Steff Ndei

not available on this app : most of Africa, Asia and Latin America

very available on this app : people virtuously instructing other people Already. Using. This. App. that everyone should use this app

YouTube video by Hoover Institution Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern Tech

It all seems so abstract to folks who haven’t lived in totalitarian regimes where a governing body (e.g the state) is an existential risk. Or even international institutions. I see the sense he’s making and I’ve seen this sense being misrepresented or misinterpreted.
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I suggest watching this conversation where Peter Thiel talks about his Antichrist theory. He draws from Christian Eschatology to say that modern problems are framed as apocalyptic (climate change, AI, nuclear) and the solutions to these problems are often a totalitarian regime (an Antichrist).

Madagascar army unit claims control as president alleges power grab Elite troops join youth-led protests over utilities that have swelled into gravest threat for President Andry Rajoelina.

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina says a coup is underway after soldiers joined the Gen Z revolt.

Oh another reason is due to African scholars focusing on settling old scores with the “west.” And even the ones who are not doing that are focusing on symbolic representation while being blind to structural and material realities. I keep saying there is so much work to do! ! !

there was a role that Africans played. Either through collusion, collaboration or coercion, African leaders (chiefs, kings, statesmen) are part of colonialism. And the foreign or external actor has imperial interests. And cultural imperialism is almost always the last stage in this process.

There’s very little African scholarship arguing that China is colonising Africa and I think it’s because there hasn’t been an operationalized definition of what colonialism actually entails. Most African intellectuals highlight the role of the state/elites but even during European colonialism…

Semenya sees the absurdity that is “sports law” and the absurdity of an African athlete having to fly out of the continent to fight legal battles for her right to compete for an African country. A cruel system.

It’s disheartening that Moroccan citizens have to invoke FIFA to be heard beyond the confines of Africa, when CAF demands the same extravagant and needless stadiums for AFCON, which Morocco will host in December.

Stadiums, Statecraft and the Diaspora Surge in African Football - Interstice By 2050, more than one in four people on Earth will be African. This demographic reality shapes forecasts by The Economist that by 2030, half of all new entrants into the global labour force will come...

Morocco is among the chief scouts of European born players who represent the national team.

I have written about how all these issues — youth unrest, corrupt governments, stadium+ tournament obsession and foreign born footballers— are connected in this article.

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Morocco GenZ 212 demonstrations: Police say two shot dead in 'self-defence' Police say they shot dead two people who were part of a crowd trying to storm a police station.

“These are the first deaths reported since youth-led protests broke out across Morocco as anger grew over the government's decision to build football stadiums for the 2030 Fifa World Cup rather than improving public services and tackling the economic crisis.”

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Mystery at Talanta Stadium as missing worker found dead The deceased had been reported missing after his phone went silent and he failed to return home.

“Speaking to the media, Kyengo's wife said her husband had been frustrated over delayed wages prior to his disappearance.”

Talanta Stadium is built by China and is one the stadiums primed for AFCON 2027
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Trump’s top Africa envoy says ‘continent doesn’t need charity’ Massad Boulos drove home the message that Washington’s relationship with the continent is shifting from one based on aid to trade.

We strongly belive that the African continent doesn’t need charity,” Boulos said. “The African continent is very rich. It has its own resources, and I’m not talking only about natural resources, but its human resources. So we need to establish those partnerships”
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Just listened to a high schooler talk about her most prized possession, her dad's vintage music collection he gave to her. CDs, guys. The vintage music collection is CDs.

Also shows how important narrative and framing is.

African football squads are increasingly dependent on diaspora talent despite the continent experiencing a demographic boom. In this piece I analyse the perverse interest and incentives of CAF, African states and federations that make this dependency inevitable. steffndei.com/stadiums-sta...

The same organizational capacity exists, it’s just being used to tear down and police athletes instead of developing them. It’s why I hope Enhanced Games thrives.

The same system that can efficiently track, investigate, and sanction 191 African athletes somehow can’t develop them into medalists. Make it make sense!

Every African nation (54) was present in the last Olympics. But the continent earned a cumulative of 35 medals! Only 10 countries had a medalist.

Juxtapose this to the 191 African athletes listed as ineligible by the AIU for 2025 alone.

Africa’s cynical master of power politics Can Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s dictator, secure his legacy at home and abroad?

"Rwanda has been compared to Russia for its invasion of Congo. But its self-image is of an African Israel: small, tough and proud."

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Utah Governor Spencer Cox: “Social media is a cancer right now. I would encourage you all to log off, be with your family, and touch grass.”

Ditto for sport. Most critics of FIFA/IOC stop at shaming and oversight, assuming the disasters of building alternatives are inevitable. Yet the people actually playing on FIFA’s or IOC’s own terms — creating rival structures, outflanking monopolies — are right-wing actors or billionaires.

Plus I’ve been in this system myself. As a player and a coach. I can’t tell the lads at home that this whole thing is pointless without breaking their spirit and without offering an alternative.

The critique I do about CAF and the football eco system in Africa is deeply personal because I am in WhatsApp groups of football clubs in the fourth division in Kenya, who fundraise to participate in the league. Sometimes, it’s people who want to enrol in coaching courses and can’t afford it.

Many French-born Congolese have to file a FIFA switch and navigate a dual-nationality grey zone. Essentially, Cape Verde’s team is a diaspora selection because the homeland is small but for DR Congo (and most African countries) the domestic talent pool is vast but under-resourced.

Cape Verde is a false equivalence in the case of African countries relying on foreign born players for so many reasons. First, the population of Cape Verde is half a million. The diaspora population is larger than the resident population thanks to the wide scope of citizenship laws in Cape verde.

Wan Bissaka has “agreed” to represent DRC. DRC has a population of 109 million people with a median age of 16!!! There is no reasonable justification for sourcing foreign born players with that kind of stock. Plus it’s football not astronomy (with all due respect to people in the industry).

"The CHAN tournament is an indictment of how neglected and deeply politicised African football has become". A terrific piece by @steffndei.bsky.social, a must-follow on this platform for anyone interested in African football.
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If players are expected to be system adaptable, so should managers.

To be fair to Amorim, losing to League Two Grimsby proves this United team can beat anyone