https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKXBQT5yI0s&hl=en&fs=1


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQh3r1FhWiA

[size=14pt]Weaving the world together - The Economist[/size]



Chike Obidigbo, for example, runs a factory in Enugu, Nigeria, making soap and other household goods. He needs machines to churn palm oil and chemicals into soap, stamp it into bars and package it in plastic. He buys Chinese equipment, he says, because although it is not as good as European stuff, it is much cheaper. But it is difficult for a Nigerian firm to do business in China. Mr Obidigbo does not speak Chinese, and he cannot fly halfway around the world every time he wants to buy a new soap machine. Worse, if something goes wrong neither the Chinese government nor the Nigerian one is likely to be much help.

Yet Mr Obidigbo's firm, Hardis and Dromedas, manages quite well with the help of middlemen in the African diaspora. When he wants to inspect a machine he has seen on the internet, he asks an agent from his tribe, the Igbo, who lives in China to go and look at it. He has met several such people at trade fairs. “When you hear people speaking Igbo outside Nigeria, you must go and greet them,” he laughs.

He trusts them partly because they are his ethnic kin, but mostly because an Igbo middleman in Guangdong needs to maintain a good reputation. If a middleman cheats one Igbo, all the others who buy machinery in Guangdong will soon know about it. News travels fast on the diaspora grapevine.

Thanks in part to Mr Obidigbo's diaspora connections, Hardis and Dromedas is thriving. It employs 300 workers and sells about 300m naira-worth ($2m) of products each year. And it is just one of many African firms that use migrants as their eyes and ears in distant lands. The number of Africans living in China has exploded from hardly any two decades ago to tens of thousands today. One area of Guangzhou is now home to so many African traders that the locals call it Qiao-ke-li Cheng (Chocolate City).

Continued: http://www.economist.com/node/21538700

what was that chinese woman talking about? if africa is so poor why are thousands of chinese emigrating there?

Chei! Ndigbo ana me' kenne unu! Chukwu gozie ri ayi niche' di e' gwu

  At a time like this, I feel we have been massively short changed by not having our own country YET. We Igbo are known to venture where no nigerian will venture- this is what sets us apart from these nigerians,,,,we're light years ahead of these folks in this regard. Anywhere the nigerian factor is not at play, my brothers/sisters of the great Igbo race, I can confidently report to you all that we tower above our adversaries,,,,,INFACT, there is no competition, NONE
  As one whose job takes him places, I can report to you all that I met with our brothers of Igbo extraction in Angola, Gabon, Ivory coast, Kenya, DR-Congo,
Congo-brazzaville, RSA, Namibia, Ecuador, Jamaica et.al. and they are doing what we as a people are known for- carving a niche in business for their respective selves I remember the bed and breakfast lodge I stayed at, in Quito, was/is owned by our Igbo brother and his lovely Igbo wife.
 May this our brother and others like him in china continue to prosper, AMEN! May Igbo businesses in the homeland (Innonso and others) continue to grow against all odds. Finally and most importantly, may the SUN RISE AGAIN IN THE LAND OF THE EAST, AMEN

cap28:

what was that chinese woman talking about? if africa is so poor why are thousands of chinese emigrating there?

^^^Apparently to take advantage of the opportunities Africans are ignoring. Africa is perceived as being poor not just materially, but also suffers from a poverty of good leadership, poverty of ideas and a lack of a will and focus to actualize the few ideas going.

My people though are doing us proud.

alex101:

Chei! Ndigbo ana me' kenne unu! Chukwu gozie ri ayi niche' di e' gwu

  At a time like this, I feel we have been massively short changed by not having our own country YET. We Igbo are known to venture where no nigerian will venture- this is what sets us apart from these nigerians,,,,we're light years ahead of these folks in this regard. Anywhere the nigerian factor is not at play, my brothers/sisters of the great Igbo race, I can confidently report to you all that we tower above our adversaries,,,,,INFACT, there is no competition, NONE
  As one whose job takes him places, I can report to you all that I met with our brothers of Igbo extraction in Angola, Gabon, Ivory coast, Kenya, DR-Congo,
Congo-brazzaville, RSA, Namibia, Ecuador, Jamaica et.al. and they are doing what we as a people are known for- carving a niche in business for their respective selves I remember the bed and breakfast lodge I stayed at, in Quito, was/is owned by our Igbo brother and his lovely Igbo wife.
 May this our brother and others like him in china continue to prosper, AMEN! May Igbo businesses in the homeland (Innonso and others) continue to grow against all odds. Finally and most importantly, may the SUN RISE AGAIN IN THE LAND OF THE EAST, AMEN

I've even heard of them prospering as far as the Pacific Ocean. Gini chukwara ha rute ebe ahu?

To your prayer I say Iseeeee!

Igbo Kwenu!

Igbo Kwenu!

Igbo Kwenu!

If Nigeria tries to keep us down, we shall look abroad and expand our business empire. I am so proud of my brothers business acumen.

Gbahapu ihe ochie were nke ohu.

That is a pretty great video.

Yeah nice one video.

China really need to do something about their immigration laws. They should treat others the way they wanted to be treated by others.

Can you imagine giving residency to a couple and denying their children the same? whereas they move with their entire linage to wherever they choose to go.

OAM4J:

China really need to do something about their immigration laws. They should treat others the way they wanted to be treated by others.

Can you imagine giving residency to a couple and denying their children the same? whereas they move with their entire linage to wherever they choose to go.

Exactly! This is something that needs to be changed about China's immigration laws, but the fact remains, there is money to be made in China. Maybe I should learn Mandarin and add that to the 4 other languages that I speak. However, I hear the Chinese language is quite complex.

Good news

ezeagu:

I've even heard of them prospering as far as the Pacific Ocean. Gini chukwara ha rute ebe ahu?

To your prayer I say Iseeeee!

This is no jokes,
Saw it myself,

Now this thread should be on the front page.

I wonder why it isn't?

Festus Mbisiogu [/b]and[b] Emma Ojukwu is making us proud.

guys guys guys before we go patting ourselves on the back, i think the bad news from nigerians out of china far exceeds the good news.

Do you mean there are more bad Nigerians in China or the good news which exceeds, as usual go unnoticed.

buzugee:

guys guys guys before we go patting ourselves on the back, i think the[b] bad news from nigerians out of china far exceeds the good news[/b].

Nice one nigerians

Igbo kwenu!!!!

Anecdotal tribalism - so when somebody else comes around here and says Igbos are responsible for most of the crime Nigerians commit abroad, hopefully you 'll also be singing "Igbo Kwenu". It goes both ways.

The fact is Nigerians are found everywhere Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo - and competing, just like the Chinese/Indians are found everywhere. It is partly a function of population, partly a function of irresponsible governance and lack of opportunity at home, and partly a function of drive.

alex101:

Chei! Ndigbo ana me' kenne unu! Chukwu gozie ri ayi niche' di e' gwu

  At a time like this, I feel we have been massively short changed by not having our own country YET. We Igbo are known to venture where no nigerian will venture- this is what sets us apart from these nigerians,,,,we're light years ahead of these folks in this regard. Anywhere the nigerian factor is not at play, my brothers/sisters of the great Igbo race, I can confidently report to you all that we tower above our adversaries,,,,,INFACT, there is no competition, NONE
  As one whose job takes him places, I can report to you all that I met with our brothers of Igbo extraction in Angola, Gabon, Ivory coast, Kenya, DR-Congo,
Congo-brazzaville, RSA, Namibia, Ecuador, Jamaica et.al. and they are doing what we as a people are known for- carving a niche in business for their respective selves I remember the bed and breakfast lodge I stayed at, in Quito, was/is owned by our Igbo brother and his lovely Igbo wife.
 May this our brother and others like him in china continue to prosper, AMEN! May Igbo businesses in the homeland (Innonso and others) continue to grow against all odds. Finally and most importantly, may the SUN RISE AGAIN IN THE LAND OF THE EAST, AMEN

Abegi, igbos are hiring Chinese in China because they will help them penetrate the local market and attract Chinese customers. It is a symbiotic relationship and nothing more.

aloy/emeka:

Abegi, igbos are hiring Chinese in China because they will help them penetrate the local market and attract Chinese customers. It is a symbiotic relationship and nothing more.

Of course! It makes perfect sense. Trust an Igbo man to make money anywhere. 

EzeUche_:

Of course! It makes perfect sense. Trust an Igbo man to make money anywhere. 

Dont turn this into a tribal war !!! This man is a nigerian nothing more nothing less !!!!

Rgp92:

Dont turn this into a tribal war !!! This man is a nigerian nothing more nothing less !!!!

Why would there be a tribal war? I am just stating obvious in which the Igbo man is good at business.

Yes, they are making Nigeria proud, even though they would not be recognized for their achievements.

Now we all know why this thread is not on the front page.

Any news reference that speaks good of the Ndigbo is suppressed.

Igbo kwenu!

The immigration laws need to be addressed if they want to send over people in thousand to Nigeria, anyway, what would Nigeria do?

EzeUche_:

Now we all know why this thread is not on the front page.

Any news reference that speaks good of the Ndigbo is suppressed.

Nope. It's not on the front page because after 2 posts you've turned it into an Igbo thread because Nigerians (who happen to be Igbo) are featured in the video. That basically killed any incentive for further discussion outside of your nairaland click. You know yourselves.

Mariory:

Nope. It's not on the front page because after 2 posts you've turned it into an Igbo thread because Nigerians (who happen to be Igbo) are featured in the video. That basically killed any incentive for further discussion outside of your nairaland click. You know yourselves.

Thank you.

gbammm

No more Igbo Kwenu from me. . .

Mariory:

Nope. It's not on the front page because after 2 posts you've turned it into an Igbo thread because Nigerians (who happen to be Igbo) are featured in the video. That basically killed any incentive for further discussion outside of your nairaland click. You know yourselves.

Sorry, are there no threads promoted to the front page which highlight Nigerians, but where their ethnicity was mentioned?

Okay, I thought as well.

EzeUche2:
No more Igbo Kwenu from me. . .

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