 You're welcome back to The Breakfast on Plus TV Africa. Let's take a time travel to the year 2014 to talk about this day in history, the 27th of May 2014. Now on this day in history, something not very sweet happened and it's about the death of the emya of Gumbe. His name was Al-Hajjishih al-Ababaka. He died at the age of 76 on this day in history in a hospital in London and was flown back to Nigeria to be buried on the grounds of the palace in Gumbe state. We know that Al-Hajjishih al-Ababaka was the 10th emya of Gumbe state and he played a very important role in the creation of Gumbe state in 1966. Well some records say actually he was the 11th emya of Gumbe so those figures really are fuzzy right there but he wasn't a throne for about 30 years you know when he passed on on this day in history in 2014. It was a very big story talking about how he contributed you know to the creation of Gumbe state all his efforts you know in nation building and all of that but it was in this day in history that his life was you know celebrated nationally you know for his efforts in you know Nigeria and moving the country forward but we know that his son Al-Ababaka was appointed as the new emya after he died you know and that was in June 2014. All right so you know well very briefly you know same thing you know with the story I'm sharing from 2009 in South Africa I'm just going to briefly say you know these stories you know when I see things like this it really just makes me feel bad you know about the cultures that we may have lost in the last few decades in Nigeria. Primary school secondary school you know there's pictures you know that you would see of certain festivals certain traditions in you know many parts of Nigeria not just in a those days now in Gumbe in Katzina in Yobbe in Benway you know some some the Argun Gum festival I don't know if they still have it every year but some of all those things just really really used to make me feel good as a child seeing those cultures but over time migration security challenges development you know some of some of all those things have made us lose some of all those cultures and it just personally just makes me feel bad that there are certain things that you may not be able to fully and truly enjoy about Nigerian cultures in different parts of the country anymore you cannot travel to Sokoto now and enjoy certain things that used to be there in the 80s you will not travel to Abelkota now you know and see some of those Yoruba traditions and festivals that used to be there in the 80s and you know you can only read about these things in history books and we don't even do well enough with our history in Nigeria there's so much of it that is lost. I think one of the reasons just one of the reasons you know so many reasons why this could be but one of them you can't take away the influence of Christianity and most of these things you know when we're facts you know now you have lots of people especially during colonization you know Christianity and all of that they say these things are fetish you know these these things that were our culture rooted in us things that our ancestors believed in appreciated you know they say these things are fetish you know and we basically just ignore these things and you know focus on modernization Christianity so now nobody does you know all these festivals they say oh you're serving a particular god you know but a broad you know that in other parts of the world okay first of all take take a look at this they say our things are fetish they tell us to abandon them but they come and steal all our mass steal all our all our you know beautiful artwork and they put it in the museums and they're chatting lots of dollars for people to come watch them so we need to have a greater sense of appreciation for our art and our culture yeah so so there is you know the you know the Christianity and modernization and you know religious aspects of it you know but I feel you know that even with all of that you know we still have been we should have still done better with maintaining some of those you know traditions some of them of course you know outdated and should be kicked away you know but you know arts and culture you know there is there is a ministry I believe that should be handling some of all of that the ministry of tourism I don't know what exactly they do but I just feel like we we have lost a lot of it you know in the southeast in a those states in the southwest and in the north middle belt there's so much of it that we've lost NTA used to show they are going first of all you know way back then and I used to really really enjoy watching it I'm seeing those very very massive fishes that they used to catch but these days you know it barely makes it to TV I think what one country that's still you know very vibrant when it comes to showcasing their culture is China because you need to just take a look at some Chinese TV televisions that are free to air and you need to see just how much they showcase their culture with pride yeah all right let's move to South Africa now in 2009 they entered their first recession at this day 27th of May in 2009 it was the first recession after appetite of course as the global crisis pounded the demand for its main exports living growth down 6.4 percent in its first quarter the market had expected a drop but the show in us far worse than most forecast according of course and adding new pressure on the president back then Jacob Zuma the economy had contracted 1.8 percent in the last quarter of 2008 and two consecutive quarterly contractions put South Africa in its first recession in 17 years the main drags on the economy were manufacturing which was down 3.3 percentage points and mining down 1.7 points percentage points the government warned that South Africa would likely also see another contraction in the second quarter before the economy began to recover in the second half if of course for those who know South Africa's economy depends mostly on commodity exports especially from its mines where thousands of jobs have been you know created and it's at the same time lost the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry president said the GDP report takes one completely back when the magnitude of the decline at that time was considered and so you know after you know pretty successful and successful run after appetite on this day in 2009 was the first time that South Africa experienced its first recession yeah not very much to add to that actually not very much what to add to you know to that conversation yeah yeah you know you know that like the stats say manufacturing really suffered as well as exports you know but yes those were the facts of the case what happened the same history in 2009 so let's take a break here we'll take a short break when we come back we're moving into our first major conversation for today fintechs across Nigeria who of course in the last few years have seen very very massive support and growth some of them that are still being celebrated today some of them have become you know part of our daily lives and we can't do certain transactions without some of these fintechs across Nigeria but the cpn of course has stated new rules and figures with which these fintechs can exist in Nigeria we'll get into that conversation right after this short break stay with us