‘I feel that Nigerians are extremely gifted, we do not need an icon or look up to anyone’ – (CEO of Gidi Designs) Kehinde Adedoyin.
‘I am an entrepreneur today because my passion for creativity and innovation, besides everyone cannot take up jobs; some people must keep creating jobs’- (CEO of MoneyMart Teleshopping) William Dokpesi.
‘I created a business consultancy company based on pan-Africanism which operates in Nigeria, as well as across the African continent especially sub-Saharan Africa, the aim is to help African firms improve their efficiency, their work product and to work more sufficiently with the resources they have, so that they can utilize them to the maximum.’ – (CEO of Jobec Pan-African Consulting) Christian C.Elemele
Now if this was all the media reports to the world about the African youth, would the world have a different relationship with Africans and Africa? Would our perspectives and representations of ourselves as Africans be different?
Writer Chimamanda Adichie eloquently pointed out during her Ted talk that ‘the single story creates stereotypes. The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story’. Most people around the world including Africans grew up with a single story of Africans henceforth why the world has only had a single story of Africans. This could be blamed on the media, due to minimal media coverage of Africa and its diversities, thus this is where Afrokanist Magazine comes in we incorporate the voices of the African youths, as they hold the key in making a difference. Africa's current generations are ambitious, not only in Africa but also in other continents. We recognize that historically and culturally there has always been a single perspective of Africans generally, even within the African communities, which is why African nations and it’s diaspora needs Afrokanist magazine because we facilitates the use of networking between Africans and non –Africans, we embrace the bright sides of the African youth we acknowledge and encourage the visibility of the African youths. Examples include story tellers, entrepreneurs, doctors, footballers, young aspiring health workers, young aspiring politicians, fashion designers, scientist, artist, teachers, etc. Till date, no magazine has fully embraced the positive side of the African youth.
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