Published January 25, 2026 | Version v4
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The African Federation Treaty Framework (AFTF) v3.1: A Jurisprudential Treatise on Continental Sovereignty and Algorithmic Governance

Authors/Creators

  • 1. The Ndege Group
  • 2. Africa's Sovereign Development Trust®

Description

The African Federation Treaty Framework (AFTF) is a transformative institutional blueprint designed to operationalise absolute socio-economic sovereignty and political unity across the African continent. Developed by Africa’s Sovereign Development Trust® (ASDT), the AFTF provides a rigorous solution to the historical fragmentation and systemic developmental paradoxes that have traditionally impeded African progress.

The framework proposes a robust Tripartite System of governance, finance, and defence, anchored by four primary pillars:

  1. The African Sovereign Development Finance Fund (ASDF): A sovereign capital source for generational infrastructure.
  2. OmniGaza®: A sovereign-grade blockchain substrate ensuring algorithmic fidelity, transparency, and real-time settlement for continental transactions and intelligence.
  3. The United African Defence Force (UADF): A unified military and intelligence structure guaranteeing regional stability.
  4. The African Rare Earth Mineral Fund (AREMF): A mechanism for sovereign resource control and value retention from Africa’s critical minerals.

Version 3.1 Technical Updates

This latest iteration transitions the AFTF from a conceptual regional agreement into a rigorous Jurisprudential Treatise that mandates the absolute supremacy of Federation law over conflicting national statutes. Critical modules introduced in Version 3.1 include:

  • Digital & Cognitive Sovereignty (Art. 8): Codifies immunity against external computational and ideological threats through Lattice-Based Cryptography (Quantum Shielding) and native Synthetic Intelligence to secure African decision-making.
  • Commercial & Logistical Anchors (Art. 9): Integrates the Northlands (Nairobi) and Mai Mahiu (UADF HQ) as primary bonded warehouses and trade facilitation hubs, governed by OmniGaza real-time settlement.
  • Phased Governance Strata (Art. 10.6): Implements a tiered institutional onboarding system (Silver, Gold, and Platinum) via the Master Sovereign Investment Agreement (MSIA), allowing for professional fiduciary management of partners and state actors.
  • Jurisdictional Finality (Art. 11-13): Establishes the Federation Court as the supreme judicial authority, possessing a "Supremacy Override" that solidifies the transition from a non-extractive Trust to a permanent Constitutional Federation.

Strategic Objective

The AFTF aims to eliminate the massive opportunity cost of continental fragmentation by deploying a self-executing, code-governed operating system. It serves as both a public record and a definitive call to action for leaders and stakeholders to unite in building a resilient, borderless, and self-determined African future.

Notes

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOTICE

Personal Copyright & Trademark Declaration

© 2025 David Okiki Amayo Jr. (a.k.a. Trevor Mwendwa). All rights reserved worldwide. Copyright registered.

This 50-page treaty framework constitutes the comprehensive original expression of continental economic integration architecture. The tripartite institutional system, financial mechanisms, security integration protocols, governance structures, and implementation machinery contained herein represent proprietary intellectual property held personally by the author.

Associated Registered Trade Marks (Kenya Industrial Property Institute)

OmniGaza® (No. 138985, Class 42) The Ndege Group® (No. 138986, Class 36) Africa's Sovereign Development Trust® (No. 138987, Class 36)

All registered to David Okiki Amayo Jr. Effective: 14 April 2025. Expiry: 14 April 2035.

Authorship & Priority

Sole Author: David Okiki Amayo Jr. First Publication: November 2025 Archival Deposit: Zenodo (CERN Open Repository) Related Publications: OmniGaza® (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17715877); UADF Framework (https://zenodo.org/uploads/17716011)

Strategic Deployment

The Proprietor may, at sole discretion, deploy these rights through The Ndege Group®, Africa's Sovereign Development Trust®, The Ndege Group Nominees Limited, or other corporate vehicles acting as nominees. Such deployment confers no independent ownership upon nominee entities. The author retains absolute personal ownership of all intellectual property.

Permitted Uses

Academic citation with full attribution is expressly permitted and encouraged. Scholarly analysis referencing this framework advances continental discourse. Proper citation format: Amayo, D.O. Jr. (2025). The African Federation Treaty Framework: Operational Architecture for Continental Socio-economic Sovereignty. The Ndege Group. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17670879

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Governed by the Laws of the Republic of Kenya. International protection secured under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the Madrid Protocol (trade marks), and all applicable bilateral intellectual property treaties.

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Additional titles

Subtitle
Operational Architecture for Continental Socio-economic Sovereignty
Alternative title
The African Federation Treaty Framework by David Okiki Amayo Jr.
Alternative title
The African Federation Treaty Framework™

Related works

Is identical to
Publication: 10.2139/ssrn.6130346 (DOI)
Is supplement to
Report: 10.5281/zenodo.17468377 (DOI)
Report: 10.5281/zenodo.15061706 (DOI)

Dates

Copyrighted
2025-11-21

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