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Meet Our Staff
Africa Invest Network is committed to ensuring that only the very best qualified and trustworthy handle our highly valued investors and investment seekers.
Mason T. Joshua
MS Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL
MS Pubic Policy & Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Member, United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN)
(CEO & Senior Investment Consultant, Africa Invest Network)
The third of seven siblings and born in Koko, Nigeria, Mason migrated to the United States in 1987 with $180 in his pocket, a tiny suitcase containing 3 pairs of clothes and a "fierce determination to attend the best universities in America". He fulfilled this dream by obtaining a Bachelors degree from the University of Texas at Austin (The Texas Longhorns) in May 2004, a Master of Science degree from the prestigious Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May 2006, and a Master of Science in Accounting from the Prestigious "Accounting Powerhouse", the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois in May 2020.
Mason spent 27 years in the banking industry in the United States working as a Returned Items Specialist, Customer Service Specialist, Online Banking Technical Support Specialist, Auditor, Branch Manager and as a Loan Officer. A visionary with a strong passion for the progress of Africa, Mason believes that Africa is the "New Frontier", and anyone would have to be crazy to ignore the potentials that this continent where mankind began its journey, has to offer.
"Often, too many people belittle Africa, and under-estimate its potentials. Africa Invest Network is committed to introducing people worldwide to the endless opportunities and the great resources this unique continent has to offer. This is why I am fully dedicated to making sure that talented and serious entrepreneurs and investment seekers in the continent of Africa get exposed to serious investors worldwide".
Here are some of the things we said at some of our investment forums:
"Who needs an American Silicon Valley, when we can set up our own "Kilimanjaro or Sahara Valley here in Africa?"-01/17/2017
"It is not the poverty in Africa that I'm worried about, since there are poor people in every country, every city and every community all over the world. But it is the poverty in Africa which, to the best of my knowledge, is preventable and avoidable, that gives me goose bumps and sleepless nights" - 02/27/2017
"In the late 80's and early 90's, the Asian Tigers began to growl inside Asia, and their growling produced modern Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, China. Today, these nations have made a very substantial progress in infrastructure and technology. By the early 2000's, it was the turn of African lions to roar. They roared but no one was listening, because they moved to Europe and the United States to become taxi drivers, dish washers and cleaners?" -03/02/2017
The numbers are out: Nigerians spent billions drinking "Guinness" in 2016, and billions more on "Coca~Cola" the same year. Huuummmm! How about making your own soft drink and your own beer in Africa and creating jobs for your own people?
-07/17/2017
It is estimated that Africans living in Continental Africa give $100 a month on average to false prophets, while Africans living in Europe and North America give about $300 a month on average. Compounded monthly at a low interest rate of 3%, $100 a month will yield $6,480.83 in only 5 years, while $300 a month will yield a whopping $19,442.50 in 5 years-enough to build a house, send children to school or even retire comfortably in Africa. Instead, it is the false prophets that are getting richer and these Africans are getting poorer. What a tragedy!
-10/12/2017
"Extra! Extra!!
When American false prophets steal money from their Churches, they invest it in America. But the news is out: Nigerian false prophets are transferring millions of dollars from their Churches to banks in Europe and America. This is the money they have been stealing from their Church members for years. -01/15/2018
Africans do not need million dollar mega Churches and Mosques where they are being lied to everyday by covetous false preachers teaching their false doctrines of "Gain is godliness". They need factories where they can work, earn a decent living like the rest of their fellow human beings in industrialized countries, and be able to take care of their families.-03/19/2018
There are 2 things that are hindering the financial freedom of most Africans; Yeah 3 things that continues to prevent them from making any economic gains:
(1) Complacency-Waiting for someone else to
come from some place else to solve their
societal problems.
(2) Faith without works
(3) Sense of entitlement-"My relative in a
foreign country must send me money"
-April 28, 2018
"Africans do not need "hand-outs" from Europe or The United States. We need serious investors that will take a chance with serious African investment seekers"-10/31/2015
"Forget about the Bears and Bulls on Wallstreet. All they do is generate artificial wealth that does not stand the test of time. The new Investment frontier is Africa" -11/02/2015
"You African men that desire the "American dream": What is it to you? It is driving a taxi cab with a Masters degree or PHD; It is using your medical degree from Africa to change diapers in a nursing home in America; it is being just 1 paycheck away from homelessness; it is facing natural disasters everyday with a high chance of losing it all in one split second; it is being in student loan debt to your eyeballs; It is taking out a mortgage on a house you cannot afford, and spending 30 years of your life trying to hang on to the house; It is working 3 jobs without sleep-just to make ends meet.
Be warned: While America presents lots of opportunities for the black man to better himself, it has also become "The Black man's grave", and many Africans have met their "Waterloo" pursuing the "American dream".
-07/04/2016
"And you African women that desire to go to Europe": What is it to you? It is getting raped or killed trying to cross the desert or drowning in the over-crowded boats sailing the Mediterranean; It is playing the "harlot" on the streets of European cities and catching deadly incurable diseases; it is cleaning after White men and White women while serving as " indentured servants"-just to survive. Be warned: Europe is the "Black African woman's brothel", and in downtown Brescia, Italy, I saw with my own eyes many African women drowning in prostitution and whoredom. Again, I say "Wake up!
-07/04/2016
"I may not be able to build an entire African nation from scratch, but I should be able to build a modern African village with all the modern amenities for my children and grand children to enjoy for generations to come"-10/30/2016
