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About GAAS AFRICA

GAAS Africa is an organization of socio-economic, scientific and technological development practitioners who love to see Africa contribute adequately to the mainstream of global development and civilization by compelling the masses to participate in Global Agendas or Visions.

Global Agenda Achievers Services – Africa, also known as GAAS AFRICA is an innovation and socioeconomic development consortium that aims at introducing or generating ideas, items and systems to support the socioeconomic development programs and policies of Africa governments and institutions.

Participation of global agendas and visions by many developing countries especially in Africa has always been treated lightly despite the fact that such developing countries are affected so much by the mistreatment, misinterpretation and misrepresentation of the agendas. In Africa and many developing countries, issues bothering environmental degradation, climate change, sanitation, deforestation and extinction of biological species are very common but the attention given to such issues are too minimal to overcome the menaces. Many leaders think the immediate need of Africa is economic restoration, since poverty seems to be the major cause of many problems in Africa (which is ideally not true). In other words, the problems of Africa are not primarily financial but rather the malfunctioning of state institutions as long as they don’t unite national visions with global expectations. The reason is simply because governments and other institutions in Africa do not address national issues in the light of global statuses.

We live in a world whereby systems and items of civilizations have global effects and for that matter it is inappropriate to overcome a global challenge with simple national methods, approaches or strategies. There are national problems though, but there also global problems that challenge a country (thus when a global challenge affects different countries differently). In this case the country which faces a challenge that affects as a result of global contribution has to move beyond national measures and extend its approach to how to either render a global solution or invite global contribution for the solution making.

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Secondly governments of developing countries in Africa do not have much attention about global calls or visions apart from those issues that are really in direct line with issues bothering their countries. For example, many Africa governments and institutions have great concern for financial development than climate development. Obviously economic and climate development are two global agendas but one is given a greater attention than the other. (Commonly, economic development is given much attention in Africa than climate development). This is not wrong if the time is right, but its problematic if the time is wrong.

As a result of many side-lined global agendas in Africa, the indigenous populace does not contribute towards global visions except issues that also bother on them personally or directly; because the government does not introduce the members to the global movement of civilization matters and issues. The main difference between developed countries like the United Kingdom and developing countries like Ghana is due to the simple fact that developed countries introduce their citizens to solving global problems and achieving global targets for their country and the world. But on the side of developing countries, citizens are deprived of how much they can contribute towards global development apart from the little they can do to support themselves, families and government. But anytime a country partakes a global target it benefits more than achieving a simple national target.

According GAAS AFRICA, the surest way that will liberate Africa and other developing countries from undeserved struggles is the effort to willingly make global policies inculcated their national agendas. When a government takes on a global vision, the masses are compelled to follow and as a result achieve a global target for themselves which at the end is greater than the national target. When a government takes on a global agenda, other national agencies including the private sector of the country also follow suit because the government of every country controls the steering wheel of the country´s development. The private sector is only a driving wheel for the government through which developmental items are conveyed.

Many developing countries in Africa have not taken upon global visions as their national policies for a long time. To make a global policy work as a national policy demands a bold government who can conform or metamorphose the ideals of the country towards the provision of global targets. This is not easy to be done in such developing countries like Sudan. However there is a possible way out. According GAAS Africa, since the ideas, participation and objectives of the citizens make up the provisions of the government, it is imperative to imprint the global visions into the minds of the masses and weave it into their skills and professions, either through a direct or indirect model of social, scientific and technological influence. When the minds of the masses are in tuned with the global goals the government will have no alternative than to meet the demands of the masses directly or indirectly.

GAAS Africa is an organization of experts of different skills and professions that come together to design programs, products and policies for organizations and institutions with the aim of introducing them to the global visions or goals and how such individuals and groups can maximise or expand their enterprises by adopting the programs, processes and products that pertain to participation of the global visions or goals.

GAAS Africa believes that global goals or agendas are not designed for a few people to undertake: instead global visions are designed to be participated by all humanity since the benefits is not for the selected few. According to GAAS Africa, if the benefit is for all, just as the effect is for all; then the solution must be by the participation of all. The world can make a progress in achieving global visions if developing countries also contribute as developed countries do contribute; with respect to the willingness and desire to help make the world a better place.

GAAS Africa believes if countries that are isolated from participating in issues of global relevance join the movement of global development, the global burden upon international communities and forces like the United Nations and the likes would be made lighter and easier.

GAAS Africa also believes that if the global visions are taken seriously by the governments of the world, especially in developing countries, such countries would become better and the world at large. As a result, GAAS Africa has the priority of dealing with the individual goals of international communities (like the United Nations) that affects Africa in diverse ways.

GAAS AFRICA started based on the motivation to see African Government, Institutions and Individuals actively participating in Global Agendas.

It is obvious and accepted that our modern civilization operates in a global village. Therefore, almost every activity in the planet is almost a global practice with global effects. This is the reason why many leaders have joined the circus of dealing with the national agendas through the spectrum of global agendas.

Many are the global visions, goals or agendas that contribute to a nation’s development. However, this modern strategy is less adopted in Africa, since many African countries have great concerns for national agendas without much concern for achievement of the global agendas.

The following are the factors that motivates GAAS AFRICA to be concerned with global agendas in Africa:

  • The Weight of Global Agenda:




    global agendas are always weighty to be carried by the few interested persons in the world. Participation of global agendas by the masses do not always have a good report as far as number is concern. Thus there are always few people in Africa who deliberately and willingly accept to promote global visions with their skills and resources. This is the main reason why the achievements of global visions or goals always become difficult to achieve in Africa. If the individuals, groups and institutions as well as governments seriously partake in global visions the world and the countries in Africa will be better. In respect of this GAAS AFRICA was formed to add up to the existing forces on whose shoulders rest the load of global agendas. GAAS AFRICA believes that by our contribution and participation the global target can make a significant impact (especially in Africa) than been isolated to the few individuals, groups, institutions and governments of the world. Above all, the ideal objective of GAAS Africa is to compel the individuals, groups, institutions and governments who don’t have the urge to partake in global agendas to join the exercises.

  • The Less Popularity of Global Agendas in Africa:



    despite the fact that environmental degradation, global warming, unemployment, water and sanitations issues affect Africans severely, such issues are tackled as only national problems with limited national approach. People do not know the global relationship of their causes and effects. For example, people do not know much about the concern (and contribution) of different international communities like the United Nations, about such (above listed) issues that affects the country´s development. Presently only few people in Africa and other developing countries know something about the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

    The SDGs for example, are not popular in Africa (despite the fact that all of Africa’s problems are captured in the Sustainable Development Goals). It is obvious that most of the problems of Africa are already captured by the Sustainable Developments Goals and for that matter national solutions can be made with global instruments and provisions as long as we live in a global village.

    A high school student (in Africa) can mention the names of all the football clubs in, England, Italy and Spain but may not know just one of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. This is not as a result of poor education but lack of popularity of global issues in Africa and its related education, awareness or publicity. As if this is the weakness of the United Nations broadcasting and communication instruments; but NOT, it is as a result of the fact that Africa leaders have limited concerns about global agendas. The model of creating awareness in Africa about global goals have always been weak in the sense that Africa governments feel or think that they have to deal with national issues first before they think global. Unfortunately this is a wrong approach to national development in the 21st century because majority of the problems in Africa are effects of global causes; and for that matter the solutions have to be of global relevance or significance. GAAS Africa believes that creating awareness must take a different height or model that will not only give information to the masses but also compel them to participate in the agendas achievement.

  • The Imbalance between National Agendas and Global Agendas:



    there is always a form of imbalance between national and global policies in developing countries especially Africa. No matter how global visions are designed to be a benefit to such countries it becomes difficult for them to apply due to how their national ideals do not move in line with the global agendas. This is not to express or suggest an idea that African policies are poor, but rather to be bold on the fact that Africa government policies are very limited to relative national demands of a particular moment, time, period or season. (Not all Africa government though, but most of them seem to operate with such limited policy for developments)

    Perhaps, this is not a deliberate act on the side of governments of developing countries (especially in Africa) but rather the difficulty in merging the two visions (national visions and global visions). This is because global visions are designed to make developing countries obtain the status of developed countries; without the provision of a uniform model to achieve the target. Until there is a uniform system that can sync national policies with global policies the story cannot change. For this reason, GAAS Africa has the burden of studying national policies and integrating them to fulfil global agenda. This can be done when the daily activities of individuals are partially altered positively with the colour of global elements to fulfil national mandates or targets.

  • The Willingness of the Masses to Engage the Global Vision:



    GAAS Africa has identified that the Africa masses are eager to join the global exercise at all cost. The only problem is that they have not been given the chance by both the government and the global target setters. This is because the model of awareness and the means of compelling the masses to join the global exercises are always disconnected or disjointed. For example, in Africa people know how poor sanitation affects them so much (the government knows and the people also know) and they are ever ready to deal with it. But unfortunately they don’t know how and where to start dealing with such issues. If the masses would be made to know the benefits of participating in global visions they won’t relax after series of attempts have failed. GAAS Africa believes that it is the masses that can solve their own problem only if they are educated much on the solution than the problem itself. For this reason GAAS Africa accepts the mandate of building solutions in the minds and activities of the masses so that every work of an individual or a group contributes to the achievement of the global visions for the benefits of the country. GAAS Africa believes that global goals are designed to help countries directly and the globe indirectly.

  • The Carelessness of Governments and Public Administrators of Developing Countries:



    there are many people in developing countries who do not know the benefits of a country´s membership to global or international communities like the ECOWAS, Africa Union, United Nations, etc. Many governments and institutions in developing countries detest accountability and for that matter do not want to educate the masses on global visions. The truth is that global visions come with benefits to participating member states. But since citizens are less educated or informed on global goals, resources for its achievement are often not utilized for mass benefits due to corruption in public offices. This is very common in Africa. GAAS Africa has the passion to stop this bad act of African governments and institutional and opinion leaders by putting pressure on such institutions responsible for creating awareness, offering assistance and providing solutions about global agendas to deliver what is expected of them. GAAS Africa approaches this by expanding its affiliation and relationship with international or global communities to have access to documents, facts and figures about their provisions to public offices who are mandated to facilitate the courses of global agendas.

  • The Agreement of Individual Skills and Professions:



    GAAS Africa believes it takes the agreement of individual skills and professions to achieve the global agendas. The issues of global visions are issues of global civilization. Civilization breeds different skills; whilst different skills contribute to the progress of civilization. Therefore, to address the problems of humanity is synonymous to addressing the problems of civilization. As a result, there is a call on the general contribution of all skills of human civilization to support the agenda. GAAS Africa therefore believes that there must be a possible means which invites necessary and available skills and professions to contribute towards the achievement of the global visions in African Countries. This is what we believe and quest for by inviting experts, service providers and volunteers around the solutions of common problems.

  • The Love to Support Individuals and the Masses:



    GAAS Africa has the passion to see happiness among humanity. GAAS Africa loves to see the sick, poor, young, old, rich and healthy as happy people whereby there exist a harmonious relationship between humanity and the environment. GAAS Africa believes that the things that make humanity better and happier are not expensive jewelleries or mansions; the things that make humanity better and happier are the little things that people do to make their neighbours and environment richer and better. We live in a continuous degenerating planet which reveals different threats on our lives and other biological species. The future of our environment and our ecosystem has no glitter or hope according to our modern and common relationship with the environment. These are as a result of humanity´s past and present actions against nature. As long as we are part of nature, we cannot be exempted from the damage we cause to nature. To have the passion for making humanity better is inseparable from the compassion of making our environment better. If there is anything more that we can do to support an individual or the masses to escape any problem, it’s all about assisting him to be a friend to the environment or nature through his skills and ability. And above all is to pour our ideas and resources out to the needy ceaselessly.

    This is the major reason why GAAS Africa is deeply interested in introducing concepts, programs and projects to support African government with the indigene and environment’s development as the fulcrum on which every activity of development must revolve.