craziebone:


this "dumbest" poster, as you call him, know what happens around the world and i know that SA is just being reluctantly added to the BRICs. It is "BRIC" not "BRICS"! Fact is, SA doesn't look like the BRIC countries. This is something that can be verified independently. SA has a low growth rate to be included in the grouping coined by the Goldman Sachs's economist. They don't even have the population like the others, and this means they economy may have peaked already. The other people's economy have not reached it's peak yet and there is still a very big room for growth. SA was reluctantly included in the BRICs just for regional representation and this was at the time it was official that they are the largest economy on the continent.

vandalZA:
this shows that Nigerian GDP means nothing to south Africa.......

vandalZA:
this shows that Nigerian GDP means nothing to south Africa.......

ActivateKruger:


- Would you invest your money in areas where Boko Haram operates?
- Would you invest money in an area under a drug cartel?

Yes or No

EVarn:
fund boko haram?,LOL,what are MTN,DStv,Multichoice,shoprite etc still doing here then?,infact shoprite is opening up new outlets everyday in nigeria.these companies remit money back home to feed you.ignorance is not bliss.

14:


Shoprite stores in SA = 4000 stores

Shoprite stores in Nigeria = 23 stores
Do the maths

all4naija:
G20 is supposed to have Nigeria as the only African nation in their midst due to the huge GDP but they decide to go with South Africa. Possibly, Thambo Mbeki lobbies to be a member based on China's invitation. However, G20 is not so much relevant to Nigeria like the developed nations. When you see South Africa with its meager GDP in such an economic block you would know something is wrong somewhere.

Go Nigeria, the true GIANT of Africa.

all4naija:
SA shopping is already saturated by Townships money. The money from the people living in the ghetto cannot make up for huge profit like Shoprites is making from Nigeria. Within a very short period of time it has succeeded in making more profit in Nigeria than South Africa in relative term.

vandalZA:
all those mentioned above how does they benefit a Nigerian that is under poverty?

ActivateKruger:


Opinion =/= Fact

Facts on the ground remain the same, SA in the G20 and Nigeria is nowhere.

ActivateKruger:


Do you know what makes Shoprite Africa's largest retailer? Black South Africans from the townships.

Where are your own retailers that make money in Nigeria? None, do you know why? you're not a big market. You might be many by figures but you're poor than South Africans in purchasing power.

all4naija:
Your country is serving your Russian master in G20 without having any voice to speak in any agenda. What is worst than that ? All in the name of being in an economic group. Please, Nigeria doesn't need developing nations to succeed.

all4naija:

Oh, please! Thanks to Nigeria for give your shopping and retailers the opportunity to shine in Africa.

Go Nigeria, the true GIANT of Africa.

all4naija:

Oh, please! Thanks to Nigeria for give your shopping and retailers the opportunity to shine in Africa.

Go Nigeria, the true GIANT of Africa.

Nobleval:
and SA is not "under poverty?"

ActivateKruger:


He said a Nigerian under poverty.

Reading is a skill you lack

ActivateKruger:


Lol..... Where are Nigerian retailers? Nowhere

Nigeria should give Nigerian retailers an opportunity to shine in Nigeria.

14:


With only 23 stores, gwagwagwaaa, i laugh in hebrew.

Nobleval:
Nigerian wannabe
What are you doing on Nairaland @ this time?

all4naija:
Don't brag too much or else we will boycott Shoprites. And, that means hunger for South Africans. Bwahaha... I love Nigeria. It is really the USA of Africa.

all4naija:
You should look at the turnover and profits of the 23 shops and compare them with the ones in South Africa. You would definitely know that Nigeria is the true GIANT. Not only that we consume the finest wines more than your people.

ActivateKruger:


Boycott it, you will be shopping for cassava on the open street market....

all4naija:
Are you serious? Nigeria have more retail outlets better than Shoprites. In fact, if your overrated shops fold up we will bring in Wall Marts and other developed nations retailers. Nigeria is to big for petty Shoprites though. We aren't talking about Townships here but the richest nation in Africa. Can you beat that?! Jeez!

ActivateKruger:


My friend, I would rather live in Swaziland than to live in Nigeria... Even Nigerians don't want to be in Nigeria

Nobleval:
dude I don't have time for you now. Go back to your Township. It must be smelling really bad over there.

ActivateKruger:


The "overrated" South African retailers are the biggest in the continent.... they were the biggest even before they went to Nigeria...


Now show me any Nigerian retailer as big as Shoprite

ActivateKruger:


Post proof otherwise its a useless claim.

all4naija:


Have it below.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/15795_10204812583580211_1236088642016236474_n.jpg?oh=4dcb9a2c3cbe102e848d4bafd77f59ce&oe=54C5A71E&__gda__=1421302051_0288ffe4ecf50b8ed631b6a9f3258267

craziebone:
to those who think they have any reason at all or that they are a moral authority to look down on Nollywood, i want you to listen to Zarch Orji speak to you when he spoke on the now defunct BBC Africa Have Your Say programme.

"we don't want to win an Oscar...we just want to make movies a people can relate to; we want to make movies people would watch and see themselves in it....we want to tell our stories ourselves..." until Nollywood came out, Africa's stories were told by other people. The reason no one sees you people as monkeys anymore is because of Nollywood.

A movie industry tells a story, exports a culture and benefits those in it. We can see all of these in Nollywood but can't say the same for your movies, if you actually have one at all.

Nollywood tells a story a people can watch and relate to. It exports a culture that has taken over the whole of the continent and even in the carribean. There is what i call cultural imperialism going on on the continent today. Nigerian accent is immitated by everyone around the continent. Our dress sense and traditional attire are admired and worn all across the continent. Our actors and actresses are known all over. They are a cultural icon! We cannot say the same for your oscar actors and actresses. Our actors and actresses are richer than your oscar comedians!

Nollywood inspires ans sets up other movie industries across the continent, most notably, the movie industry in Ghana as well as other countries like Kenya, Seria Leone etc. What have your's done?