 Yo, what up everybody? It's your boy Mr. Guido Baby right here in Lomé, Togo. You know, you guys know that I have a favorite episode in every country that I go to. Why I left America to Africa. You know, why you left America for Togo. My name is Maya. I don't even have to introduce myself, right? Okay. Do I have to introduce myself? You do have to introduce yourself because I've been working just for almost three years now. How did you discover my channel? Let me ask that one. How did you discover my channel? Well, one time I was in America. I went to visit. And I have a friend of mine from Ghana. His name is Yokwami. And Yokwami was watching your channel, YouTube. Yokwami said, oh, this is very interesting. Who is this? It's always the Ghanaian guy's base in China. So when I was looking at it, I said, oh, that's an interesting. That's why I discovered your channel. Wow. And the day I met you, I was following you from here. Oh my God, I was so touched, man. I was like, you were in America. Now you're in Lame. You were born in Lame. No. But were you born? I was born in Wakadugo. Wakadugo? Wow. And when did you go to America? Well, I went to America more than two decades ago. Two decades? What took you to America? Opportunity. Opportunity. Is America the land of opportunities? Well, there's opportunity everywhere. Opportunity everywhere. Now you're no longer in America. Are you based in Lame right now? Yes, I'm based in Lame right now. How long have you been here? I've been here since 2012. Since 2012, and you've never returned to America? Well, I've been good every year, visit. Visit? You don't want to stay there anymore? Nope. Why? Well, I'm just tired of it. Home is home. Just go back to Africa. Home is home. We all know home is home. Someone from America would say America is home, right? What made you get tired of America? That's what I want to know. Well, you know, in America, I got a good job in America. Okay. And I left everything because too many strays in America and too many violence, so I can't take it anymore. You can't take it anymore? Yeah. You return back to Lame? Yeah. Do you think you get some opportunities that you get when you're in America? Yeah. You get the same opportunity. How? Well, it's not easy when you first moved to Africa. You know, and you have to know that, you know, you have to go to a lot of people, meet a lot of people. You know, when I first moved to Lame, when I came to Africa, I went to like six different countries, you know, to visit when I want to settle down in Africa. So I went to Ghana, I went to Benin, I went to Nigeria, Kina Faso, Togo, and I have a ghost. And I discovered that Togo is a good place for me. You discovered that Togo is a good place for me. What are you going to tell somebody, based on your experience, right? What are you going to tell somebody based on your experience? What are you going to tell anybody who is looking forward to settle down in Africa just like you? Is there anything you want to tell them? Well, you know, we're different. You don't have to scare to come to Africa. You know, Africa is, you know, is your motherland, you know. And before you come to Africa, you have to prepare yourself, you know, to come and settle down in Africa. It's not easy here too. What kind of preparation? Well, you have to make sure that, you know, you have a job back home, in America. Not like we're going to get a job easy, he's not going to get a job, you know. There's a lot of stuff you can create here in Africa. Even if you get a little money, you can create a lot of stuff. A lot of people don't know. Even if you have ten thousand dollars, you can do business in Africa here. Will you get your capital back? You get your capital back. You can do business here. To my experience, you know, when I first moved to Africa twelve years ago, you know, before then I became back and forward in half a plan that I want to settle down in Africa. So I came here, I stayed like six months. And I went back to Africa, I went back to America, you know, to prepare myself. And I moved back in 2012. So when I came here in 2012, it's not easy for me. Why are you saying it's not easy? You know, it's not easy. What I say it's not easy is because I do business, import and exports. So I do business, import and exports. I bring stuff from America. And sometimes I want to Europe, buy stuff to come and sell here. And when I first brought my stuff here, first time container, you know, I don't know a lot of people. So I was a little bit scared. But later on, you know, I got into no people. So they helped me out. You know, this is the way you can do it. You know, this way you can get your way in Africa here. So you have to, if you don't know, you have to ask. So based on your experience, based on what you've been through, what are you going to tell a brother and sister out there who's looking for work to come, move to Africa, settle down, start his own business. What is the message? Like maybe in less than 30 seconds, what is the message for? Okay, the message you have, you know, just make sure if you want to come here, make sure you have good education, you know, and you have a little bit of capital. You can, you don't have to scare. You can come and invest. You know, I think it's a good place to invest business right now. Even though it's not, we have a lot of people that don't know the black, a lot of Chinese and Indians. They are everywhere in Africa. They are doing business here. You know, if you go to the market, you see a lot of Chinese, you know, Indian, you know, have you ever go to Asigami? You see a lot of Indians, they sell style, you know, you see them. So, as you, as a black person, so you don't have to scare to come to Africa. Just come here, come invest. What kind of business do you do here? The electronic business. Does it need a lot of capital? Yeah, you know. Need a little bit. I just want to ask you this question. I mean like, you said you've been to six African countries. Yeah. Do you think Africa should remove borders? Of course. You know, the way they, you lost Malema or is it safe? You know Malema from South Africa? And Africa. So, we should remove the border, you know, in Africa here. It's not easy if you want to cross the border from Tobu to Ghana. From Ghana to Africa, from Africa to Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso to Benny. You know, it's not easy. To be honest, a lot of police, costum, immigration, they'll take money from you before you can cross the border. They'll take money from you too? Yeah. To be honest, a bribe. To be honest, a bribe. To be honest, a bribe. So, to get away. And there's one thing. West Africa is too better. You know, in West Africa, if you have an ID card, you don't need a visa to go anywhere, if you cross West Africa. You know, a step in the border of the police. You can live anywhere you want in West Africa. You know, I don't know about East Africa, but West Africa. But at the same time, I don't blame most of our police and your costum, because they don't pay them enough. Wow. So the only way to survive is to take the bribe. Are you going to pay somebody $120 a month, $200 a month? You know, you have a kid. You marry, you have three kids. You have to pay for school fees, transportation. You know, if you're going to take a bribe too. So, that's the problem. But I hope one day, this thing is going to stop. If you have the opportunity to change something in Africa, or even in Togo, what would you change? Border, first. All the black people can be free. To move from one... Everywhere, everywhere. Last year, I'll tell a story. I was in Burkina Faso border to Togo. You know, I was in the bus station to Burkina Faso border. And there's a lady. She's from Cameroon. And they asked to pay the visa to enter Cameroon. And I said, oh, why? She's African. She's African. Why is she going to pay to enter Burkina Faso? And everybody stood for her in the bus. They said, no. She's our sister. And the police said, no. Let's do our job. And they delayed their bus. She had to come to talk to us. They said, hey, you're going to cool down. You know, let me explain to you guys. You know, this young lady, she needed a visa to enter Burkina Faso. The same day as in Burkina Faso, we needed a visa to enter Cameroon. Cameroon, they are not part of West Africa. And we said, how much is the visa? The visa cost almost $80. $80. And I have to tell everybody in the bus, you know, they come to pay money for her. They pay their visa for her. And the lady, she said, you know, the money, she's going to the federal government pocket. Immediately she put her video computer. She got to the seat. And I feel, I feel share. And I want to say, thank you so much for talking to us. I wish you all the best. I wish you the best. Thank you so much. No problem.