The first steps of the NADEUM headquarters in Vienna in Africa with Africans

How did NADEUM discover Africa?

Well, the president of NADEUM in Vienna got to know more and more Africans due to the massive migration from Africa to Europe and came into contact with some of them.

In 2015, many migrants had come to Europe not only from the Arab world, but from everywhere. From Africa as well as from Asia across the Mediterranean. Spain, but also France and Italy, informed the other EU states that they were already very overwhelmed by this large wave of migrants. The Mediterranean, it turned out, was a grave for around 50 percent of African refugees.

It was only later, after the Covid heyday, that the conditions in North Africa became known. Those who survived this zone were happy to get a passage to Europe. The Arab states enslaved the African refugees. Humanitarian aid was a foreign word. We do not want to mention the atrocities here.

Why did this happen on such a large scale? Well, the Arab youth in the North African countries had had enough of the powerful in their countries and started an Arab revolution. In almost all of the Northern states, the governments were caught off guard by this wave of protest. Unfortunately, these protests were quickly hijacked by much more radical Sharia ideas, and the youth’s idea of establishing more democratic governments quickly died after some warlords were eliminated by NATO states.

While there had been hopes that these states would now become more European, it seems that some European states had not really prepared for how to proceed after the overthrow of the governments. It was believed that the young generation could manage on its own. Unfortunately, this was a fallacy. The civilisational difference was too great. The youth, initially still euphoric about their successes, quickly had to realise that the old power networks could not be defeated so quickly. The Muslim Brotherhood also took advantage of the situation. They exaggerated so much that the ‘WEST’, that is, we, the EU and the Americans, were glad that the old power networks, which needed us, had come to power again.

The result was that not only migrants from African countries at the height of the Sahel zone were now streaming into Europe, but also Arab Muslim migrants. The initial welcome culture of the Europeans ended when they realised that the refugees did not want to comply with European laws and that social services were being eroded more and more. As a result, right-wing populism quickly gained momentum and the initial jubilant mood turned to horror. Today, in 2025, the laws for migrants are becoming increasingly uncomfortable. The Muslims who wanted to establish a caliphate in Europe had exaggerated. The social benefits and the political and economic situation are forcing the formerly rich states to implement austerity measures in order to achieve a positive budget again.

The Africans who came to Austria often had certificates that, on closer inspection, were not worth the paper they were printed on. Many had been able to show studies that, on closer inspection, did not stand up to reality. It soon became clear that these were perhaps recognised in Africa, but not in Europe. Those who ended up in Austria soon realised that we are not the paradise they had hoped for. Those who really wanted to stay here either had to catch up on their studies or quickly ended up in the lowest levels of the working world.

Many Africans became dealers. This also quickly ruined their reputation. Unfortunately, there were also very rapid police assaults on dark-skinned fellow citizens who were not even refugees. As a result, the state had to punish many police officers and provide training in how to deal with foreigners. Those who had done something wrong had to be distinguished from those who had already settled into our society and were making their social and economic contribution.

In 2015, while still in office, the president got to know migrants in the small town of Bad Hall during a cure. At first, they looked around a bit shyly. Until they discovered that these young men wanted to start a new life here in Austria. In 2017 and 2019, at the beginning there were Nigerian migrants, the president learned that the children of the third wife had no future in Africa. They are forced by their families to go to the rich north to support their families. The families in Africa are not told what the situation in Europe is really like, because most people in the south then believe that their emigrants want to avoid the advance payments of support. So enormous sums of money and goods flow from Europe to Africa. Nigeria, which was to be supported by the EU with 300 million, renounced this because its own migrants in Europe sent up to 44 billion euros to Nigeria every year.

So once again, the EU and our politicians have not done their homework. The African continent may not be at our level in terms of civilisation, but after the Ebola pandemic, the AIDS pandemic and now the COVID pandemic, which is claiming victims in Africa, the continent, with an average age of around 25 years old and full of energy, we at NADEUM realise that we can play our part in encouraging these people to build their own state instead of coming to Europe.

Why? 50% of the people who make their way north die. Of the other 50%, 20% are now being sent back. It is hardly possible for families to be reunited. Sending children ahead and then bringing the parents over, who are unwilling or unable to change, is no longer the EU’s goal. Too many disappear into illegality. The rest now have to be kept. The social system is completely unknown to most of them. They use it without making a contribution. More and more poorer locals are annoyed about this.

That is why NADEUM and its partner NGO GAFÉIAS have decided to establish contacts in Africa to make some people realise that they would be better off applying their knowledge in Africa. This is because many African governments are former members who feel they belong to the global elite and have no interest in really building their countries. A UNHCR manager also told us that you can’t send money to Africa without something in return. Both Europe and Africa are caught in a trap of give and take. Africans believe that we have an obligation to send them money so that they can live a supposedly better life. We Europeans, in turn, believe that we have to give them money because they are so poor. But NADEUM has also found that there are very rich Africans who are unwilling to support their own countrymen. They only care about helping themselves. The only people they care about are those who have made it; the others are portrayed as lazy, even by the upper class. They should work hard for a change before asking the richer ones for help. This continent will not be able to develop from a developing country into a service economy at this rate.

We at nADEUM have found that there are five different social classes that accuse each other of being lazy. What are these classes? Those of the governments, those of the economy, those of those who have acquired a new status through knowledge.

Then there are the many young people who were supported by the school system until the age of 18, but cannot find a job after graduating from university or a technical college. These are the ones that NADEUM is in contact with.

And then there are those who, due to their family situation, cannot even attend public schools. There are a great many microentrepreneurs, there are former farmers who have been left without land and food by the government. This is because the system of absolute ownership does not exist in Africa. The land belongs to the respective community.

In the past, it was the chiefs. Today, it is corrupt business networks that think more of themselves than of society. As a result, the states of the North, today China, the Russian Federation, possibly the United States and India, as in parts still the EU, lease the land for ‘incentive payments’.

What happens is that the small farmers can no longer cultivate their old land. They are driven out by the new tenants, if not shot. This is currently happening in eastern DR Congo, Sudan, Zimbabwe and several other African countries. As a result, cities are growing rapidly. The sanitary logistics are so bad that tourists or foreigners are warned not to enter the alleys of Nairobi or Adis Abeba. The stench and the hygiene must be so bad in some cities that old diseases have an easy time of it among the unvaccinated inhabitants. Malaria is widespread.

Through a NADEUM partner, we met some ambitious Africans.

First we were in Sierra Leone. There we had to realise that we were expected to provide certain conveniences without any service in return. So only one of us is still actively involved.

In Ghana, too, we have established a promising connection with a migrant from Liberia.

In Kenya, we got to know Denis. This young man had very positive karma, so we dared to found a NADEUM branch with him. 2023 was the year to slowly gain trust.

In October, we took the risk and actively approached Denis Mitei to ask if he would be willing to try to establish a NADEUM branch in Kenya.

It was a year that demanded a lot of patience from both sides. Slowly, we got to know each other better. At the beginning of November 2023, we took the plunge.

All future board members of the new branch had to apply to the authorities for a certificate of good conduct. Then Denis had to find out what he needed to set up a branch.

It quickly became clear to us that in order to found a branch, we would have to support Denis with donations.

So the year came to an end. Next year we will support Denis and his young team. This decision was taken at a general meeting on 16 December 2023.