"The armed forces in Africa were just shaped by colonial legacies, and they [colonialists] thought everything was internal security [...]. Times have changed, and there's a need for a shift—towards collective security to actually deal with issues of threats and all those things [...]. If you have this very productive youth, and you can harness their potential and even bring them into the military, you are going to expand [the military] [...]. Also investing in homegrown technology is key [...]. However, if you look at these countries—Egypt, Algeria, and Nigeria—the gap they have is homegrown war technology [...]. Now Burkina Faso, Mali, and other countries are looking up to Russia to actually build their military. And Russia is doing exactly that. So in the next five years, countries that would have toed the line of Russia in partnership, you can be rest assured they will be countries to watch," Professor Braimah noted.