00:00When they first presented you this opportunity to come to Taiwan, what was the mission,
00:05what was the reason that you decided to come to Taiwan? What drew you to this place?
00:10You know, look at the name, France, Africa. So it's been about connections. And so this was just
00:16another opportunity to connect, this time to take France and Africa and connect to Taiwan.
00:23And what better point of connection than Semicon? Taiwan is a global superpower in, you know,
00:32hardware, in semiconductors. And it's just the most obvious, the most natural thing to take Semicon
00:40as the point of the connection. Apart from attending Semicon, we've also had visits to Foxconn,
00:48Kuanta, Yajio. And then, of course, the arts, the culture side, we've seen a bit of town,
00:57you know, visited one or two temples. Like it's been a whole immersion in Taiwan. And it's been
01:03immensely, immensely insightful and fascinating. What are some of the things that after being in
01:09Taiwan, you've learned or you've taken away from this trip? One of the things I think that stood
01:14out to me is how Taiwan manages to blend all the old and the new, you know. So on one side,
01:21you have, I mean, there's nothing more cutting edge than semiconductors. And there's all, but on the
01:26other side, there's nothing more sort of like historic than some of the temples, you know, and
01:33some of the older parts of the city that have been maintained and preserved. And I think there's a big
01:38lesson for, especially for us from Africa, there's a lot of inspiration, a lot of hope, a lot of lessons
01:45to judge that. And we feel like if Taiwan can do it, then it should be possible in our countries as
01:54well. How would you go about taking what you've learned from this trip in Taiwan here, going back
02:00to your home of Nigeria and then doing, spreading the message there? I think one of the things that
02:04has come out, stood out for me this week, or one of the big lessons, is just how, how much of Taiwan
02:10is in our daily lives, in our mobile phones, you know. I didn't think of that before coming here,
02:18that, you know, every time I put my computer on or use my mobile phone or use any electronic device,
02:24you know, there's a lot of Taiwan in, in those things. And so I think I feel a more visceral connection,
02:33you know, and definitely that's one of the messages I'm going to be taking back.
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