Oil promises - how oil changed a country | DW Documentary 

if somwhere in newyork, london, paris, rich people buy apartmen, its not big problem actually. but if they travel a lot, spend natural resources, produce more plastic its much more problem for humanity. remember morgage and 2008 crisys many millioners become homeless. if we use ghanians petrol for better life for other countrys, thats doesnt make the company bad, they sell their petrol, and descrise the prices. main problem is they didint pay anything for locals and they destroyed their life, atleast %10 of revenue should go to eletrcty and water for locals

Spot on! This is why the Scots STILL think they will in some weird way benefit from oil that they think they own...... Its always gonna stay in the pockets of the Corporations. It is big business that is wreaking havoc on the World not ordinary people.

Communist China in its 1/2 state owned 1/2 privately held companys are doing these massive projects in Africa, most countries are now indebted to communist China (ccp) research it before you assume......China is doing things way worst than the west ever did, in past 50 years

@@Eddybarrett84 Another brainwashed muppet lol. The Chinese entered into African countries because the terms offered by Western companies were just downright akin to slavery. Funny how the Africans favoured the Chinese over the old colonial power. The Chinese simply outbid the old colonial power, and offered better terms to the Africans. You do realise how much the West has stolen from Africa in the last century? ;)

This world is crazy.

Atleast we have the oil to fund free education and provide 24hrs light

Resources are a blessing. What’s a curse is the people you allow to come into the country and take charge

@@worldincredibletv2846 there is no 24 hour electricity in Ghana also how many of you in Ghana dont start what you can not finish

The same with slavery. Corrupt kings sold their people for God knows what...

I tell my Guyanese friends the same thing about Trinidad and Tobago issues. We are no where as bad as Nigeria but the waste over our last 100 years is just sad

Yeah well it's a lot easier to blame the white man 60 years later even though african riches are spent by corrupted politician *TODAY* Enough money to feed the population. Just come to major european cities to see how the sons and wifes of African politicians live in multi-million € apartments/villas and a 10 supercar garage !!! They literally blow through TENS OF MILLIONS € every year (seen it myself) !! Africa is poor because the politicians *SYPHON AWAY* BILLIONS of € Remember how much money they found in UK, Switzerland and France when Gaddafi was killed? Yeah, *HUNDREDS* of millions of € just sitting there, not to mention the *BILLIONS* his family already spent on boats, cars, properties and so on.

@@SpaghettiKillah True. In Mauritius the amount of corruption is unbelievable. The nation has a goal to become the Singapore of Africa but it is never going to happen so long as corruption stays in place

Same as the bad old days: mzungu shows up on a ship with a toothbrush, Schnapps and a mirror. The chief takes the shiny objects in exchange for his neighbors mother and children

@@SpaghettiKillah Africa and Africans are not poor, they live their cultures. America had more poverty and homelessness than any country in the world. Itiswhatitis. Africa and Africans are aware of their richness and resources. They don't need jack from America..America and others need them..

What you need is some of these more educated (and I mean no offense in any way whatsoever) blacks from America who can represent the people of Ghana to get the most for the people. That way they could prove that it's really about taking care of their own people and not just about blaming the white man (that certain people have trained them to blame instead of them)

Same here in Greece bro, it is really sad☹️

first you need to promote african culture, education, get rid of the abrahamic religions so that you can achieve unity amongst different tribes, then start thinking about science/technique.

The knowledge is there, it's the politicians that are corrupt.

Information is the true power.The more others know than you is the more advantage they have over you

Their greed knows no limits nor the atrocities they will commit to feed it.

Teacher is blind while sighted .

His Name is Matthew, he has Patrick and Charles as his student.

Someone's pockets got filled nothing has changed for centuries probably never will

@@boonwolf9266 yes, chinese pockets

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@Joppa Kolla the problem is how can we solve this problem in Africa? 🙏.

@@Nkomazi Revolution is the solution. All these political robbers in high places have to be flushed out entirely.

If you feel like that the Tripartite Alliance is also corrupt (can't say that from outside but I mention them cause they claim to be leftists. Got that from the List of political parties in South Africa from wikipedia) then yes, revolution is the answer. Also parties that follow Economic liberalism or Conservatism are just lost.

@@Nkomazi Those ones need to stop selling out.

sometimes... No media group is perfect, but for a German company, they are trying...to be globally relevant in emedia business. (hopefully once they capture the global market share that they seek, their more lucrative agenda will primarily focus on GLOBAL-HUMAN-KIND, not some people over others.)

This nothing but fake news another German fake news.

@@kennykross3306 KOOL

The west dump thousands of tones in african oceans that is what western media is hiding

@@kennykross3306 The poverty aint fake people are sinking deep in poverty. Either you a fool or enjoying the exploitation of these poor people.

we appreciate your work thank you

Great doc. Heartbreaking. The villagers were sacrificed in a bigger game of geo politics between Ghana, China and its international partners. Looking back, those jobs were never going to locals. Deals had already be done to bring in foreign workers.

This is amazing! I hope your work keeps flourishing.

Stop commenting and read ur scriptures,,Al our answers are there,,do u undestand who u are in Him,,no amount of comments or lament can change,what is happening to us worldwide,return to the one who really cares for His people.read in ur scriptures 1 peter2:25 and u will make different comments if u believe..thank u.😃👍

An excellent piece of work highlighting how the innocent people of Ghana have not only deceived by these oil and gas companies, but also by their own people; their politicians. Very informative, bringing global attention to such a serious issue.

very true, 2010 even the towns, villages and people are really clean/ neat..there is a semblance of order

It has a name..... economic development and progress

@Thanos Price Oh shut up with your racist narratives. Chinese colonisation is a lot more predatory than European colonisation ever was.

@@fredpuntdroad8701 Stating facts is racist now? Ok snowflake

@Thanos Price you sound so silly. I doubt you bothered to watch the documentary 😰

It's sad because 100% of the people from Ghana that I have met are genuinely nice people!

Perhaps we should take 10,000 people or so and send them to college in the US in exchange for oil, or gold or even cacao beens.

@@charleswomack2166 Many of our leaders had their education in foreign countries like the US. Big problem is corruption is deep rooted in our institutions

@@charleswomack2166 Or maybe start educating your people yourself. Basic knowledge is the start.

@@ickebins6948 your last sentence says it all!!!! Excellent advice!!!

We are not heading to dark times. This is just the awakening. You are now conscious of what has been going on in Africa for decades because of the documentation.

Similar things happens in western countries as well. It's nothing new.

@@akyhne indeed, but western countries have not suffered the same population explosions...

@@milesinnz mr the west dump thousands of tones in african oceans. Amd thats the reality your media is tryng to hide

@@ahmednasir2630 dumping thousands of tonnes of what in African oceans ???

I can imagine

Yup they seem like strong man that are ready to work to develop their land but government dont provide opportunities

I cringed when I heard of all the development they had planned. Who would visit that massive hotel and would the refinery really add value? There is a reason why Nigeria doesn't refine their oil.

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@White Dragon I cry every day, our world is not what I believe the good Lord intended.

I felt exactly the same, sick to my stomach watching the industries crawl in and take advantage of the populations needs, then they trick them into excess, everything they don't need but think they want, just look at the West and where it has gotten us. These people might be poor but they have families, community and all the simple things we take for granted. What a world we live in, unless we stand up and do better it will only get worse and more corrupt.

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When was the last time a really great movie won an oscar? ... An oscar has nothing to do with the quality or message on a movie....

@@ickebins6948 wat does it have to do with then

@@vershawnsea9219 If you have to ask that question... Maybe watch those "masterpieces" and ask yourself that exact thing afterwards.

@@ickebins6948 I I mean I get wat ur saying. I jus wanted u to say it

It's sad oooo. Am caribbean but this makes me sad how they lied and rob these people. They build their hopes up just to crushed it. The lies and more lies.

@Teboho Moloi LOL at "oily"

@Teboho Moloi LOL oily indeed. slippery.. dangerous

Well Spoken... Insightfull

Lol To confuse them

It is their land. It is their natural resource. They are being stolen right out from under their feet! They are clapping for getting jobs working in a hotel. I understand wanting work, however, it is their rightful possession.

That truly was a great one, and it was well founded by the German Government, you can read it in the credits, Goethe institute is one of them. Goethe the "World Human" open to the world, to all humans and beliefs ( at least for his time). DW should keep their momentum to point finger to all these topics because in many other Media Channels they are not getting enough attention.

exactly

Lmao commenting on your own channel from another acc.

Keep the devils away

@@AKAHEIZER ffcccccccccfff did

Why millenia, I dont know any colonies for that long? How do you calculate the final sum? Is it only Western countries to former colonies, or do they also have claims between them? Or is it only for colonies longer than X years, to ignore the Japanese colonies for instance? And how far do you go back in the responsibility of states? Does Italy need to pay to all the former parts of the Roman Empire to make up for what once happened there? It is not that simple, the legal precedent that it sets isnt either, because slavery and colonialism has existed in some form everywhere at some time between different peoples.

its no different then countless eminent domain siezures to build highways and other government projects here in the US. sometimes people get displaced. IT happens quit having this never ending pity party for Africa. LET THEM DEVELOP their own countries geez. and if they choose to accept outside investment thats a SMART MOVE

Now where are those BIG MOUTH Human Rights Intellectuals..??

@@biplobbiswas3323 , They are all bunkered up in their own silos shouting loud with megaphones, as always. 🤣🤣🤣

@LINCS This is where you're wrong, companies come and go in every country is the same, nothing will change if the politicians will not be held responsible for their actions. People should stop casting their vote on cheap lies

Africans we are very patient people

@@pyrat3538 Oh come on China is not only the country which has built infrastructure many countries have done it. UAE has done it using South Asians, Americans have done it using mexicans, Singapore has done it using Chinese and Indians. May be africans might be untrained but as shown in the documentary they were trained and yet there weren't given the job.

@@pyrat3538 of course China will use more cement. China used that much cement because it had demand. China's population is nearly 4-5 times the size of the USA. It is obvious that China has high demand for cement.

@@piotrtrebisz6602 Volkswagen is huge in South Africa.

What you don’t see in this video is the working attitude of the ppl in the village. Any business that builds factories in these villages regrets employing the locals. You will end up firing all of them and bringing ppl from the city to work. Villagers will forget to turn machines off. You will remind them every day to turn it off, but they won’t. It sounds like a joke but that’s the reality. That’s even just one example to give. Some can even put diesel where petrol is suppose to go and break a machine that cost $100000s, and that’s after training them how to use the machine.

@@Ahoto_papa_bi u're so right but some folks will refuse to understand that part.

Shall we all meet for a drink there when the pandemic improves?

Me too from India.

@@OmenkaUlonka moi aussi, I have to go back to Abidjan soon. Princess Town looks like my kinda people,I'm gonna see them soon !!!

I'm looking for flights in June ,😁😁

Me too I think I will go this summer

do you still dream?

They are going to get exploited from these huge cooperation

I was born dirt poor, but was able to work up and buy a house. The country you’re born in means everything.

ya the first world resource extraction operation won't ever let 3rd world truly benefit from their own resources.

This is not about poverty is about how weak and corrupt these countries leaders are

Goodness 💔💔💔😩😓😓😓

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They’re the best!!

They make such awesome, high quality documentaries.

You'd think African people would have learned by now once they have taken the resources, thrown a pittance at the locals the companies flee. That's big business. Run by absolute psychos who care about themselves however much they try to polish that turd up, persuading people to let them move in and drain a population of resource wealth and hope.

Absolutely, it has touched my heart😒

Watch occupation101

Me too

Drilling could possibly taint the water & food supply.

Now I understannd the insurgency in Mozambique. YOU just cannot mess up the expectations of Africans just like that anymore You can't.

Kudos to these Docu-makers. What a commendable commitment to see through all these years. We need dhalinyaro Somaliyeed oo sameeya this kinda long term documentary in our country

Ghana has a stock market??

And they wouldn't want to. Better to go with solar and wind.

This is where Nigerians are different. They say we are "loud". No, I rather say we are assertive, which is why rather than suffer continuously in silence, the youths of the Niger Delta decided that the language of force was the only language the govt would hear. But 11 years after the amnesty, the momentum of change there has also been lost.

They are ridiculously calm and patient...

That's really sad. No one will fight for you.

I think Ghanaians pretend to be peaceful but dying in silent. They never fight they always agree with everything and say that they do not fight hehe...If you can't fight for your rights or protest then you are as hopelesss .

Dont worry america will fight for anyone as long as you have oil 🤣

They have no law, so everything is pure feelings, so touching after all, including having 10 children.

@@ghirardellichocolate201 stfu Nd get back to your western country.

When they take up arms against the government. They will call them names. Another exploitation.

All this happens when leaders are corrupt and the wait for Hod to come and fight for instead of taking the bull by the horn to tell the government that they are not fools.

Melvyn you are Brain drain Stay home return to fight for.Your Ppls

you can go back to ghana and help develop and share your knowledge to your country.

Melvyn Abraham - Hagan.....we black people who are better off then our country man need to go back to help our people....a pebble dropped in a pond can create ripples .....

I encourage you to do so! Read this please "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" Dostoevsky. Beautiful story.

People make their own opportunities or they perish. People cannot be helped unless they're willing to help themselves.

People telling me that you like this

Top material for dream background. I was dreaming guys eating [-----] meat chips.

Yep. They shine a spot light on them without interrupting. I also like their smiles. They seem happy knowing they're enduring a long hardship to help their family.

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NOTE: it's still easy to control the narratives by not only choosing the types of people to interview, but also selectively excluding some interviews while editing the video. There's this youtuber (Yuta Japanese Man) that includes everyone he interviews. I don't care about some of his content (e.g. Japanese-animations, etc), however I like his approach to staying as objective as possible, e.g. by including everyone he interviews in the video. He makes is clear that it's a random sample, names the location were he sampled people, and finally makes it clear that these are opinions of just those individuals, and might change depending on the date, location, etc. DW is doing well. It will help if they also start including all interviewed people; including the date of interview and location. Anyway, people telling their own stories is awesome; I agree.

Truly saddening

time for a revolution before all the oil is gone then its too late. the ignorance of the people.......see how azerbajan lives.....worlds apart....education is key

dos santos got charges because of corruption but theyr capital was not all seized.

Very little left to give after all the bureaucrats they had to pay off to be allowed to drill for oil.... Hey, why not ask those corrupt officials where the money went?

It is easy to blame companies and investors. A company’s fiduciary duty is to its shareholders but at the table of negotiations, who does the government’s official or representatives owe their allegiance to? Ghana is not the only country that these companies operate in but when it comes to the negotiating of terms of an investment, it takes a government who thinks about the people’s needs and plight to leverage the resources the companies are after in ensuring the citizenry get what is due them. Then there is the other issue of distribution or trickling down of the meager revenues that comes in as a result of the short- sighted and often myopic deals that the incumbent government ( be it NPP or NDC) negotiated. However, because of the kick-backs and the “under-the-table” bribes that a few men in their quest to amass wealth engage in, this trickling down of the proceeds often remains a mirage, all to the detriment of the larger population. When the accrual of personal wealth for foreign bank accounts is the motivation for representatives of the people at the negotiating table, you can’t expect a well-thought through plan or deal as an outcome. Even if it was enshrined in the deal that the companies were to provide these amenities, whose job is it to enforce the agreed upon rules to ensure those promises are kept? By the way, why wager the resources of a nation based on just promises? Or better still, why is not based on a comprehensive national policy that directs allocation of the revenues generated from the oil? It is not the companies’ responsibility to ensure that the small amount of revenue derived from these bad deals, trickle down to the people most affected by the exploration of those resources in the first place. In light of this, can one say that the development these two villages are originally supposed to enjoy, should be independent of the companies’ exploration activities. Should those entrusted with the basic responsibility of ensuring the reliable provision of basic infrastructure, clean drinking water and electricity relinquish their duty because a company choose to invest in Ghana? My question is has the government been collecting taxes or receiving revenues from other more established commodities like cocoa, bauxite, gold and manganese? If so, then why has either community seen barely any economic growth in the scope of 10 years? That is the real issue we should be looking at, and that in itself , despite the promises from the oil companies, is an indictment on the system of governance of the nation. Companies do have social responsibilities (promises) that they have to respond to but no company signs deals or goes into business to take on what is originally the responsibility of a government. Lastly, on the seaweed problem hindering the economic livelihoods of the fishermen, my question is whose duty is it to police the environmental or socioeconomic impact that are some of the excesses that normally comes with such exploration? Did anyone representing the Ghanaian think about that at the negotiating table? or were they in a hurry to sign the deal for a few crumbs to the detriment of the masses ten years down the line?

oil company compensated but the government kept it to themselves. please be informed b4 blaming the wrong party.

The don't give 2 shits. Sad but true

It's easy to analyze/critique others. It's much harder to focus on oneself. DW has been able to do some of this, critique aspects of Germany/Europe. Hopefully they'll continue to be even-handed. (For example, they used to conviniently disable comments on "certain" videos. Now they've hopefully stopped that nonsense.) Either case, so far, they are listening, improving, and doing well, hence why I still watch and enjoy their content.

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why almost? its been common practice for decades now

This saddens me ! ☹ the gas companys are liers theves and cold very cold,they have been destroying lik a cancer ,anything in the way they take over.what some people lik gas companys do everything regardless of whom they hurt or kill for the old mighty dollar! And i dont no how they sleep at nite!!! Blessings Rhonda from southwest Virginia 😭

Some of the producers are Nigerians and they've seen everything first hand, even the Ghanaians made reference not to be like the Nigerians

Everybody knew they were going to be screwed.

@@albertgibson9905 it’s not just oil/gas companies. Look at textile industry

Please forget the "old days" it's time to earn up to your own faults, meaning, don't choose the wrong person to run your country, this is still a problem in Africa, and when the president runs with the money, it's the white's fault, NO it's not

Hi @Nam, thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

Hello there,I m not amazed at how things are in our beloved land this cannot change unless the continent of people's(Ham)change.If we read through our scriptures we would notice that the entire world is upsidedown.We natives are the children of slaves this is because of who we are,to the most High ,some of the people in ignorance are still experiencing the curse from Deut 28:63-68,,if u believe this can relate to Ezekiel 3:5-8,, Ezekiel 33,34. Ezekiel 35:22-31,Isiah59 entire chapter,, Isaiah 65.etc etc. Our Elohim loves us to great jealousy He is Holy (agape)this is real love,,this book that Rome changed and called it Bible,,is the only true history of a God who has a people ,,but because of rebellion against Him He has given over to their enemies Esau read Malachi 1:-14 these are the people's that hate our Yah,the ones that are our enemies,because of our defiance against our Elohim. Slavery oppression and all manner of evils are our heritage,so!!! When we the offspring of the slaves begin to return to Yah He will return to us Romans11:1-11''',,,, these are just some verses of scriptures to guide us back to who we are,no matter what political party is in control,, remember that it is not about politics,,it is about this Yahuah and His rebellious black children,that love the way of the Idumea (Esau)way of life,,thanks.

I was ten minutes in, so I jumped to the end to confirm my thinking.

You're Nutz hahahahahahaha True!!!!

They had to deceive them in order to convince the tribal leaders to agree with the terms of the developments they planned.

Yeah - they are counting their chickens before they have even hatched. It's not the company's fault that their government leaders go out and promise riches to everyone when they already know it isn't the case.

I am pretty sure! Just dance!

Amen to that

Africa was poor way before colonialists came.

I totally agree with you in this

@@JohnSmith-hs1hn not true at all.

@@JohnSmith-hs1hn there is a difference between under-developed and poor. All Africans were able to feed themselves until colonialism created war and famine. This documentary is a good example of how a sustainable village able to feed itself were destroyed by outside influence. Now they are truly poor and unable to feed themselves.

Thank you for the positive feedback. We really appreciate it.

Corruption is the biggest problem not only in Africa but majority of the places like russia and central Asia, I don't know the answer, may be culture, religion or DNA etc. There are uncorruptable nations like Norway, Sweden, Finland all the Scandinavian countries ,may be you should study how they manage not to be corrupted .

Africa don't own its resources Ghana will never succeed ask Nigerians,the countries in Africa are not own by Africans but Western cooperation,destroy Western democracy and control your land,resources,religion and politics.

@@nicomedia62 what about Soviet Union? All depends on education/

This is mostly in west africa ppl are very cool thr my country has avoid foreing exploitation somalia everytime they try disaster you have to be like that look at Afghans americans gave up 4 trillion dollars in minerals and they cant exploit afghans in other words fight or live on your knees

After 100 years, and three generations, the oil will be finished and the company will leave. The hotel will have less people and will have to shut down These companies move from one country to next with the promises

Well all they needed was a shampoo, so before going through all the facial feature you might as well try the next shampoo.

@@ghirardellichocolate201 "???"

@S E P why are you everywhere

Thanks for watching and for the positive feedback, John!

@Bilal Al Amin Yes I am.

painful politician are for themselves not the people

Hi @INFO ARENA, thanks for watching and commenting!

looks like this docu 's worthwhile, why DW follow it subsequently.

Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate it! :)

As a Ghanaian thank you. Ethiopia people are also beautiful. I have thought of marrying Ethiopian woman.

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment, Khaled. :)