I’ve seen too many promises of foreign aid fall short. No borrowed system can solve our challenges — they weren’t built for us. I’m convinced our future lies in homegrown solutions, rooted in our heritage and shaped for our environment.

We must transform our universities, laboratories, and cultural institutions into powerhouses of innovation, blending our indigenous wisdom with the best of global knowledge. This is how we empower our people and protect our continent for generations to come.

The Ubuntu in Volta embodies this vision: a self-sustaining community along the River Volta, designed to prove that Africans can build and govern fully autonomous ecosystems. With homes, clean energy, food systems, schools, healthcare, and digital infrastructure, it is a living model of independence — owned and shaped by its people.

Through Connexa, our decentralized, open-source messaging platform, we extend this independence into the digital realm. Connexa celebrates culture, connects communities, and ensures our voices are heard without censorship or control. It is technology rooted in freedom, designed to serve Africans and the world on our own terms.

And with Lift a Child, we begin at the foundation — education. By providing children with books, devices, and resources, we unlock their potential to dream, learn, and lead. Each child empowered today becomes a pillar of tomorrow’s self-reliant Africa.

Together, these initiatives form one mission: to build systems that belong to us, serve us, and endure with us. An Africa that stands tall — not dependent, but innovative, autonomous, and united.