed a meeting in Boise, Idaho. Myrtle and Kathryn preached to cover for Everette. The pastor of the church encouraged Kathryn to step out on her own. Helen agreed to join her. Her first sermon was in a run-down pool hall in Boise, Idaho. The team covered Idaho, Utah, and Colorado for the following five years. In 1933 they moved into Pueblo, Colorado. They set up in an abandoned Montgomery Ward warehouse. They stayed there for six months.

Denver, being a much bigger city, was the next stop. They moved several times but ended up in a paper company's warehouse, which they named the Kuhlman Revival Tabernacle. Then in 1935 they moved once more to an abandoned truck garage they named the Denver Revival Tabernacle. Kathryn was seeing a lot of success in Denver. She began a radio show called "Smiling Through" and invited speakers from all over the country. One of them was Phil Kerr who taught on divine healing. In 1935 another invited evangelist was Burroughs Waltrip.

Waltrip was bad news for Kuhlman. He was a charismatic, handsome man several years older than she was. There was an immediate attraction, but he was married and had two children. Waltrip left Denver went home, to Austin, Texas, and shortly afterwards divorced his wife and abandoned his two sons. He then spread the story that his wife had left him. He moved to Mason City, Iowa, where he told everyone he was single, and started a ministry. There must have been an ongoing relationship with Kuhlman because they married in 1938. She knew that the marriage was a bad idea. Her world came crashing down. She gave up her church in Denver, lost some of her closest associates, and the Waltrips' evangelization efforts were dogged by the stories of their history. Her life was a disaster. In 1944, feeling the marriage was the biggest mistake of her life, she left Waltrip. He eventually divorced her in 1947.

Kuhlman began to hold small evangelistic meetings on her own. In 1946 she was asked to speak in Franklin, Pennsylvania. She was well received and decided to stay in the area. Kuhlman began preaching on radio broadcasts in Oil City, Pennsylvania. These became so popular they were picked up in Pittsburgh, and she was preaching throughout the area. She began to preach about the healing power of God. In 1947 a woman was healed of a tumor while listening to Kuhlman preach. Several Sundays later a man was also healed while she was teaching on the Holy Spirit. She was now convinced of God's healing work.

In 1948 Kuhlman held a series of meetings at Carnegie Hall in Pittsburgh. She eventually moved to Pittsburgh in 1950, and continued to hold meetings at Carnegie Hall until 1971. These are probably her best known years. Her style was flamboyant. She would hold her famous miracle services and the auditorium was filled to capacity every time. She was on radio and television shows. She was ordained in 1968 by the Evangelical Church Alliance and was closely associated with the growing Charismatic movement. Hundreds of people were healed in her meetings, and even while listening to her on the radio or television. People she prayed for would often be hit with the power of God and be "slain in the Spirit". Kuhlman never claimed that she was the healer. She always pointed people to Jesus as their healer.

Kuhlman had been diagnosed with a heart problem in 1955. She kept a very busy schedule and overworked herself, especially in the 1970's. She traveled back and forth from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles frequently, as well as taking trips around the world. Her heart was very enlarged and Kuhlman died on February 20, 1976, in Tulsa, following open-heart surgery

27 STRIKING FACTS ABOUT AFRICA

1. Africa is the second largest continent and its area is about 22% of the World territory.

2. There are 54 independent states, Including the disputed territory of Western Sahara and the surrounding island nations in Africa.

3. Currently, the population of Africa is about a billion people. Over the past forty years there has been a veritable population explosion, and so the average age of the population on the continent is relatively low. In many African states half of the population has not yet reached the age of 25.

4. Africa is the most centrally with respect to the world coordinate system. It crosses the meridian and (0 degrees longitude) and the equator (0 degrees latitude).

5. Although Africa has about 16% of the world’s population, a quarter of the languages ​​spoken in the world, speak only in Africa.

6. Arabic, represented by various dialects, the most widely spoken language in Africa. 170 million people speaking the same language, live mainly in North Africa. In addition to Arabic, the continent’s say another 2,000 languages.

7. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with a population of up to 145 million people. The second most populous country is Egypt, home to more than 76 million people.

8. The most populous city in Africa is Cairo – the capital of Egypt. On the territory of this metropolis is home to about 17 million people.

9. The largest country in Africa – is Sudan. Its total area is 2, 5 million km ². The smallest country in Africa is the Seychelles, whose total area is 453 km ².

10. Experts demographers have determined that in Africa there are at least 3,000 major ethnic groups. In Nigeria alone there are more than 370 tribes.

11. Africa flows through the world’s longest river, the length of which is 6650 kilometers.

12. African Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world, stretched out on the territory of 69,490 square kilometers.

13. Sahara desert in Africa and is the most extensive desert in the world, which is a larger area than the entire continental United States.

14. Egypt is the most attractive tourist country in Africa mainly because of their pyramids. But few people know that the Sudan has 223 own pyramids, which is two times higher than in Egypt. They are smaller and the position than their Egyptian “rivals”, and therefore not so popular.

15. Four of the five most fleet-footed species of animals live in Africa: Cheetah, wildebeest, lion and antelope Thompson. All of them can run at speeds of over 80 km / h and the cheetah can reach speeds up to 112 km / h.

16. Africa is also home to the largest “land” of the animal. African elephant can weigh from 6 to 7 tons.

17. Africa is the poorest and most underdeveloped continent, despite its rich natural resources. The average poor person of non-Arab part of Africa lives on 70 cents a day.

18. More than 17 million Africans live south of the Sahara, have died from AIDS, and experts believe that now live there, at least 25 million people are HIV-positive.

19. About 90% of malaria cases occur in Africa, and 3,000 children are dying from it every day.

20. The central part of East Africa is considered by many scholars the place of origin of both humans and apes. The earliest remains of Homo sapiens species have been found in Ethiopia, and their approximate age is estimated to be 200,000 years old.

21. English scientist Charles Darwin was the first to propose that the ancestors of human beings came from Africa. However, the prejudice to the inhabitants of this continent forced many people in the West to oppose this idea until the 20th century.

22. In 1974, Ethiopia near Khadr was found the skeleton of “Lucy”, who lived about 3.2 million years ago, human-like creatures, which are defined as the common ancestor of humanity. In 1979, in Tanzania, the region Kibish, were found the oldest human footprints. These two discoveries have irrefutable proof that mankind originated in northeastern Africa.

23. Before the rise of Egyptian civilization, Africa was predominantly inhabited by tribes of hunter-gatherers are not prone to the development of statehood. Scientists believe that the first experience of the domestication of animals owned by the people who lived in Africa in 6000 BC, long before there were domesticated plants.

24. The most ancient civilization originated in Africa was the state of the Pharaohs in ancient Egypt. It started in about 3300 BC and ended in 343 BC.

25. Europeans first arrived on the north coast of Africa, about 332 BC, when Alexander the Great came to Egypt and founded the city of Alexandria. Soon after, the Roman Empire began to include the northern coast of Africa in its composition.

26. There are several hypotheses about the origin of the word Africa, but most etymologists are inclined to believe that the first part of the word “Africa” – is the name of the tribe, who lived in North Africa near Carthage in the 3rd century BC. A “Single” is the Latin suffix “country”, “earth.”

27. By the first century AD, Africa is divided into three parts: Egypt, Libya and Ethiopia. The name Ethiopia was true of the rest of the continent, which is located south of the Sahara desert.

WHAT BOTH THE RICH AND POOR TEACH THEIR CHILDREN

  

Lessons from My Rich Dad and My Poor Dad

"My poor dad taught me the traditional route of getting an education and then a safe “secure” job, but I learned that wasn’t the path to wealth, in fact it seemed to produce the opposite. My rich dad on the other hand, taught me that to be rich, you must first understand how money works - leveraging it to mitigate risk and maximize profit.
I was blessed with the opportunity to learn the rules of money early in my life - from my Rich Dad. Millions have read my account of growing up with both a rich dad and a poor dad in my book "Rich Dad Poor Dad" (now regarded as the #1 bestselling personal finance book of-all-time) and have begun their journey toward being financially independent.
Since writing "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" in 1997, I realized the cause of so much suffering was due to a lack of financial education.  Many people have read the book and changed the way they think about money, but not everyone has been able to make lasting change and apply these principles over time. For this reason, I’ve developed another level of support and education. I’ve formed a team of experts to show you how to make money independent of a paycheck. I call these experts my Rich Dad Coaches and they will help you make lasting change in life."

— Robert Kiyosaki, Author of New York Times Bestseller, Rich Dad Poor Dad

THE FACE-BOOK GUY

 

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and CEO of Facebook, which he started in his college dorm room in 2004 with roomates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Zuckerberg is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. He leads the design of Facebook’s service and development of its core technology and infrastructure. Mark studied computer science at Harvard University before moving the company to Palo Alto, California.

Earlier in life, Zuckerberg developed a music recommendation system called Synapse and a peer-to-peer client called Wirehog. However, he abandoned both to pursue new projects.

Zuckerberg attended Harvard University and studied computer science before founding Facebook.

While at Harvard, Zuckerberg created Facemash, a website that compared students’ dorm photos side-by-side in a fashion similar to HOT or NOT. Harvard administration was not amused, and Zuckerberg faced subsequent disciplinary action. Less than three months later, he launched Facebook.

In September 2010, Zuckerberg donated $100 million to the Newark Public School System to help renovate and revamp the system.

Zuckerberg won the 2007 Crunchie Award for ‘Best Startup CEO.’ He was the Time Magazine 2010 Person Of The Year. He also won the 2012 Crunchie Award for CEO of the year.

20 AFRICAN BILLIONAIRES - Nigeria tops the chart again.

20 African Billionaires 2013

Aliko Dangote of Nigeria

This year, a record 1,426 billionaires made it to FORBES’ annual ranking of the world’s richest people.

African billionaires occupied a little over 1% of the positions on the list. Here are the 20 Africans who made the cut:

Aliko Dangote, $16.1 billion

Nigerian. Sugar, Cement, Flour

Nigerian-born Aliko Dangote retains his position as Africa’s richest man for the 3^rd year in a row. He is $4.9 billion richer than he was last year on account of the soaring value of his publicly-listed holdings in Nigerian blue chips like Dangote Cement, Dangote Sugar, National Salt Company of Nigeria and Zenith Bank among others. This year, FORBES also accounted for other assets including his personal portfolio of homes, jets and yacht. Dangote started building his fortune over three decades ago by trading in commodities like cement, flour and sugar but became a billionaire by manufacturing these items. Venerable philanthropist has given away over $100 million to causes in health, education, flood relief and poverty alleviation.

Johann Rupert & family, $6.6 billion

South African. Luxury Goods

Johann Rupert is now South Africa’s richest man. In the month of March, Rupert is expected to step down as CEO of Swiss-based luxury goods outfit, Compagnie Financiere Richemont, which controls premium brands such as Vacheron Constantin, Cartier, Alfred Dunhill, Montblanc and Chloé and which is the source of the bulk of his fortune. Co-CEOs Richard Lepeu (currently deputy CEO) and Bernard Fornas (currently head of Cartier) will replace him. Johann Rupert also owns stakes in investment holding companies Remgro and Reinet.

Nicky Oppenheimer & family, $6.5 billion

South African. Diamonds

In November 2011, Oppenheimer sold his family’s 40% stake in De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer to mining behemoth Anglo American for $5.1 billion in an all-cash deal that marked the end of the Oppenheimer family’s age-long control of De Beers, a relationship that began when Nicky’s grandfather, Ernest Oppenheimer, took over the firm in 1927. The Oppenheimer family invests through Tana Africa Capital, a $300 million private equity joint venture with Singapore state investor Temasek.

Nassef Sawiris, $6.5 billion

Egyptian. Construction

Nassef Sawiris heads Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), Egypt’s most valuable publicly-traded company. In January, he announced that OCI was exchanging all global depositary receipts of the company for newly issued shares of OCI NV on the NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam. Bill Gates was part of a consortium of U.S investors who provided $1 billion to help cover payments to shareholders who prefer to tender their OCI shares for cash.

Mike Adenuga, $4.7 billion

Nigerian. Oil, Telecoms

Reclusive Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga owns Globacom, Nigeria’s second largest mobile phone network. It has 24 million customers in Nigeria and operates in the Republic of Benin. It also holds licenses in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Adenuga also owns Conoil Producing, one of Nigeria’s largest independent exploration companies as well as a controlling stake in Conoil PLC, a petroleum marketing company.

Christoffel Wiese, $3.5 billion

South African. Retail

Christoffel Wiese is the chairman and the largest individual shareholder of African low-price supermarket chain, Shoprite.  He also owns a large stake in discount clothes, shoes and textiles chain Pepkor, where he is executive chairman. His other assets include Lanzerac Manor & Winery, a five-star hotel that produces its own wine, a private game reserve in the Kalahari and a significant shareholding in Brait, a private equity firm.

Nathan Kirsh, $3.1 billion

Swaziland. Real Estate

Born in Swaziland, Nathan Kirsh derives his fortune from Jetro Holdings, which operates Jetro Cash and Carry stores and Restaurant Depots in the New York City area. Jetro enjoys a near monopoly in supplying wholesale goods to small stores and restaurants in the New York City area. Kirsh is keen on philanthropy and focuses his philanthropic endeavors on Swaziland. To date, he has supplied more than 10,000 people with start-up capital for small businesses.

Othman Benjelloun, $3.1 billion

Moroccan. Banking, Insurance

His father was a major shareholder in a small Moroccan insurance company. Benjelloun took over a small Moroccan insurance company his father owned in 1988 and built it into RMA Watanya, one of Morocco’s largest insurance companies. He also owns BMCE Bank, a commercial bank which has operations in more than a dozen countries.  

Patrice Motsepe, $2.9 billion

South African. Mining

Patrice Motsepe is the Chairman of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), a publicly-traded mining conglomerate which has interests in platinum, nickel, chrome, iron, manganese, coal, copper and gold. Other assets include a stake in Sanlam, a publicly traded financial services company outside Cape Town and South African football club, Mamelodi Sundowns.

Naguib Sawiris, $2.5 billion

Egyptian, Telecom

The eldest son of Egyptian billionaire Onsi Sawiris, Naguib has sold off nearly all his shares in Vimpelcom, the Russian telecom giant which had acquired the Sawiris family’s Orascom Telecom in a cash and stock deal in 2011. His Orascom Telecom Media and Technology owns a 75% stake in Koryolink, North Korea’s only cell network.

Miloud Chaabi, $2.1 billion

Morocco. Real estate

The second richest man in Morocco sits atop Ynna Holding Company, which has holdings in hotels, supermarkets and renewable energy.  Chaabi has committed to building a university in Casablanca in partnership with Indiana State University.

Onsi Sawiris, $2 billion

Egyptian. Diversified

Onsi Sawiris is the legendary patriarch of Egypt’s most powerful business dynasty. The eponymous Orascom conglomerate, which he helped found, is involved construction, telecoms and hotels. The companies are all run by his three sons- Naguib, Samih and Nassef.

Isabel Dos Santos, $2 billion

Angolan. Investments

The oldest daughter of Angola’s president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Isabel dos Santos owns stakes in several Angolan and Portuguese companies. Her largest holding is a $1 billion stake in Angolan mobile phone company, Unitel.

Mohamed Mansour, $2.2 billion

Egyptian. Diversified

With his two brothers, Mohammed Mansour runs the world’s largest GM dealership.  The Mansour Group also owns the largest supermarket chain in Egypt, the country’s second largest real estate developer, Palm Hills, and the Philip Morris franchise in Egypt.

Yasseen Mansour, $1.6 billion

Egypt. Diversified

The youngest of Egypt’s three Mansour brothers, Yasseen derives the bulk of his fortune from the family business, the largest seller of GM vehicles in the world. Yasseen is also the chairman of Palm Hills, Egypt’s second largest real estate developer.

Youssef Mansour, $2 billion

Egypt. Diversified

The eldest of the Mansour brothers owns stakes in real estate developer Palm Hills, Egypt’s largest supermarket chain, Metro, and Mansour Group, which is the largest seller of GM vehicles.

Desmond Sacco, $1.5 billion

South African. Mining

Sacco’s father, Guido Sacco, ventured into mining in 1928 when he established Gloucester Manganese Mines. He went on to acquire other mining assets across South Africa which formed the larger Assore Group. The company was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over 60 years ago. Desmond, a trained geologist, joined the company in 1968 and was appointed to the group’s board in 1974. When Guido retired in 1992, Desmond became chairman and managing director.  He is Assore’s single largest shareholder.

Mohamed Al Fayed, $1.4 billion

Egypt. Retailing

Mohammed Al-Fayed previously owned the Harrod’s department store in London, which he sold in 2010 to Qatar Holding for a reported $2.4 billion. He owns the famed Hotel Ritz in Paris which he closed in August 2012 to start construction on what will be the hotel’s biggest redo since it was built in 1898. Al Fayed also owns Fulham Football club and a castle in Scotland.

Anas Sefrioui, $1.3 billion

Moroccan. Real Estate

In 1998, Anas Sefrioui’s real estate development company, Groupe Addoha, was awarded a contract to build 20,000 units of government-subsidized housing under the patronage of Morocco’s late King Hassan II. In 2005, his company won another $1 billion state contract to build more housing units. Groupe Addoha went public in 2006 and Sefrioui owns over 60% of the company’s preferred stock.

Stephen Saad, $1 billion

South African. Pharmaceuticals

Stephen Saad became a millionaire at the age of 29 after he sold his stake in the drug business Covan Zurich for $3 million. He went on to co-found Aspen Pharmacare in 1997 which among other things, manufactures GlaxoSmithKline’s smaller brands. Aspen is now the largest publicly-traded drug manufacturer on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Stephen is the largest individual shareholder in Aspen, while GlaxoSmithKline is the company’s largest institutional shareholder. Aspen’s share price has soared in the past year, transforming Saad into a billionaire.

5 WORST AFRICAN LEADERS.

The Five Worst Leaders In Africa

Good governance is gaining ground in Africa. It’s happening at snail speed, but it’s happening nevertheless. African leaders are becoming increasingly democratic and are recording significant progress in liberalizing the political environment. They are more accountable to their citizens, and showing more respect for human rights and civil liberties.

 

But the bad eggs still linger – and there are quite a number of them. Late last year, I put a call through to my African followers on Twitter to nominate the worst African leaders of our times. I received over 800 responses. Based on those responses, these are the five worst African leaders of today.

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest serving ruler. He has ruled Equatorial Guinea, a tiny, oil-rich West African country, since August 1979 when he overthrew his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema, in a bloody coup d’état. Equatorial Guinea is one of the continent’s largest producers of oil and has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, but this doesn’t necessarily translate into prosperity for its people. The country ranks very poorly in the United Nations human development index; the vast majority of Equatorial Guineans hardly have access to clean drinking water. The country also has one of the world’s highest under-5 mortality rates: about 20% of its children die before the age of five. Many of the remaining 80% of the children don’t have access to quality educational and healthcare facilities. Meanwhile, the first son of the president, Teodorin Obiang (who is in line to succeed his father), spends millions of dollars of state funds financing his lavish lifestyle which includes luxurious property in Malibu, a Gulfstream jet, Michael Jackson memorabilia and a car collection that could easily make billionaires go green with envy.
José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola
José Eduardo dos Santos is Africa’s second longest serving president. He took the reins of power in September 1979 following the natural death of his predecessor Agostinho Neto. To his discredit, Jose Eduardo has always run his government like it’s his personal, privately-owned investment holding company. His cousin serves as the Angola’s vice president, and his daughter, Isabel Dos Santos is arguably the wealthiest woman in the country. Angola is extremely resource-rich. According to the United States Agency For International Development (USAID), the country is the second-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa and the seventh-largest supplier to the United States. Angola also has massive diamond deposits and occupies an enviable position as the world’s fourth largest producer of rough diamonds.
But for all its resource wealth, the vast majority of Angolans still live in the most horrid socio-economic conditions. 68% of the country’s total population lives below the poverty line of $1.7 a day, while 28% live on less than 30 cents. Education is free, but it’s practically worthless. Most of the schools are housed in dilapidated structures and there is a severe deficit of skilled and qualified teachers. According to the U.N. Children’s Fund, 30% of the country’s children are malnourished. The average life expectancy is about 41 years while child and maternal deaths are extremely high. Unemployment levels are very high. But José Eduardo dos Santos is unaffected. Rather than transforming Angola’s economic boom into social relief for its people, he has channeled his energies towards intimidating the local media and diverting state funds into his personal and family accounts.  Dos Santos’s family controls a huge chunk of Angola’s economy. His daughter, Isabel Dos Santos has amassed one of the Angola’s largest personal fortunes by using proceeds from her father’s alleged corruption to acquire substantial stakes in companies like Zon Multimedia, a Portuguese media conglomerate and in Portuguese banks Banco Espírito Santo and Banco Português de Investimento among others.

Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
Many Zimbabweans seem to think Mugabe is doing a stellar job. The country is on an economic rebound after several years of decline. GDP growth in 2011 was over 7% and the Southern African state has experienced single-digit inflation since 2009. The country’s agricultural sector is fast recovering after years of food shortages fueled by disruptions caused by Mugabe’s infamous seizure of white-owned commercial farms. Mugabe’s government has also recorded significant achievements in education as a result of extensive teacher training and school expansion projects: At over 80%, the country has one of the highest literacy rates in Sub-Saharan Africa.
But Mugabe’s inadequacies overshadow his achievements. For one, he has failed to deal with the ever-present problem of employment. The country’s high literacy rate does not necessarily translate into employment opportunities for its people. Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate is the highest in sub-Saharan Africa: it’s over 60%.
Despite entering into a power-sharing agreement with the former opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Mugabe still wields almost total control over government institutions – a feat he has been able to achieve through his use of violence and subjugation. He remains reluctant to allocate substantial political powers to the MDC, and human rights abuses in the Southern African country are rife. The 87 year-old megalomaniac has vowed not to step down despite having ruled the Southern African state for over 24 years. He is seeking re-election in the country’s presidential polls slated for later in the year. Analysts expect the election to be besieged by fraud as the previous one.

King Mswati III, King of Swaziland
 Sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch presides over a country which has one of the world’s highest HIV prevalence rates: ver 35 percent of adults. Its average life expectancy is the lowest in the world at 33 years; nearly 70 percent of the country’s citizens live on less than $1 a day and 40 percent are unemployed. But for all the suffering of the Swazi people, King Mswati has barely shown concern or interest. He lives lavishly, using his kingdom’s treasury to fund his expensive tastes in German automobiles, first-class leisure trips around the world and women. But his gross mismanagement of his country’s finances is now having dire economic consequences. Swaziland is going through a severe fiscal crisis. The kingdom’s economy is collapsing and pensions have been stopped. In June last year, the King begged for a financial bailout from South Africa, and the country is at a dead end, so badly that it recently announced its withdrawal from the 2013 Africans Nations Cup, citing lack of finances as the principal reason.
Omar Al-Bashir, President of Sudan
Sudan’s President seized power in 1989 in a bloodless military coup against the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi- a government which was democratically elected by the people of Sudan. Soon after seizing power, Al-Bashir dispersed all political parties in the country, disbanded the country’s parliament and shut down all privately-owned media outlets. His reign has been characterized by a civil war in which over one million have been killed, while several millions have been displaced. Al-Bashir is still wanted by the International Criminal Court for instigating crimes against humanity, particularly in directing and funding acts of violence against the Southern Sudan. Famously corrupt, a diplomatic wikileaks cable revealed that Al-Bashir likely siphoned some $9 billion of his country’s funds into his private bank accounts in the United Kingdom.

STRANGE FACTS ABOUT THE HUMAN BRAIN

THE HUMAN BRAIN

In the course of life the human brain learns a lot, preserves it and utilizes the knowledge to guide every other organ in our body. Your brain knows you well. But have you ever attempted to know how hard your brain works? If no, here are some really interesting human brain facts that induce your thirst on brain.

Gray cell matter – pink or gray

When a man is alive, his nerve cells in the brain seems in the color pink.  After his death it will turn into gray.

Your brain can power a light bulb

Our brain is a great energy resource. While you awake, it generates 20 to 23 watts of power. This energy is more than enough to power a light bulb.

Big spender of oxygen & heart power

Although the human brain weights only 2 to 3% of our total body, it demands 20% of the oxygen. It also takes 15% of total power produced by our heart.

Don’t blame your brain for Headaches

Your brain can’t feel a pain because it has no pain receptors. You may have heard “when people feel a headache, they  say it’s the brain which plagues them” but in real , the nerve impulses which transmits the pain to the surrounded receptors of the brain are the real culprits. Got amazed with facts about the brain? Read on. Still you have many surprises along the way

Reading aloud promotes a brain development

It’s indeed, one of the strange facts about the brain because we usually teach our children to read and talk politely. But to promote a brain development in your child, you should read and talk aloud in front of them.

Strange control

Your left part of the brain controls and manage right side of the body. Your right part of the brain controls left side of the body. Yeah it operates mutually.

Your brain can create strange illusions at great heights

When you climb over 8,000 ft likely on the mountain, your body will start to feel an oxygen deprivation. It affects your brain cells which are responsible for the visual & facial identification processing. As a result, your naked eyes will see very strange illusions like kind of light that emanates from yourself or others; even you can see the second body of your own. Yes, that’s what we call as ghost. In such cases if you are lucky your brain will show you fairies else it may show you the horrible ghosts.

So if you get oxygen deprivation, you don’t need to go up to hill to meet the ghosts.

It is not only a joke that makes you laugh

A simple joke can’t make you laugh. In fact, to make you laughter 5 different areas in your brain should perform a simultaneous activity.

How do people fall in love?

Hormone called Oxytocin, triggers the feel of love in the brain so simply people fall in love.

Table knife is enough to cut our brain into pieces

Can you believe if I say 80% of your brain is just made out of water (glia)? Since it is a very soft tissue when compare to all other organs in your body, just a table knife is enough to cut your brain into pieces.

Why all geeks prefer to work at night?

Have you ever asked them? I let you know why. It is because, our brain will stay more active during nights than it works during day time.

Brain games or music – which one really helps your brain?

If you think brain games help to sharpen your brain, it’s the time to reconsider your thoughts.  Researchers have revealed these games do nothing to your brain. But when you hear music , it helps you in organize the chaos, grows concentration power, updates memory and also refreshes your brain. Start enjoying the music!

Unchangeable size

Your brain had the same weight just as now when you born.

People shop more when they are sad

Sounds strange? But it’s a proven fact. People who are experiencing the blues tend to shop more to alleviate their sadness.

Mass storage device

The Human brain can hold more than 10 Tera Bytes of data. Never show your hesitation to learn new things. Still you have Tera bytes of data yet to be filled.You will never run out of space.

Hope you have enjoyed all facts about the brain. Here is the final strange fact about the human brain.

Although we as human, have conquered the entire world with our innovations, the way our brain works still remains as a mystery. As your attitude and brain function always stays connected, keep yourself happy and let the smile spread on your face.