 Think about it. When we were colonized, what did the white people do when they came to this country? They came and grabbed the land. So, I believe, I may be wrong, but I believe that there's plenty of land, even in the rural areas. Anyone can still do something there and still make money. Slowly, slowly. I'm not saying we all become farmers, we're making millions, but I'm talking about survival. So, land is the most important thing. Without land, you are nothing. Good morning from Harare Zimbabwe. It's a beautiful morning out here. I just woke up, but yeah, I'm waiting for a young man who said my videos actually inspired him to come to Zimbabwe, to invest in Zimbabwe. He's Zimbabwe living in the UK and this makes me feel like projecting every African country in the positive light is very important for Africa. This is what I'm telling you Africans that, see, I'm not perfect, but support this movement because I feel like the work I'm doing is way bigger than me. So, all I'm asking for is for you all to support me as an African. You know, I used to watch his videos for a very long time. In fact, I'll sit down with the family, watch his videos and these videos were a source of my inspiration to move back to Zimbabwe. The guy is coming here and he wants to take us to his farm, but I feel like starting the video from the house, meet him and take him to the farm. Welcome to Zimbabwe, man. Thank you. Wow. Good to see you. Wow. Wow. Wow. How is everything? Everything is fine, man. You can do it. I can't believe I'm seeing you, you have to. How come? Happy watching your videos and this is why I came back. I told you yesterday, this is why you came back to Zimbabwe. That's why I came back to Zimbabwe. How? It's so inspiring. The way you told the story. Amazing. And I'll tell you one story in particular. I, one of the reasons that made me come back home was I was in a place where I had to achieve a certain measure of financial success, but I was unhealthy. I was unhappy and I said I was going to come back home, come back to nature. And that's where we are standing right now. Back to nature farms because I got back home finding all these things that were happening with the suffering and pain and premature death from these diseases and said, let's go ahead with a few other like minds I was able to associate with and launch and catalyze the movement called the back to nature movement. That one cut my eye. That was so sick of living in America and it decided to come back home. Wow. This is so inspiring, man. And I just want to tell you that we'll come home. What are you doing in Zimbabwe now? Potrafarming. Potrafarming. Yes. You grow what you eat? Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. We have to go check it out, man. Yes, definitely. Definitely. You have a message to tell Africans before we go. They're watching you. Oh, they're watching me. Any message for them before we go? Oh, absolutely. You know, for everyone in the diaspora, Africans, don't leave your life on the defense. This is the place. You come here, you grow your own foods, the climate is good, you meet your people and there's more opportunities here than over there. I've lived in England for 21 years, but I'm telling you, there's more opportunities here. Don't believe in all the negative stories. This is the place and I'm not going back. Whoa. You know what? Since he's not going back, come along with us. Let's head to his farm and let's go check out what he is doing to change the narrative of Africa. I hope this video will convince you to also move to an African country. I'm not saying he comes to Zimbabwe, but he can go to any other African country. Zimbabwe, right? Zimbabwe. So he came back to Zimbabwe. You might go back to Nigeria, go back to Cameroon. Yeah, go start a change, man. This is a revolution and no one can stop it. Rua Organic Farm. Yes. I brought that way. I have so many Africans living in Africa that watch my channel. Yeah. On behalf of them, we want to know, is everything okay with you? Everything is okay with me. 100%. No, how can you live in the UK for 21 years? We turn back to Africa. See, we are living in a forest, bro. This is not even in town. This is a forest. This is not even close to a village. Why would you do this? Right. You know what's funny though? The reason why I would do this is because when we are in Europe, or in my case in the UK, I feel like it's a fake life. And the reason why I say that is because the cost of living keeps you working and you never get a chance to come back. I know there are people that have been in America for decades, just struggling to make ends meet. They're trying to pay their rent. You get so caught up in paying bills. You don't have time to save. And the cost of a ticket to Africa on the average is over $1,000. So you get stuck there unhappy, in the cold, in the winter, working hard. Most times you're in an apartment with five to six people in one bedroom. But you're not guaranteed to come back. It's a trap which we can't get out of. So what we do now is we end up buying all these material things and feel like we're comfortable. But deep down, we are hurting. When you get there, you get pulled in, right? It has a way of, oh, you're making money. You know you need that car. You're making money. You know you need those red bottoms. You know you need that bag. Like the next thing you know, you're competing with people and you're in debt and you're so tied in that now you're like, you can't send money home because now you're trying to live above your means. That's what the state starts to call it. Me coming here, I've really freed myself because everything that I can do here, I can do on this land. I can grow my vegetables. I have my chickens. I can even expand this to other ventures. But in the UK, I cannot do that. Why can't you do that in the UK? First of all, there's a lot of competition. Secondly, it's very expensive. It's very expensive. So yeah, going to end up taking loans to do all those things which come with a very high interest. It's very difficult over there. He chose Zimbabwe. Why would you do that? Zimbabwe, I mean, there's a lot of negativity, right, around Zimbabwe. Yeah. Because most people, when they look at Zimbabwe, they're thinking of, okay, I want to work. Well, this is not something that you may want to do when you come here. Working is not even an option because there's not really very good jobs and the economy, you know, and the money, it's all over the place. But if you have something to sell, or if you have your own business, this is the place. 100%. So you can come to Zimbabwe to start up your own business. Absolutely. Absolutely. Because you realize that there's over one billion of remittances coming from the diaspora to Zimbabwe. One billion a year. Where is that one billion going? It's going to people who have a product or a service. But if you don't and you're just sitting here without anything, of course you'll be complaining. So what I would say to a lot of people here and in the diaspora is, find a service. Find something that you can provide that can, something of value, you know. You will make $20 here, $10 here. It's enough for you to survive. Definitely 100%. Are you on this land? Yes. You bought it when you came back? I bought it while I was in the UK. You see? It's like you're planning your return. Absolutely. You know it's actually funny because a few years back, my kids were actually joking and saying that, you know, we see you on your farm, growing your own food and that has become a reality today. So this plan was there for a very long time. But the challenge I had was, remember I mentioned that it's a trap living there. I was trapped for about 10 years. I was really working there. I did all the jobs, cleaning, working in factories, all of that. I did it. But what I realized is the money is not even enough to save. It's not even enough to save for you to do something here, even if you're working double shifts because the tax is very high and the cost of living is very high. So on average, everyone ends up borrowing money to survive or to want the nicer things. The only breakthrough I had was I created my own business, an online business. That online business now gave me the opportunity to start saving money. And when I started saving that money, my mind and my focus was back home. Were you living or surviving in the UK? I was surviving. I was surviving. 21 years of surviving. Yeah, survival. How long have you been here? Two months. Are you living or surviving? I'm loving it. I'm loving it. Oh my goodness. You see, if you've never been out there, you would never understand what you're saying. So I want you to convince Africans living in Africa. Do you think there's opportunity in Africa for Africans? Absolutely. Absolutely. You see, for example, Zimbabwe, right? I mean, I won't speak for other countries because I haven't been there. But for this country, think about it. When we were colonized, what did the white people do when they came to this country? They came and grabbed the land, right? So I believe, I may be wrong, but I believe that there's plenty of land, even in the rural areas. Anyone can still do something there and still make money. Slowly, slowly. I'm not saying we all become farmers, we're making millions, but I'm talking about survival. So land is the most important thing. Without land, you are nothing. Without land, you're nothing. You are nothing. Hey, this is a deep statement. You know that. Yes, yes. Because think about it. With land, that's where you're going to build your house to stay. With land, that's where you're going to grow your crops to eat. With land, that's where you get all your minerals. So without land, you're nothing. Which country did you live in? This country. 2001. And why did you left in the first place? Right. When I left the country, my main thing was to study abroad. Right. So I went to study IT, but I was in two minds about going there. So I was in a relationship with my wife now. So really, I had to go and be with her. But at the same time, the studying was at the core of me leaving. Because I was at the time of the dot-com boom, you know, the windows, the networking. That was like the time. So I went there, did my Cisco networking course. But at the end of it, I realized I can't even get the jobs. I can't even get the jobs that I really wanted because they were serious competition. So I had to survive. So I started doing all these jobs and cleaning, you know, loading trucks, picking and packing. So it was really, really tough. But my main goal to go there was to expand my knowledge, you know, in education. That was the main thing. But now I've changed my mind. Why? I've realized education is good. But you're getting a salary. When you have your own business, that is where you have power. Yes, I'm not saying people shouldn't work. It's good to work. But for you to have like really, really good money, you have to be in the top paying fields like engineering, doctors and that kind of stuff. But if you're just working average job, it's tough. You know, I'm so much interested in the fact that you're saying you're doing cleaning, working in factories. How many percentage of Africans living in the diaspora are doing such kind of jobs? Quite a lot. Quite a lot. I hear the same people that when they come back to Africa, they look flashy out there. It's funny you say that because those are the same people. Those are the very same people who when they come here or on social media, they all have all these fancy things. But deep down, there is no way they can afford those things. This is where I say it's like living a lie because there's a lot of credit out there. You can get credit cards for pretty much anything you want. You see now. So it's giving a false perspective of how people are in the diaspora compared to the people over here. So even what I'm saying now, people won't even believe what I'm saying. Because people believe what they see. If they see something on social media, that's what they believe in. Right now, I don't even believe you because all I want is that your passport to go to the UK and then come back. And I'm also going to tell people that don't go. But for now, I need to go and experience, watch your experience so that I can tell my story in my own ways. I mean, what are you doing right now? Right now, in fact, before I answer that question, I remember I told you that I have my online business, right? Where I teach people how to become successful online, certain online business, do web design in courses as well. So during COVID, I made quite a lot of money. So the question now I had was, what do I do when I come back here? That was the key question. Because I could come here, have a house, but then again, how do you survive? You have a house. You're in your house now. Yeah. How do you? You don't have any business. No business, nothing. How do you survive? Right? So this is where I thought to myself two options, either mining or farming. But mining is very complicated. You need a lot of machinery, you need so much. So I chose farming. So within the farming itself, I thought to myself, what really can I do to really give value? So my passion has always been around organic food, organic food, proper food. So the first thing I thought about was meat. I wanted my meat to be free range, free of antibiotics, free of all those chemicals. That was number one. Number two, I thought to myself, if I'm going to be growing my vegetables, I want my vegetables to be organic. No pesticides. No pesticides, no fertilizers, nothing. Just pure, nice vegetables, nice meat. So this is where I ended up now choosing farming. You live in the UK, you come back to be, to be a farmer. Right. Now let me tell you something very interesting. And I did a bit of research on this. If you take away the top tech technology guys, the Elon masks, the Mark Zuckerbergs, what do you think the richest people are? Farmers. Farmers. Because if you can feed people, you have a ready market. Now I'm not saying I'm going to be the richest, but I'm saying I can survive with this. Definitely. I mean, we eat every day. Food is affordable, food is cheap yet. That's why I'm going to be here forever because food over women, for me, I don't even care about hair. I would choose this over hair any day. So how has it been like since you came back? Very challenging. Very challenging. In fact, two weeks ago, I was actually on the phone with my wife and I said, no, I'm coming back. Africa can't frustrate you. I was super frustrated. Now the challenges I've had so far is, you know, in business, you can have the very best product, but if you don't have a market for it, you're useless. So having lived out there for 21 years, pretty much, I don't know anyone here. So I'm coming in blind. So I had a total of right now, I think we have about 800 chickens all together. Yeah, there's a few behind there. I'll show you as well. So when I got here, it was about 1500. There's so many of them. So the cost of feeding them is just crazy and no one is buying it. So money is going out. No money is coming in. Yes, this was my main challenge. But I had a breakthrough. I had a lady who owns a restaurant. She wanted some chickens, 20 per week, and $10 each. So you can imagine, that's $200 a week already, right? It's not all profit, obviously, because, you know, I feed them and all of this, but that was my starting point. She also knew someone that came and bought 200 chickens. And all of a sudden now, I'm in business. All of a sudden, you've changed your mind of not going back. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Now I'm really not going back. That doesn't mean that it's a lucrative business. Absolutely, absolutely. This business now, in fact, I want to show you the future developments. You see these structures here, when I built them, they were temporary structures. I wanted to experiment and see if this really works. Now I'm super convinced that this business actually works, because the way it's going to be structured is, this business is for people that care about quality food. If you care about good food, what you put in your stomach, that's my target audience. But I love this, you know, the fact that it's a free-range chicken, that's the best, you know. I love free-range chicken stuff. Right, very good. What did you get this technique from? YouTube. YouTube is the best university in the whole world. Big ass to the person who created YouTube, YouTube. That's amazing. Oh, yes, YouTube. There's also a guy from Uganda. What's his name? Farm up. Farm up. What's his name? Hi guys, welcome back to the channel. I'm Dr. Daniel. I'm a retired medical doctor. I don't practice medicine anymore, at least officially, and I do farming. Portrait farming mainly occupies me, and it's where I do make my money from. Shout out to that brother. He's doing amazing. I can't wait to meet him in Uganda. We are in Africa, right? And I know you spoke about the challenges and all of that. I think the dashboards that are moving back here needs to be ready for the challenges. What are the things that you want to tackle on that they should be prepared whenever they are coming in here to establish a business? Very good. So, if you are coming from the diaspora, coming to, I mean, back home, first of all, you have to plan, right? Planning is very, very important. If you just move on emotions, and sometimes we do that, I understand the feeling of wanting to go back to Mother Africa. That's fine, but you've got to gauge, am I just moving on emotions only, or am I going to use my rational, the rational as well? You have to plan. How am I going to sustain myself? Organize, you know, so. If you come here with 10,000 US dollars, it's nothing. I'm telling you, it'll just go like that. So, you need to plan, make sure you know what you're going into, do your research, and preferably, if you can set something up while you're there with someone who you can trust, right? So that you can secure whatever business it is that you want to go into, and then come. So it's more advisable to do the planning, and make sure you have everything that you need in place. Because if you come here with cash, and then work it out when you get here, it's an honor. That one is very difficult. You don't work things out when you're on the ground here. It's tough. You came by yourself? I came with my son, actually. The only person who followed you? Yes. Come closer. Come closer. I want to ask you a question. Your dad forced you to come along with him, huh? No. You wanted to come here? Yes, yes. I just finished my A level, so I'm taking a gap year before I move to university. Oh, okay. So now you're going to go to the university in the UK? Yes. Okay. But I want to know, yeah, since you are here, how was life in Zimbabwe? It's been very good. I think there's a very big difference in terms of living in the area and then coming off here. I think it's a lot more free. There's a lot less stress, because I think everyone is just more, it's a friendly environment. I think there's a lot. Are you trying to say you are not free in the UK? Not at all, but I think like the environment here, it's a lot stress-free. I think even in general, even people who are working, they're generally happier. They're eating good food, they're breathing good air. What are you going to tell your colleagues who have never been to Africa? Definitely to come and visit. I have a lot of friends from different African countries, also from the diaspora, who also want to experience their own countries. And I think definitely it's good to get a different environment and different perspective of life as well. Thank you. I didn't tell him to say that, by the way. We have our layers. So this is the main breeding stock, right? So what happens is they lay the eggs, you can see there's a few there. Yes, those ones. And there's a few on top of there, but they haven't finished laying yet. So what we do now is we take these eggs and we put them in the incubator. You have an incubator here? No, it's not here, because here we don't have electricity yet. Okay. Yes. So it's in a different location. So we put the eggs in the incubator and then they come out as chicks after 21 days. So this is how I've managed to expand to about 1500 chickens. Now that I know that this system is working is to expand it with permanent structures. So what I'm doing right now is we are making some bricks. So these bricks are what we're going to use for the building the permanent structures. So once we build the permanent structures, because this is going to be an organic farm, we want to give the chickens more space. So you see all this land here, all that. We're going to be, we're going to add some grass. Okay. It's called rye grass. It's very high in protein. So we're going to let the chickens go in there and free range in there. How many hectares? This is 4.5 hectares. The total area here. When I got here, right? Yeah. I went to the shops. I bought three tomatoes for one US dollar. I was shocked. I said there's no way. Three tomatoes, one dollar. Three onions, one dollar. Too expensive. So I said, you know what? Let's grow our own food. What are you growing in here? So here we have, this is a very common vegetable. We use it with most of our meals. These are greens. Very high in iron. Very, very good. So we have quite a lot you can see here. We have more. So we're going to have everything here. Onions, tomatoes, peppers. That's the plan moving forward now. How much money do I need to invest in a business like this? Like the capital to invest in the business like this? Money that I can start with. Yeah. Okay. So before I answer that question, there's two things. Yeah. Here you can get land like in the rural areas. There's another guy who does poultry farming here. I'm forgetting his name now, but he started off in the village and he's doing very well. Now with him, there's no need to have a lot of money to start the project because the land is there. So all you need now are the chicks and they go for a dollar each. So you can decide how many you want to start off with. Okay. So this is also something that we plan to do in the future to help those who want to get started into the similar business. We're going to have packages where you have like let's say 10 hens and two and say three or four male ones. Okay. So we can have fertilized eggs. Right? Yeah. So if you start off like that and you're patient slowly, slowly, you know, you start having your eggs, you incubate them and all of that or even let them sit on the eggs. You start having your chicks. It's a very easy business to get started. So I would say even as low as $200, $300, you can start this poultry business. You see with me now I decided to put so much into it because I really wanted to grow, you know, fast. And the reason why I bought land is because I wanted to leave a legacy for my children. Because one thing we don't do as Africans in my opinion is we worry about us and we let the kids take care of themselves. And even if they do take care of themselves, we want money from them too. Do you think agriculture is the future? Absolutely. Without agriculture, how do we survive? Think about it. How are we going to survive even just health wise? How do we survive without agriculture? There is no way out of this one. Agriculture is the way. And like I said earlier on, the money that you make here, you can survive on as little as $1,000 a month, but that is not even possible in the UK. And the money is there in this country. So I would say to a lot of people, taking action is very important. Take the action and don't look back. Look for opportunities and stop listening to the negative stories that we hear in the news. Experience the life yourselves and also, and this is very important, discuss and spend time with like-minded people. Because there is no way you're going to be convinced to come if you have negative people. You have to have this attitude of surrounding yourself with positive people, people who have solutions rather than talk about problems. Because this is the thing that you'll find a lot. People will tell you about how bad things are, but they won't tell you about how to fix them. Is this because the diasporas are not ready to be part of Africa? I mean, they're not ready to join hands with people in Africa for us to build Africa together? Before I started making videos, or people that I've met along my journey, they keep on telling me this. In the diaspora, they're so negative about Africa because of the things that they see on news, because of the things that they hear from Africans themselves. So I just want to know, is it because they're not ready or what? Yeah, partly it's because they're not ready. And at the same time, you know when someone makes a lot of excuses, it's because they're not ready to what? To take action. So you always have to blame something and blame somebody else. So it's like you. I'll say, I haven't made it because you didn't put me on a YouTube channel. So if you had a chance to change one thing in Zimbabwe, what would it be? If I had a chance to change one thing, wow, that's a tough one. I would say maybe we help each other out, help each other out, support each other on a one-to-one basis, and also coming from the top, the governments, the local authorities. If we work all together, I think we'll make a big change. I am really passionate about Zimbabwe and Africa in general. If we work together, I mean that's the message I would say. Let's support each other, let's work together. Tell them something they don't know about Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has so many minerals, Zimbabwe is rich, and Zimbabwe has a lot of friendly people. Look, it's almost like I've met you before. Yeah, true. And I will take that from you guys. Zimbabweans are so friendly. I'll let you know that they're close to Ghanians. It's Africa to the world, moving back to Africa, Africa for Africans, and it's possible to make it in Africa. My name is Wadomaya, the one and only annoying village boy from Ghana. I'll see you all in the next one. I am Maya. Peace out.