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Introduction

Introduction

THE GREAT AFRICAN GRID( THE GAG) & CONTINENTAL OPERATING SYSTEM( Asta )

The Backbone of First World Africa

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Before you understand what The Great African Grid and Continental OS is, you must first understand what it is not.

A Framework, Not a Government

The Great African Grid initiative is not a political union. It is not a supranational authority. It does not replace or subordinate African Union, any national government, central bank, or legal system.

What Pan-Africanism Has Been :For decades, Pan-Africanism has been framed as one of two things:

A movement

A dream of unity

But movements fade. Dreams do not build infrastructures.

  • History has shown us what happens when power is concentrated in one place — when a single capital, a single leader, or a single system controls what ought to be decentralized.It creates vulnerability.History has also shown us what happens on the other side of the coin which contain sanctions, mismanagement and external pressure.
  • True Pan-Africanism is not about building one empire. It is about building 54 sovereign or so nations that trade freely, compete fairly, and thrive together — without any single point of failure.It is about building efficient nations with cross-border trade and efficient markets - while keeping power where it truly belongs: nationally, serving the locals and enabling competing developments between nations.Pan-Africanism as empowerment. African Union understood the concept and came up with a lovely framework called AfCFTA, with an accelerator it can do wonders to the continent in a lifetime.