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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 31 Aug 2017

    TEDGlobal: Africa needs more engineers and makers http://bbc.in/2vwmUrm pic.twitter.com/cv7KoFLhzi

    10:52 PM - 31 Aug 2017
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    11 replies 77 retweets 89 likes
      1. Eng. Godfrey Marambe‏ @Eng_Marambe 31 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We have engineers. It's our leadership which has failed it's people by encouraging a consumer economy rather than an industrial one

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      1. Rwanda4AllRwandans‏ @Mahangaents 31 Aug 2017
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        Africa needs good Leadership first, engineering and manufacturing will come after.

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      1. Eng. Godfrey Marambe‏ @Eng_Marambe 31 Aug 2017
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        And our engineers have been sidelined since most projects come as grants from the West or China who come with their own workforce. Terrible!

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      1. Nqobizwe Q™‏ @nqobizweque 31 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Africa has all those things, working abroad somewhere. What Africa needs is good governance and an end to corruption

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      1. Mr Manje‏ @a_manje11 2 Sep 2017
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        Yes. And very little people for sloganeering. Very little comes from that except hunger and deprivation.

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      1. Mildred‏ @iucurrent 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @cchukudebelu

        Where will they 'make' from? With the type of policies and laws that we have? With the lack of infrastructure....where?

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      1.  🇬🇭 🔥Love & laughter 😃 🇬🇭‏ @faroukand84 1 Sep 2017
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        Challenge is when an engineer sees a contract more as hitting a jackpot than using his skills to benefit the nation: Shoddy work, high cost

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      1. Ogbonnaya‏ @Cogb123 1 Sep 2017
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        What Africa needs is for the British to stop meddling inn its affairs, e. g. Nigeria. Stand for referendum. #Biafra.

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      1.  🇬🇭 🔥Love & laughter 😃 🇬🇭‏ @faroukand84 1 Sep 2017
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        Maybe we do but, more than anything, what we need more are engineers who can do a quality job for less

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      1. TEDD JOSIAH‏ @Teddjosiah 31 Aug 2017
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        Engineers & makers are there, sustainable, socio-political environments are only found in Europe & the US that's why they've left Africa

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      1. Gatluak Bichoik‏ @Gkayier 31 Aug 2017
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        @BBCAfrica i agree. Africa is led by destroyers rather than builders. It must change for the continent 2 change its current status quo

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