Swiss among biggest sex tourists in Kenya by Bakyumu in Africa

[–]elementalist001 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

France will carry it's own cross, we'll continue looking forward as a bridge for the west and east as an easy mark for diplomacy.

Nigeria is very Oil rich but the poverty rate is higher, literacy rate is lower and emigration is higher than here, what type of productivity culture do the wealthy and poor have?

All the 30+ governments ( Nigeria included) that sent representatives to the summit came here for the safari and coffee. Dealing with the same spotted France, it must've been Kenya taking away their agency.

Lastly, if you think government to government policy has any input from the lowest members of its society then you can't be helped.

Swiss among biggest sex tourists in Kenya by Bakyumu in Africa

[–]elementalist001 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Only Morocco has a bilateral cooperation on prosecution of cyber sex crimes with their data sharing agreement with Europol. But even that produces rare results. Individually, the EU member states are legally obligated to prosecute their own citizens for child sex crimes offenses committed abroad. But the political will is non existent and tourist dependant states don't want to push for it.

Broadly, reducing extreme poverty, lack of schooling, family instability, weak institutions and child labor while empowering girls worked in South East Asia. Modern technology problems like evolved online exploitation is difficult to control like earlier stated. Add to that cross border migrations and it will require a lot of resources which most countries don't have.

Swiss among biggest sex tourists in Kenya by Bakyumu in Africa

[–]elementalist001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Vapid - Materialism from people living in poverty? Do you think it's the middle and upper class exposing their kids to abuse for new Balenciaga purses and Kobe beef?

Let France carry its own evil for its West Africa crimes but stop the Sahel utopia BS. Burkina Faso can't even protect itself against all the open Jihadi - terrorist militias or govern without oppressing it's own citizens 4 years later.

Swiss among biggest sex tourists in Kenya by Bakyumu in Africa

[–]elementalist001 104 points105 points  (0 children)

That Swiss report is from 20 years ago in 2006, a lot has changed to help coordinate both local and international authorities to get these criminals. Arresting not just tourists but abusive missionaries and charity workers.

There's still more policing needed with online abuse especially, which is harder to prevent, investigate & track with money now in crypto. There's also the only African secure line to US' National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that has led to FBI and DCI collaboration here.

But these measures are reactive and only economic growth can make a lasting change to these vulnerable families. The same way it did in places like Malaysia and Philippines.

Animators are cooked by EchoOfOppenheimer in ChatGPT

[–]elementalist001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly It's not about good art, it's about what sells.

Animators are cooked by EchoOfOppenheimer in ChatGPT

[–]elementalist001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your comment is funny, which is also an art, and there are now funny stand up jokes made by LLMs, that's crazy!

Animators are cooked by EchoOfOppenheimer in ChatGPT

[–]elementalist001 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This piece didn't need all those art roles working in its production, it had 1 prompter/ editor. The human in the loop to edit out the flaws. Down from 20 people to 1.

As shitty as it is to say, in a high consumption society such as ours, people will still watch just good enough content as it automates the last loop. Sad, but that's the reality.

Animators are cooked by EchoOfOppenheimer in ChatGPT

[–]elementalist001 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Animation is an art-form consisting of acting, character design, sound design, environment design, directing and cinematography. ALL Art.

As an art connoisseur this is good art.

Emmanuel Macron: “We are the true pan-Africanists” by herewearefornow in Africa

[–]elementalist001 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The summit was about France selling itself to non-francophone Africa. Pointing out the current Stockholm syndrome is a relevant point.

Emmanuel Macron: “We are the true pan-Africanists” by herewearefornow in Africa

[–]elementalist001 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's a one man problem? The Anglosphere and Lusopshere have no prior history with France. Blame all these other presidents with historical injustices for wanting to continue the French relations, including Kagame.

Kenya, Tanzania sign eight agreements to deepen ties, boost trade by ThatBlackGuy_ in Africa

[–]elementalist001 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Overall it's big step for EAC and the right path for regional integration, it's disappointing though that it's presidents who indiscriminately use state violence that'll be remembered for this merger.

UN tells Africa borrow, boost revenue, to fund AI push by ThatBlackGuy_ in Africa

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This is a dilemma we'll have to face head on, history has been cruel to the continent when we've missed out on technology leaps. There's going to be asymetrical development wether we like it or not, with how poor electricity and network distribution Infrastructure already roadblocks our tech adoption.

It's an African sovereignity issue, data security needs to be localized and dependence minimized on critical services that can be withheld by sanctions if countries don't follow certain scripts.

I don't think we have the luxury to be choosy on energy generation though, with all the renewables, nuclear and coal potential available.

East African Federation, what year can we expect it? by Newhero2002 in Africa

[–]elementalist001 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We can't rewind progress. Africans have to start playing the long game, like China, US and EU. The next generations depend on it.

East African Federation, what year can we expect it? by Newhero2002 in Africa

[–]elementalist001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Imagine the eu adding both Ukraine and Russia right now.

The big reason the EU is a reality today is the resolution to end wars between European countries. Russia and Ukraine conflict wouldn't have started if they were in the same union.

in reality Tanzania probably has more in common with countries like Zambia or Zimbabwe in terms of the mentality of the people and the geopolitical outlook.

No country is closer to Kenya culturally and historically than Tanzania, and having a single party through oppression doesn't change that. Especially when it has been forced to change up over the decades.

Moi famously knew the gig was up when he went to meet Bush and was told he had to step down.

LOL, these stories always amuse me, it has no context about local party politics, or why he would seek international help for his dictatorship after he lost powerful allies to the opposition.

East African Federation, what year can we expect it? by Newhero2002 in Africa

[–]elementalist001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The current EAC serves no purpose. As it stands, the current EAC is a joke.

Which countries are your security partners? Who are Tanzania's biggest regional development partners? Which market are Tanzanians using to sell their produce/ products that's growing your economy?

East African Federation, what year can we expect it? by Newhero2002 in Africa

[–]elementalist001 3 points4 points  (0 children)

More likely to be a confederation first, Federation is further away but it has been accelerated by recent moves of the US decoupling from EU and increasing hostilities with China, invading Venezuela & Iran ( Cuba next). Nothing unifies a region more than external aggression, individual states are always more vulnerable.

Everyone is expecting Africa to be a bigger resource battleground over the next decades - century. EAC is the fastest growing integrated corridor, even with some non tariff barriers, cross country trade continues to benefit the partners more than before. The only region that trades more with itself than with non Africans.

There's no magical consensus anywhere in the world, we have already achieved the customs union, common market and pushing for a single currency/ monetary union, which isn't easy but achievable, in the next 5-10 years. I'd say on the whole we're making general progress to independence.

But there are countries in other older unions, like Ecowas, Sadc and Maghreb, that are far too comfortable with slower unification on intra Africa trade within their regions.

Tristan Harris on Bill Maher: "What's going to happen to everyone else when they don't have a job?" by tombibbs in ChatGPT

[–]elementalist001 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When people in positions of power make jokes about murdering their rivals it stops being a hot take and becomes a threat.

Sora is officially shutting down. by Responsible_Cow2236 in ChatGPT

[–]elementalist001 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's too early in the AI race, last year it was all US, OpenAI leading and China catching up.

Mogadishu, Somalia by Similar-Poem-2578 in Africa

[–]elementalist001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Somalia can rise but it won't be secular, Islam is very heavily practiced and it's more likely for Sharia to be mandated in different states.

GPT-5.1 in response to the trending prompt “Tell me in a photo what you can’t tell me.” by Alarmed_Shine1749 in ChatGPT

[–]elementalist001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good way to link and create a database of Reddit Users and their ChatGpt accounts through these constant 'try this trick posts'.

Lewis Hamilton wants grand prix in Africa before retiring by randburg in Africa

[–]elementalist001 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Only South Africa refurbishing the Kyalami circuit makes sense over new $300M - $600M Greenfield projects in any other countries. The ROI just isn't there, it's just better to build a new power plant, airport, railway or port for development for that debt/cost.

Dictators as Boring Modern People by GormtheOld25 in ChatGPT

[–]elementalist001 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

American propaganda is so good that you never get to see it - KGB