AFRICA 21st - TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE AFRICA GREATER E-Book

Serge Olivier MENKUIMB

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The African Union and some organisations such as NEPAD have developed policies for the development of Africa to date. But these policies are not really effective when we consider the current African economic situation compared to the northern countries. A large number of African refugees are pouring into the north. One of the fundamental problems causing the non-implementation of these policies is the lack of a clear agenda that can trigger the development process and solve all other problems at once. The AFRICA 21st project proposes an agenda limited in space and time, which can solve all existing socio-economic problems or be a real way out of these problems in a specific time. Plan: - Concept of construction of high standing houses accessible to any purse, intended for mass consumption - Assembly of the houses in an industrial chain - Priority is given to the villages before eventually expanding to the cities Goal: - To improve and raise the living conditions of the peasant, the very basis of Africa. - To revalue the peasant life through a unique architecture. - To move to a modern era, which should necessarily come one day. - To eradicate poverty. - General electrification of the rural area. - Abolish illegal immigration to the north by giving the African the ability and means to visit the whole world at will and if the need arises. - Together we can make Africa greater by creating and achieving the most greatest African Dream of the 21st century. Many great leaders, including Nelson Mandela, agree with the fact that: " Vision without action is just a dream, action without vision just passes the time, and vision with action can change the world."

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AFRICA 21ST

Together we can make Africa greater

Serge Olivier Menkuimb

AFRICA 21ST: Together we can make Africa greaterModernization of villages in Sub-Saharan AFRICA

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Together we can make Africa greater

Together we can make Africa greater Ensemble nous pouvons bâtir l’Afrique plus grande

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MENKUIMB SERGE OLIVIER

NTIFA MOISE HERVE

Summary of the AFRICA 21st project

Objective

The African Union and some organisations such as NEPAD have developed policies for the development of Africa to date. But these policies are not really effective when we consider the current African economic situation compared to the northern countries. A large number of African refugees are pouring into the north. One of the fundamental problems causing the non-implementation of these policies is the lack of a clear agenda that can trigger the development process and solve all other problems at once. The AFRICA 21st project proposes an agenda limited in space and time, which can solve all existing socio-economic problems or be a real way out of these problems in a specific time. The project is thus set for objectives of:

• laying the foundation for the sustainable development of Africa,

• modernizing and urbanizing the rural area in a sustainable way,

• building new high standard houses for every African family. The total minimum number of houses to be built amounts to one quarter of the African population assuming that an average family would be composed of 4 persons, i.e. about 300,000,000 houses, see Table 3.

• accelerating the sustainable development of the African continent by improving living conditions in all rural areas,

• facilitating access to drinking water and hygiene,

• initiating industrialization by valorizing all African resources,

• applying industrialization to the example of this construction project,

• creating the African Construction Bank,

• financing a house for each African with 50,000 to 100,000 € before, during and after the construction period and when the house is handed over.

• building up the base of this bank with this amount of money,

• establishing the technology of modern house construction to allow future generations to appropriate this know-how,

• valuing and controlling the flow of African human, natural and intellectual resources,

• allowing the flow and the African monetary currency to be well channeled,

• abolishing poverty on the African continent once and for all,

• accelerating the development index of Africans which is generally below 0.5; [WiIDH].

• strengthening the African cooperation for an innovative and sustainable development,

• cutting the economic dependence with all foreign actors who will become equal co-partners,

• smoothing the way to make Africa an emerging economy and even a world economic superpower,

• acquiring the basic technologies skills which are important for all innovative and sustainable development

• electrifying all African villages with renewable energy,

• putting Africa to work profitably in this century,

• giving Africa the essential, necessary and indispensable tools, which are able to generate an intense creative economic activity of a sure and sustainable value having for emblem: <produce, value, consume and develop>,

• creating jobs: between 5 to 10% of the population will be employed during the construction project. A large majority may be employed in subsequent projects.

• 0.5% of the population will be employed for an indefinite period of time in the factories manufacturing the construction material.

Method

• 5% of the working population will be made available to the project in each country for the execution of the construction work

• 0.5% of the population of each country will be employed in the various factories producing the material and equipment for the project.

Financing

Three methods of financing will be considered here, see chapter 4:

• (A) 1.5% of the one-year budget/GDP of each country to finance the project can be invested in addition to 5.5% of the labor force of the working population to be mobilized for the realization of the project. A refinancing of 300 € per house to be built can however be better calculated for all countries.

• (B) Financing by the population in the form of a contribution of 75 € each.

• (C) Financing by the state and the population in equal parts, i.e. 150 € per house to be built by the state and 37,5 € per person.

• The population, i.e. each family of a country will benefit at the end of the project of an ultramodern house and a bonus which will be fixed and will be included between 50 000 and 100 000 €.

• The African Construction Bank should have a fund of about 85.5 billion available for the start-up and implementation of the project, see Table 3 and Table 4.

• A branch of the African Construction Bank will be opened in each country. Each country will have access to this money according to the project's requirements.

• After one year of effective and successful construction, Africa will no longer have to stand in front of the World Bank's doors or to borrow from this Bank and will be allowed to inject or print out a portion of the premium reserved for the population at a rate of 20% for five years of construction, see Table 5.

• A sum of 15.5 percent of the amount paid to the population will go directly into the government coffers as a flat tax.

• Benefit from the sale of electrical energy to industry.

Sustainable scope of the project

With the technical skills acquired during the urbanization of the rural area, each country will take charge of the development of its urban areas according to the norms and standards of sustainable development of all the sectors of its economy. With these same methods, each country / person will be able to build their cities, mansions, castles and palaces as they wish. These factories are the foundation on which the process of valorization of local materials is based. These factories generate industrial production. There are not only to be used for the production of those few hundred million houses, but they can produce as much infinite value depending on their maintenance and empowering an economy.

Clarification, plan and purpose

The monetary value of a country depends on the height of its industrial activity. The construction of high quality houses generates a very high level of industrial activity and brings in a great added value that can allow the continent to control its monetary value, its currencies and print money or this value that will be distributed to each citizen. The construction is a kind of Marshall Plan or "Joseph" operation for Africa, allowing it to develop in a very short time.

We can imagine that a large company builds houses and resells them at a fixed price between 50 000 and 100 000 €. If every African participates, Africa is then this company that builds these houses to resell them to its own citizens at the same value honored by the premium of 50 000 to 100 000 €. The house is represented as a value that must be bought by a bank. The monetary value is a title of interest that can be subscribed to each member of this bank that will give it to the people. In developed countries, there are banks that specialize in financing such projects. The money of the said banks comes directly from the financial means of the State. This kind of model should be used in Africa instead of always begging for help from the World Bank or the IMF. African states are free to choose the amount between 50 000 and 100 000 €. This model will be applicable only once. To produce such a sum in the future, it could not be done without a strong economy, i.e. to develop all known economic sectors.

Building new ultramodern houses is a value creation that can be sold and has a fixed value. The existence of an African Construction Bank makes it possible to monetize such houses by transferring all their value to the beneficiaries, who are the local people.

An adequate technic is essential for the realization of this project. These technics and technologies are well known. The challenge now is to combine them intelligently to build a sustainable and unshakeable economic cycle.

• Plan and Goal of the project

Plan:

• Concept of construction of high standing houses accessible to any purse, intended for mass consumption

• Assembly of the houses in an industrial chain

• Priority is given to the villages before eventually expanding to the cities

Goal:

- To improve and raise the living conditions of the peasant, the very basis of Africa.

- To revalue the peasant life through a unique architecture.

- To move to a modern era, which should necessarily come one day.

- To eradicate poverty.

- General electrification of the rural area.

- Abolish illegal immigration to the north by giving the African the ability and means to visit the whole world at will and if the need arises.

- Together we can make Africa greater by creating and achieving the most greatest African Dream of the 21st century.

To His Excellencies the Presidents

Country

President

1

Angola

Joao Manuel Goncalves LOURENÇO

2

Benin

Patrice TALON

3

Botswana

Mokgweetsi Eric MASISI

4

Burkina Faso

Roch Marc Christian KABORE

5

Burundi

Évariste NDAYISHIMIYE

6

Cameroon

Paul BIYA

7

Cape Verde

Jorge Carlos de Almeida FONSECA

8

Central African Republic

Faustin-Archange TOUADERA

9

Chad

Mahamat Idriss DÉBY ITNO

10

Comoros

AZALI Assoumane

11

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Felix TSHISEKEDI

12

Djibouti

Ismail Omar GUELLEH

13

Equatorial Guinea

Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo

14

Eritrea

ISAIAS Afwerki

15

Eswatini

King MSWATI III

16

Ethiopia

Sahle-Work ZEWDE

17

Gabon

Ali BONGO ONDIMBA

18

Gambia

Adama BARROW

19

Ghana

Nana AKUFO-ADDO

20

Guinea

Mamady DOUMBOUYA

21

Guinea-Bissau

Umaro Sissoco EMBALÓ

22

Ivory Coast

Alassane Dramane OUATTARA

23

Kenya

Uhuru MUIGAI KENYATTA

24

Lesotho

King LETSIE III

25

Liberia

George MANNEH WEAH

26

Madagascar

Andry RAJOELINA

27

Malawi

Lazarus McCarthy CHAKWERA

28

Mali

Assimi GOÏTA

29

Mauritania

Mohamed OULD GHAZOUANI

30

Mozambique

Filipe Jacinto NYUSI

31

Namibia

Hage GEINGOB

32

Niger

Mohamed BAZOUM

33

Nigeria

Muhammadu BUHARI

34

Republic of the Congo

Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO

35

Rwanda

Paul KAGAME

36

São Tomé and Príncipe

Evaristo CARVALHO

37

Senegal

Macky SALL

38

Sierra Leone

Julius MAADA BIO

39

Somalia

Mohamed Abdullahi FARMAJO

40

South Africa

Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA

41

South Sudan

Salva KIIR MAYARDIT

42

Sudan

Abd-al-Fatah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman

43

Tanzania

Samia SULUHU HASSAN

44

Togo

Faure GNASSINGBE

45

Uganda

Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI

46

Zambia

Edgar LUNGU

47

Zimbabwe

Emmerson DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA

Your Excellency,

I have the honor to come to your highness to ask for a few hours of reading and reflection on this unique project. It is based on a simple principle <produce, value, consume and develop> from local raw materials widely available and together with neighbouring African countries. This allows the creation of a strong and independent economic zone, capable of facing all the current challenges, the most recurrent of which is the complete eradication of poverty on the entire continent of sub-Saharan Africa. A stable home is the basis of a healthy and solid society.

Your contribution is very decisive for the realization of a colossal project like this, where everyone should get to hard work. This work consists of establishing of a solid African economic base. Africa would thus take a decisive place in several key sectors. History will remember the heroes, who have brought about a decisive change in the economic situation in the African continent as an industrial revolution. The well-being of Africans will not come from any international policy or foreign input, but from Africans themselves, who should lay the foundation of their economies and build solid walls on this foundation. This method allows Africa to outperform all existing world economies. This can only be achieved by pooling all collective efforts to achieve a real and specific goal, that of working hand in hand for the common and individual development of each country concerned.

Many great leaders, including Nelson Mandela, agree with the fact that:

”Vision without action is just a dream, action without vision just passes the time, and vision with action can change the world.”

________________________

________________________

MENKUIMB SERGE OLIVIER

NTIFA MOISE HERVE

Content of the AFRICA 21st project

Together we can make Africa greater

Clarification, plan and purpose

To His Excellencies the Presidents

Content of the AFRICA 21st project

I. List of abbreviations

II. Nomenclature

III. List of figures

IV. List of tables

1 Introduction

1.1 General overview of the material needed to build a house

1.2 Sizing the house

2 Methodology, model and estimation of the value of a house

2.1 Methodology

2.2 Strategy and constitution of a modern house

2.3 Model of a house to be built

2.4 General architecture of the house

2.5 Estimation of the value of a house

3 Implementation schedule of the AFRICA 21st project

4 Financing models of the AFRICA 21st project

4.1 The population finances up to 75 € per person

4.2 The State finances up to 300 € each house

4.3 The state and the population finance equally

4.4 Issuance of financial resources on the market

4.5 Theory of the modern economy and consumption

4.6 From the illusion of foreign financing to the evidence of technological incompetence

4.7 Raising awareness and mobilizing financial and human resources

4.8 Shares by country in the African Construction Bank

5 The raw material and its processing

5.1 General processing of raw materials

5.2 The plant of transformation of granite to gravel

5.3 The plant of the transformation of granite for building materials

6 Factories of stabilized bricks and tiles

6.1 Chemical compounds and origin of the stabilized tile and brick

6.2 Process of industrial production

6.3 Estimated cost of the stabilized brick and tile manufacturing plant

6.4 Alternative to tiles, integration of solar panels in the roof

7 Ceramic products and house by-products factories

7.1 General ceramics for the manufacture of tiles

7.2 Production of ceramic for toilets, taps and toilets

7.3 Ceramics for household dishes and glasses

8 Glass manufacturing plants

8.1 Chemical composition and origin of glass

8.2 Process of industrial glass production

8.3 Estimated cost of the glass manufacturing plant

9 Cement and related products plants

9.1 Cement plant

9.2 Lime

9.3 Gypsum

9.4 Liquid or soluble glass

10 Plants for metal processing

10.1 Iron and steel production

10.2 The production of aluminum

10.3 The production of silicon

10.4 Copper production

10.5 Production of nickel and ferronickel

10.6 The production of chromium and ferrochromium

10.7 Production of manganese and ferromanganese

10.8 Zinc production

10.9 Production of sodium and its bases

11 Factories for the manufacture of solar panels

11.1 What is the efficiency of a PV system?

11.2 The process and its costs

11.3 Origin of electrical energy for plant operation

12 Battery plants and energy conservation systems

12.1 Manufacturing a battery

12.2 A novel and sustainable innovation

13 Pigments production

13.1 White paint or white pigment

13.2 Black pigments and other dyes

14 Production of paper and cardboard for packaging

14.1 Plant chemistry, the precursor to paper

14.2 The paper making process

15 Plastic factories

15.1 The production of polyethylene or PE

15.2 The production of polypropylene or PP

15.3 The production of polyvinyl chloride or PVC

15.4 The production of polyurethane or PU/PUR for the foam mattress

15.5 The production of polyethylene terephthalate or PET

15.6 The production of polystyrene or PS

15.7 Preparation of building material from plastic

16 Textile production

16.1 Textile production from wool

16.2 Manufacture of textiles from cotton

16.3 General process of textile production

17 Manufacturing plants for electronic components and LEDs

17.1 Manufacturing of lamps, modules and LED lamps

17.2 Manufacturing of electronic components and devices

18 Optical fiber and electric cable manufacturing plants

18.1 Manufacture of optical fiber

18.2 Manufacturing of electrical cable

19 Furniture, flooring, doors and windows manufacturing plants

19.1 Furniture production

19.2 Production of floors

19.3 Production of doors

19.4 Production of windows

20 Plants for household accessories, fans and air conditioners

20.1 Manufacture of electric stoves

20.2 Manufacture of dishwashing machines

20.3 Manufacture of refrigerators and freezers

20.4 Manufacturing of washing machines

20.5 Manufacturing of fans and air conditioners

20.6 Manufacturing of TVs and personal computers

20.7 Manufacturing of vacuum cleaners

20.8 Manufacture of the various household utensils

21 Assembly and construction units of the houses

21.1 Groups and special elements of houses

21.2 Mounting units and arrangement of construction materials

21.3 System of distribution of the workforce in the field

21.4 The workforce

21.5 Time of execution of the work for a house

22 Long-term project goal

22.1 Strengthening African cooperation

23 Phase 1: Building the houses

23.1 Preparation, establishment and start of the project

23.2 Simultaneous construction in all countries

24 Phase 2: Optimal regional health

24.1 Some models of health centers to be built

24.2 Pharmaceutical factories and development of medical research

25 Phase 3: Strengthen regional education

25.1 A reflection on the language centers to be built

26 Phase 4: Mechanization of Agriculture and Waste Management

26.1 Recovery of agricultural residues

26.2 Agricultural equipment

26.3 Waste and wastewater management system

27 Phase 5: Asphalting of all roads connecting the villages

27.1 Gravel

27.2 Asphalt

28 Phase 6: Urban development and reconstruction

29 Phase 7: Building the African Transcontinental

29.1 The source of railway construction material

29.2 Dimensioning of a railway

29.3 Building railway vehicles

29.4 Computer-aided design of products

29.5 A historical project, the underground African transcontinental

30 Phase 8: Automotive, aeronautics, aerospace and naval sector

30.1 The automotive sector

30.2 The naval sector

30.3 The aeronautical sector

30.4 The space sector

30.5 The land, air and naval defense sector

31 Conclusion and outlook

32 Bibliography

33 Annexes

34 The Leadership of the AFRICA 21st project

I. List of abbreviations

3D

three dimensions

AAC

all aluminum conductors

AAAC

all aluminum alloy conductors

ACSR

aluminum conductors with steel reinforcement

AM

additive manufacturing

BAD

Banque africaine de développement // AfDB - African Development Bank

BIM

Building Information Management

BIPV

building integrated photovoltaic

BLU

Back Light Unit

CAD

computer aided design

CAE

computer aided engineering

CNC

computer control numeric

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

DLP

Digital Light / Laser Processing

DMD

Digital Mirror Devices

FCC

fluid catalytic cracking

FED

Field emission displays

FeMn

Ferromanganese

FMI

Fond monétaire international // IMF - International Monetary Fund

HC

High Carbon

HR

High-resilience

ICE

Intercity-Express

KfW

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau

LCD

Liquid Crystal Displays

LED

Light-Emitting Diodes

MCVD

Modified Chemical-Vapour Deposition

MR

maximum resilience

Mt/y

megatonnes per year

N.B.

nota bene

OLED

Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

OVD

Outside-Vapor Deposition

PCVD

Plasma-activated Chemical-Vapor Deposition

PDP

Plasma Display Panels

PE

polyethylene

PET

Polyethylene terephthalate

PIB

Produit intérieur brut // GDP - Gross domestic product

PP

polypropylene

Ppm

Parts per million

PS

polystyrene

PU/PUR

polyurethane

PVC

Polyvinyl chloride

RLE

roasting – leaching - electrowinning

SAF

submerged arc furnace

SAG

semi-automated grinding

SiMn

Silico manganese

SLI

Starting Lighting & Ignition

TCS

trichlorosilane

TDI

Toluene diisocyanate

TFT

Thin-film-transistor

TGV

high speed train

TPA

Terephthalic acid

UA

Union Africaine // AU - African Union

UIC

Union internationale des chemins de fer // International Union of Railways

UV

ultraviolet

VAD

Vapor-Axial Deposition

VFD

Vacuum fluorescent displays

II. Nomenclature

Dentalkeramik

Dental ceramics

Feldspat

Feldspar

Hartporzellan

Hard porcelain

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau

Credit institute for reconstruction

Rundgang erleben

Experience a tour

Steingut

Stoneware

Steinzeug / Klinker

Stoneware / Clinker

Technische Porzellan

Technical porcelain

III. List of figures

Figure 1: Source of building material - Strategy

Figure 2: Photovoltaic systems on single - family homes

Figure 3: Drawing of a house, top, ground floor; bottom, 1st floor

Figure 4: Example of grinding circuits

Figure 5: Basic steps in the production line of granite tiles

Figure 6: Composition of technical ceramics

Figure 7: Abundance of chemical elements in the continental crust

Figure 8: Manufacturing process of the brick or tile

Figure 9: Way of processing porcelain

Figure 10: Classification of ceramic materials

Figure 11: Float glass production process

Figure 12: Cement production line

Figure 13: Lime production

Figure 14: Different Binding Materials used in construction

Figure 15: Layout of an iron ore processing plant

Figure 16: Processes from ore or scrap to raw steel

Figure 17: Industrial production of aluminum

Figure 18: Production of molten metallurgical silicon in an electric furnace

Figure 19: Purification of trichlorosilane

Figure 20: Improved Siemens process flow

Figure 21: Main process of copper production from sulfur ore

Figure 22: Different nickel production processes

Figure 23: Diagram of ferrochrome production

Figure 24: Duplex production of HC FeMn and SiMn

Figure 25: Strategies for economic management of sea water

Figure 26: Desertec Electricity Project - excluding Sub-Saharan Africa

Figure 27: The supply chain of solar cell modules

Figure 28: Common components of c-Si modules

Figure 29: Schematic diagram of a solar cell

Figure 30: Sequence of the manufacturing process of Si PV modules

Figure 31: Production of commercial crystalline silicon solar cells

Figure 32: Usual device for the installation of solar modules

Figure 33: Principle of charging and discharging a battery

Figure 34: Cross-sectional diagram of the Na/S battery cell

Figure 35: Production of TiO2 by the sulfate process

Figure 36: Dissolution of intermediate and final pulp products

Figure 37: Chemical reduction of pulp and papermaking

Figure 38: Fossil resources versus renewable raw materials

Figure 39: Refinery-petrochemical integration

Figure 40: Principle diagram of a high pressure polyethylene plant

Figure 41: Manufacturing process of polypropylene

Figure 42: Schematic representation of PVC production

Figure 43: Different routes used in the manufacture of PET

Figure 44: A representation of some polymers derived from crude oil

Figure 45: Typical flow chart of plastic materials

Figure 46: Classification of the textile fiber

Figure 47: Added value for a three-piece suit (jacket, pants, vest)

Figure 48: Different stages of textile manufacturing from cotton

Figure 49: Textile processing routes

Figure 50: Classification of lighting technologies into four generations

Figure 51: Different types of LED packages

Figure 52: Classification of power semiconductor components

Figure 53: A unimodal optical fiber

Figure 54: Apparatus for drawing fibers

Figure 55: Three conductor high voltage cable up to 11 kV

Figure 56: Multi-chamber plastic windows

Figure 57: Cross section of an electric stove

Figure 58: Plant for the production of biomass pellets, 130 000 t/a

Figure 59: Example of a German high-speed train

Figure 60: Rail production technologies

Figure 61: Double track cross section up to 160 km/h

Figure 62: Concept of a high speed train

Figure 63: Power car of a high speed train

Figure 64: CAx systems in product creation

Figure 65: Example of the planned African Transrapid route

Figure 66: Materials contained in the vehicle

Figure 67: Modules of a naval ship

Figure 68: Tanker with double hull

Figure 69: Basic representation of the aircraft design process

Figure 70: Boeing 777 hydraulic system

Figure 71: Materials used in the construction of the Boeing 777

Figure 72: Classification of satellites by weight and size

Figure 73: Mission objectives - requirements

Figure 74: Subsystems of a nano satellite – Cub-Sat

Figure 75: Space Launch System "Space Shuttle"

Figure 76: Properties of some kaolins and clays

Figure 77: Chemical analysis (in %) of alkaline raw materials

Figure 78: Mineral content (in %) of 38 bricks and 49 roof tiles

Figure 79: Overview of the required general installations

Figure 80: Soyuz - 2011

IV. List of tables

Table 1: Area in km2, actual space to be occupied by the project by country

Table 2: Semi-detailed calculation according to DIN 276

Table 3: Country, number of homes, value, total issue and financing

Table 4: Financing by the state or the population of each country

Table 5: Country, population, financing, emission per year and total emission

Table 6: Expected earnings generation of the AFRICA 21st project

Table 7: Shares of each country in the African Construction Bank

Table 8: Brick and tile factories planned by country and their financing

Table 9: Chemical composition of common glasses vs granite and clay

Table 10: Parameters of 17 minerals to reference the market price

Table 11: Chemical composition of the salt of some oceans and seas

Table 12: Planned installation and current power generation by country

Table 13: Characteristic comparison in battery production in MJ

Table 14: Chemical processes for the production of iron oxide pigments

Table 15: Number of houses to be built per year and workers per country

Table 16: Materials used in Boeing and Airbus aircraft

1 Introduction

<Suppose someone wants to build a tower. Won’t he sit down first and figure out how much it will cost? Then he will see whether he has enough money to finish it.> (Luke 14: 28) All the options that Africa is using today, leads to no permanent solution. Turning to foreign banks each time only plunges Africa into uncontrolled debt and dependence. Africa is dependent on the World Bank and the countries of the North in all areas of its economy. While the European, American and Chinese countries are masters of their own destiny, Africa is swayed by these powers towards an uncertain and dependent destiny. Africa should not be satisfied with receiving "fish" every day from its neighbours. Africa must learn to fish independently to satisfy its needs. To cut this dependency, a radical strategy is needed to enable Africa to take its destiny at hand. Even if the money comes from outside, it is used to create value with local raw materials. For decades, Africa has been unable to give itself a direction and has been driven by foreign dilatory policies.

Africa needs a direction that can guarantee its future and protect the continent from unproductive foreign policies, such as the Arab conquest, colonization, the « Millennium Development Goals » etc. Africa must organize itself to take its destiny into its own hands. Beyond the plundering of Africa's natural resources and all other forms of bad policies, there is also the ignorance of Africa to implement an appropriate and sustainable development policy. To do this, Africa must move forward hand in hand and in unity. It is often said that there is strength in unity. The strength of China can also be largely attributed to the unicity of China, the fact that more than a billion people are Chinese and have a clear goal and vision. Beyond mastering all the modern technologies, the unicity has allowed China's rapid development. The command of these technologies allows them to abandon the archaic work methods consisting essentially of manual farming. They can thus carry out essential work, oriented towards industry and generating adequate, profitable and sustainable added value. If Africa is able to add value to its own raw materials, it will also be able to consume this added value and increase its economic power. The foreign powers, European, American and Chinese, exploit Africa without leaving any lasting value. The “paper money” that Africa receives, returns a few years later to its source. With its raw materials Africa can develop without having to take on debts and be manipulated by foreign powers, who only see their own interests in the first place. The manufacture of the building material and its direct use on the ground would be a key to success, allowing Africa to be responsible for its own destiny and to manage its own policy. It would then be necessary to organize a general action of valorization of these raw materials. Its transformation and use is mandatory to create the required value.

1.1 General overview of the material needed to build a house

The use of these different materials to obtain a completely furnished and equipped house is presented in Figure 1. This principle is valid for the construction of any other object described in this work.

Figure 1: Source of building material - Strategy

The origin of these different materials will be described in detail later in chapter 5 The raw material and its processing. The description will also be based on the elementary constitution of this material and the factories necessary to obtain these building materials. The description of the processes is an indirect presentation of the factory to be built, as well as all the necessary steps and the required equipment. Following the first laboratory analyses, it is necessary to insist on the fact that all these raw materials are abundantly available in Africa and in the places of the extraction of the first laboratory samples.

1.2 Sizing the house

The determining factor for shapping out the required size of the house will be the electrical capacity to be installed. It will be decided to set the electrical capacity at 20 kWp, because a house will have to contain all the modern equipment of our contemporary time. The annual energy production of each house could be estimated at 32.98 MW. The total installed capacity will amount to 5.71 TWh. If this capacity had to be bought on the world market from Chinese or foreign solar panels producers, Africa would have to pay a nice sum of almost 5,700 billion euros, if we consider the price of the kWh at 1,000 €. Currently, the African GDP represents almost 4 200 billion USD; [CIGDP]. Working together allows Africa to better direct its destiny. All African electricity production will then reach 9,417.27 TWh, more than double the energy production of the USA; [CIELP].