While Africa has not established the conditions necessary to convert the knowledge and technology-intensive ideas into successful local and international ventures to improve the lives of its inhabitants, there exists a large number of skilled, creative and innovative minds on the continent – a talent pool of young adults, conscious of the painful lessons learned by preceding generations; aware of the toils and sacrifices of the few; cognizant of the daunting challenges that face a continent; yet eager, to take their turn at Africa’s helm; determined to maximize the opportunities of their time; yearning for a peaceful and prosperous Africa.
We, therefore, sons and daughters of Africa, assembled in Harambe Endeavor, with the assistance of those who have come before us and those who share our vision, publish and declare our intention to work together as one to unleash the potential of Africa’s people, pursue the social, political and economic development of our continent and fulfill the dream of our generation.
We believe in the unlimited power of ideas and the immediate need for action; we value the untapped potential of Sub-Saharan Africa and we sustain that our continent's greatest resource is its people. Our mission is to empower a people, to inspire a nation and forge the destiny of a continent.
Like Ayn Rand, we refuse to lose our knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. We will not let our fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at- all. We will not let the hero in our soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life our continent deserves, but has never been able to reach. We will check our road and the nature of our battle, yet in the end, the Africa our generation desires can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is ours.
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If not in Africa, where else? There is no other place today that has as much potential and value than Africa; gold mines, uranium pits, people, rare untapped potential, which with ingenuity and action can transform people’s lives and small economies into tomorrow’s African Tigers.
Is this statement to say that nothing has been done so far or that everything would be “green and happy”? Absolutely not. As I write this comment, there are tons of people trying to make a difference in their own ways, and that is commendable. However, I believe that the demand for action has been satisfied using the wrong approach in most cases.
The demand for action is not lacking; I have seen demand for action in the eyes of a beggar on the street of Niamey (Niger); I heard that demand in the words of students at conferences; I have seen it in many other ways. Did the beggar want me to give him something to survive on today, which will force him to keep asking for that same something over and over again, or did he want somebody to teach him how to sustain himself and become independent?
As much as short-run matters in extreme situations, in the end one’s life will always be “short-runned” if no long-run actions are taken. The long-run path is the one that Harambe Endeavor has taken on. Incubator projects in collaboration with various universities and other institutions in Africa; Puzzle to easily connect ideas and action, Matchbox “an online networking site with integrated tools for communication and collaboration”, and many more projects all with the lone objective of ensuring and contributing to the rise of the Great African Continent.
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