 The Annoying Village Boy influences so many people across the globe, myself included, my family. You know, we're happy with what you're doing. We're happy with what your friends are doing, promoting the continent. And we're excited for what the continent holds. What actually happened, I actually saw a video by a YouTuber named Wodemai. This man. You're too much. Chief, okay, you're good. I like to be seen here every day. Ramadan Karim to each and every Muslim watching Wodemai. I wish you all the best in this year Ramadan. Listen, I would love to join you guys, man, because the last time that I fasted, I really enjoyed it. Ramadan is the most important month of the year for us. For Muslims all over the world, it's a month where we get to regain, strengthen our consciousness with Allah. Unlearn all bad habits. And most importantly, put yourself in someone else's shoes of less fortunate. Feel self-discipline within your body while fasting. And you could think of it like a 30-day retreat with Allah. It's a moment to connect with your spirit because I have experienced this myself. And I feel so connected. And believe me, I wanted to do this for just a few days, but I think I'll go for 30 days. So this year, I'm going to try my best. I'm not going to do 30 days, but definitely going to do 15 days. I'm certainly like a boss, man. A big shout out to Star Property. Like I said, we're trying to build a luxury enclave in here. So if you want to build your million-dollar house behind or beside Wodemai's million-dollar house, you need to check out the link in the description. Make sure you talk to Engineer Viglo and he's definitely going to give you a good deal. So this episode was actually made possible by the CEO of A&C Mall. He reached out to me this afternoon and he told me that there's a group of doctors that came to Ghana because of my YouTube videos. Can you believe it? Anytime I hear things like this, I really want to shed tears because I never knew that telling stories in front of camera will inspire the world for them to choose Africa as a place to be. And this actually motivates me, which inspires me not to stop what I started. And believe me, your likes, your subscription, your comment also encourage me to do more. So you know, if you're watching this video, make sure you like the video, make sure you subscribe. It's 10 p.m. and all we need to do right now is to go to the restaurant and go surprise the family. Listen, we've got to do this and I have to do this with you all. So come with me, let's go. Hey guys, let me know which of my videos are your favorite and let me know has my video ever convinced you to go to a particular country? Let's get interactive in the comment section because for me, I feel like I'm just doing what I love man and I never knew what I love is actually inspiring a lot of people. It's incredible man, just come with me. So I'm pulling the man behind the surprise. This man is really playing along. He's not even speaking English so that they can have an idea of what is going to happen. So he's speaking the local dialect, which is interesting. Do you know where we're going by the way? We finally got to our location but let me tell you something, if anybody tells you that there's no money in Ghana, don't believe them man because as I go in here, the cars that I'm seeing, this place looks like rich people hang out man but hey, I guess I'm also rich man, yo. But this is Kozu and let's go in and find out what goes in there. Nice to meet you man, nice to meet you. How can I be rich? You don't? As a wordy Maya. You know, someone told me that you came to this country because of me. Well that's true. How can you follow the Anoian Village boy? Well, the Anoian Village boy influences so many people across the globe. Oh wow. Myself included, my family, you know, we're happy with what you're doing. We're happy with what your friends are doing, promoting the continent and we're excited for what the continent holds. That's interesting. Yeah. But all the countries that I've been promoting, why Ghana? Ghana is special in a lot of ways. It's close to Nigeria where my ancestors are from. It's English speaking Africa so I don't have to learn a new language. There's so many Ghanians who grew up in Nigeria. You both grew up in Nigeria. Yeah. You know, so we have so many friends. So it's like an extension, you know. It's just another state in Africa, right? Are you visiting us or are you moving? I'm visiting right now, I would like to move. If you give me an opportunity, if you welcome me, I'll move. Mr. Samoan, can you just give him the opportunity now so that he can stay with us forever? What are you saying to me? Plenty opportunities. You guys have to pick which one you want. Right, right, right. So when I see the opportunities, how long have you been here? This is our first week. First week? Yeah. But I can see that you came with three beautiful women. Yes, I did. Only for you? That's how I roll. That's how I roll. You all came with him? Yes, we did. I hope my videos did not inspire you guys to come here. Yes, they did. Please say no. Yes, they did. Oh, yes? Yes, they did. Wow. You are doing an excellent job of traveling while most of us were on lockdown. So you are providing us content that was life-giving, right? So that's how I, I, for one, I got hooked on your content. When you went to Nigeria, there are places that I don't even know of. Brothers and sisters, are you ready? Welcome to the federal capital territory of Nigeria. I am Maya. And also just listening to people's stories, right? Yeah. You just take it for granted that, you know, people just are successful. But, you know, you now realize that there are challenges along the way. And that's quite encouraging. Oh. Yeah. So even the video with Innocent, I was like, wow. Or the video with the owner of Airpeace. Aha. And then also the video of the guy that makes paint in Enugu. Enugu. Yes. And then also the Gambian guy. Innocent, he did Innocent. The Gambian guy. The Gambian guy. That has the real estate people talk about. Yeah. And the guy you interviewed when you were in Gambia. Yeah. Over the holidays. Which other ones? Partying with all the other. Yeah. And all the other YouTubers that we were not aware of, like, you know, even in Ghana, Vanessa Kambi, Ms. Trudy. That's, you know, that's inspiring. And all the parts of Africa, right? That we don't see. That we don't get to see. So it's almost like you're saving us the shrimp. But, you know, you are carrying us along. Oh, wow. And it's like heartwarming, you know, to know that, you know, Africa has all this potential that it's yet to be explored. To give the South Sudan, yeah? Yes. Yes. The cow. Yes. And massaging, whatever it is. Yes. Hello, Javi. Ay, ay, ay. That's a new mask. So cute. Would you love to try that one? Someday. But what country was it where you went to the vegetable farmer? Was that maybe Kenya? Where? Oh, I think that is it. The vegetable farmer. That's South Sudan. South Sudan. South Sudan. That was another one. The mother and the daughter. You went to the restaurant owned by a Nigerian and a Kenyan. Was it? That's Kenya. That's Kenya. Yeah. Because there was a vegetable farmer you went there to. Wasn't that the lady in Ghana? Oh, yeah, yeah. That was Kenya, yeah? Yeah. About a man who moved from America. Is he a chef? No, I think he's back to nature. Yeah. Oh. I've done so many videos that sometimes I don't even remember my own video. Do you remember for you? Yeah. We're now in Ghana. How long have you been here, though? Four days? Four days in Ghana. Yeah. You're also four days in Ghana? No, an hour and a half back. An hour and a half. They pulled you in here. Told me I had 15 minutes. So I dressed up. Let's go. And I'm here. What do you want Ghana to give you? Ghana has given me everything. I mean, you know, we're guests, right? And the country has been so receptive to us. Very welcoming. It's nice and warm. I don't know that you can ask for anything else. I think Mr. Samoa has been in Ghana for 15 years. Would he say Ghana is welcoming? Very hospitable. Very welcoming. Very open to all people. We have other Africans. We have a lot of diasporas. We have a lot of Europeans, et cetera. So it's like a melting pot. Especially our cry. Very cosmopolitan. Yeah. But for business-wise, because you see, the only problem is that there are a lot of diasporas that are moving to Africa and they're trying to stop something new. But I don't know if the avenue is there to support them, start up, whatever they want to do initially. I mean, you have been in the business for so long, but I don't know if there is something that helps or enables the diasporas to settle back easily. I think that's what the structure, what they're trying to do now. The government has pushed the initiative of the year of return, the beyond the return, et cetera. And their whole strategy is to try to bring the diasporas back. And they're trying to make Ghana the center of pulling a lot of the African diasporas back, investing, growing the economy and being part of the movement. So I think the structures and the things being put into place. And that's why you're seeing a lot of Ghanians, Liberians, Ugandan, Kenyans come into Africa, African Americans, Caribbean, because the ease of transition is favorable for them here in Ghana. Were you born in Africa? No, because three of us were born in California, the United States. But we all went to high school in Nigeria. We went to boarding school, she didn't. Are you siblings? Yeah, three of us are siblings. Oh, that's true. So we're twins. Oh, wow. And she is our younger one. That's my wife. Oh, you know, he didn't do the interaction in the chat. I was so confused. Probably just a sister. Well, maybe not. Just a sister. So at what point did you decide that let me go back home and invest back in Nigeria, back in Africa? Oh, I've been investing in Africa for a long time. That's magical. So since like late 90s, like 99, I've been doing business in Africa and then really committed to it since 2007. Yeah. Oh, wow. Investing in Africa, is it profitable? No, not yet. What do you mean by not yet? COVID really was hurtful to our business. But I mean, so many businesses across the globe suffered. But for us, it was a huge challenge. You know. Can I find out the kind of business that you're investing in? I have a farm. I have run a poultry farm or ran a poultry farm until last year. Now we moved into Pigry. Hasn't been profitable yet. But I hope it's going to be profitable soon. I hope so. I mean, other ventures have been profitable. Just nothing sustaining. We're looking for sustaining sustainable business. If you had the chance to change one thing in Africa, what would you change? Infrastructure in many places is looked at as a, I don't know, a bonus when it should be just a basic you know, a basic. These are basics that should be on ground. But when we see them, we look at them as if they're you know, a big deal. I think lack of education because that's the campaign promises. But I feel like every citizen needs that road needs that hospital. But that's what they do campaigns with. I'm going to build you schools. No, it's every... It's supposed to be there. You have it. It's supposed to be there. What about you? What will you change? Travel within Africa. Oh wow. They make it difficult. It's difficult to go from one African country to the other. It's actually easier for me to go from England from the US to a lot of other African countries. And it's quite expensive. It's really expensive. I'm so glad that I'm not the one saying this. Because I always complain. I mean our desire especially for our sons because you know raising three young men in the US is challenging. So for us right now the most important thing is for them to identify that they are not defined by just being black men. They are more than that. You know we have issues that we're dealing with. The racial divide is real. As a mother of a young black man having to worry about my son driving every day with the possibility of getting shot because he's a young black man. It's real for us. It's real. So we don't have to deal with that. A lot of us want to come back home because that's one less thing to worry about. It's our reality. So I guess they need to improve on that so that a lot of us can be able to come back here. You want to come back but the opportunity has to be there. What kind of opportunities are you expecting now? You know being in four point of man, my experience is trying to make that transition has been difficult. A lot of times sometimes you're viewed as a threat because the person who's trying to hire you is perhaps worried that you might take over their position. The opportunity has to be there. I would like to change governance and I would like us to start building institutions that I would live in the ritual. So governance and institutions. Governance is very key and also you talked about education so starting from a very young age to cultivate in the minds of the young ones that pride in who they are and their identity and also realizing that we are all one Africa. Because if you begin to see each other as brother and sister the interaction the dynamics are very different. You want to add something to it? Not really. I just want to say you have a beautiful smile. I have to say it. But I just want to thank Mr. Asamo for making this happen. He makes everything happen in Ghana so you are in safe hands. Just identify the problem and just come to him. He's not a politician but he's more powerful than a politician. Just like yourself. We're here as Africans to support our brothers and sisters coming back home and I think it's important when Uche reached out through my brother in law I was excited because I lived there I moved back so I know the challenges and I think the goal is to try to make it easier for the next person. Make their path smoother and any type of network or relationships we've developed we can pass it over to them and that's the whole point at the end of the day. We need to connect, we need to be more united and assist each other to grow. So that's the reason. I want to say thank you all so much. Enjoy your stay in Ghana Please I know you are welcome but don't go everywhere. There are some places you don't have to go. Anywhere in particular. Someone will tell you that. I want to say thank you all so much for watching. I'm still your one and only annoying village boy from Ghana. Moving to Africa is now a movement and we're not going to stop anytime soon. So if this video inspires you, pack that bag buy that one way ticket and trust me you won't regret. Thank you. I'm going to see you all in the next one. I am Maya.