Kenyan employees working for local Chinese company branch fired and replaced by Chinese employees

[Auger]

Instead of copy-pasting whole articles again and again for reps & a chance to pretend outrage how about making threads that begin with intelligent discussions on solutions to these issues. Starting threads the way OP does by linking articles & keeping silent just waiting to see people react invites nothing more than "Africans are weak" comments that lead to nowhere.
I see alot of name dropping of certain countries here but if you visit any local African news site you will find something to get angry about including Ghana or wherever OP is from.
This is a continental problem. Time for faux outrage is over, time for offering solutions & ideas is now.

Where more can African Nations do to get foreign investments into their economy that is mutually beneficial for both parties?

Chinese businesses seem like the most convenient partners. But how do you get them to adhere the same restrictions they're forced to follow in the West? Especially when they will not see an immediate return on their investments?

Should African governments just grin and bear it or be bullish and set aggressive terms before it gets worse?

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

China bringing in too much money and I won't be surprised if the a lot of African countries are in debt to them

 

[Karb]

It's not the same thing. Corporations took advantage of China huge and cheap labor but Chinese were employed.

Here, chinese corporations are taking advantage of Kenya's market and they are not even hiring Kenyans.

And most of the time, for this type of set up, the country will give the chinese corporation a huge tax cut in order to attract them.

I think it's better in Ethiopia, at least when it comes to textile production. They use Ethiopian workers because they are cheaper.

 

[Karb]

China Is Turning Ethiopia Into a Giant Fast-Fashion Factory
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[African Peasant]

WHY the fukk would they want to work there anyway

The management also forces their employees to install the company’s applications on their personal phones, apps which have been shown to track their movements, access their personal phone logs, photos among many other personal items. Being a technological company that manufactures phones, they can easily empower their staff by issuing them with company phones to do the company’s work, something they avoid.

Huawei also requires its staff to send an official email to ask for approval to travel out of Nairobi during weekends and public holidays, also stating whom they will be travelling with, for what purpose and duration, failure to which they will be “punished” should they dare to travel without receiving approval from 2-3 managers.

Not to mention, they aren't even getting paid what they're supposed to.

Kenyan's were fukked since day one and put up with it. That's on THEM.

That's not the issue. They did not quit. They were fire. Kenya is still a third world country. Having that job s still better than anything or many other gigs people are doing to survive.

Yeah, Kenya is getting fukked. That's what I'm saying. We can't compare this to what happened in China.

 

[African Peasant]

I think it's better in Ethiopia, at least when it comes to textile production. They use Ethiopian workers because they are cheaper.

Kenyans workers were also cheaper, way cheaper : those chinese cats they hired are paid 200 usd a day. It means they are making money in Kenya and they refuse to share that profit in terms of employment with Kenya. That's foul play. African government are too weak in front of China. Corruption.

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Look at these c00ns

U calling other nikkas c00ns now?

 

[The Singularity]

Where more can African Nations do to get foreign investments into their economy that is mutually beneficial for both parties?

Chinese businesses seem like the most convenient partners. But how do you get them to adhere the same restrictions they're forced to follow in the West? Especially when they will not see an immediate return on their investments?

Should African governments just grin and bear it or be bullish and set aggressive terms before it gets worse?

The way I see it Afrika can either develop the hard long way by ourselves or try to make it via risky shortcuts by agreeing on foreign loans and global investments.
To be truly independent we have to look inwards, seek capital internally starting first & foremost by reversing the centuries long brain-drain.
When it comes to investments I've never been a fan of dealing with foreign powers both East & West.
Honestly Chinese are just plain difficult to deal with doesn't matter which continent they be on. Chinese companies stressing everyone around the globe. Just the other day Huawei got beef with Australia's government. This sort of news attracts bad press for Chink companies, they eventually give in to native demands.
As a Kenyan I can confirm the couple of Chinese companies we have still overwhelmingly employ natives & the govt has managed to keep away Chinks hawking goods on the street or any ratchet roadside hustle. We have infinite amounts of phone stores, who even checks Huawei out.
Brehs need to chill with that colonial talk.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

you mean to tell me elected officials at the highest levels of government allow this to happen?

 

[The Singularity]

Ya'll never post positive things about Kenya. Everytime I see Kenya on a title my mood sinks, heart start beating as I click on the thread asking myself what we done now??
Breh can't get high & just cruise over locker-room stuff and chill.
We have serious discussion on these subjects at the Root not TLR, damn

 

[Karb]

Ya'll never post positive things about Kenya. Everytime I see Kenya on a title my mood sinks, heart start beating as I click on the thread asking myself what we done now??
Breh can't get high & just cruise over locker-room stuff and chill.
We have serious discussion on these subjects at the Root not TLR, damn

This part of the forum is all about dap fishing. Negative stories that are either anti African, anti cac, anti IR relationships do well.

 

[cjlaw93]

You pathetic c00ns are always here to celebrate when Black people are being exploited elswhere. Meanwhile the same is happening to you and yours where you are. I guess Americans are weak as hell too. I can pull up a random case of a cac walking all over your folks and start laughing as well... But I'm not a bytch made weak excuse for a man.

This aInt our country and never was..that’s the difference fool

 

[Koba St]

Colonisation 2.0 is happening in Africa again. Instead of Europeans, this time it’s Chinese, Indians and Arabs.

Something needs to be done to permanently remove them from the continent or else their numbers will increase and Africans will be turned into second class citizens in their own countries. This shyt is serious.

 

[j.smooth4]

A lot of african countries like doing business with china because they didn't have a role in slavery or colonization like the western world.

Imo china is just as bad, they are unethical and just as racist if not more.

Have yall seen the empire of dust documentary. The Congolese gave china 5 billion in natural resources in exchange to build and maintain their resources. Black Africa as a whole needs to start refining and selling their own resources and building and maintaining their own infrastucture.

 

[Koba St]

A lot of african countries like doing business with china because they didn't have a role in slavery or colonization like the western world.

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Also the Chinese, unlike the west don’t like bringing up human rights issues so they’re much easier to work with.

Personally I think Chinese money and expertise can be useful in Africa as we’ve already seen them build some impressive infrastructure but the African leaders need to be smart about this.

Have a rule that says at least 95% of the workers need to be local. Hire Chinese engineers to train local engineers so they can start building their own infrastructure in the future without constantly relying on Chinese expertise. That’s how the Asians learnt from the west and so should we.