By Yankuba Jallow
In a virtual conference room packed with eager listeners, a man named Prince recounted his improbable rise from a struggling plumber in Uganda to what he described as financial freedom through network marketing. His team, Eagles Empire, operates under Dynace Global—a Malaysia-based company that claims to offer life-changing opportunities in health and wellness.
With an air of conviction, Prince painted a vivid picture of his past struggles, recalling nights spent in cramped shared rooms and days when even affording a meal was a challenge.
“Sometimes we did not have food, and we resorted to stealing sugar canes,” he told the audience. His fortunes, he claimed, changed with a single phone call—a friend urging him to join a network marketing venture. At first skeptical, he ignored the offer. Then, he saw his friend’s apparent transformation. “I believed in myself, lowered my pride, and got connected to him. I said yes to this business.” His friend is now called Coach Abdul.
The business in question is Dynace Global, a company that operates on a membership-based model with buy-in tiers ranging from Basic to Platinum. New recruits purchase health supplements that Dynace Global promotes as capable of curing ailments from diabetes to heart disease. But selling products, Prince suggested, is secondary. The real opportunity, he emphasized, lies in recruitment. Members earn commissions by bringing in others, a structure reminiscent of a pyramid scheme.
Prince projected a vision of boundless success. Within a year, he said, he had acquired multiple properties and his dream car, a Mercedes-Benz. He claimed top earners in Dynace Global could make over $200,000 annually, while even “lazy” participants could expect six-figure earnings.
But the structure he described followed a familiar pattern: participants’ earnings depended primarily on their ability to recruit others, not on selling actual products. According to Prince, Premium members earn D1,620 per recruit, with additional bonuses as their teams grow. The highest-ranking members, the so-called Platinum leaders, claim potential weekly earnings of D46,000.
Coach Abdul Latif, another prominent figure in Eagles Empire, echoed Prince’s enthusiasm. He described his own climb from selling second-hand clothes in Kampala’s markets to working as a restaurant waiter—until he joined Dynace Global. “Start now. Start from zero. Stop giving excuses,” he told prospective recruits, claiming to have made $9,000 in nine months and now earning $1,500 per month.
Yet, inconsistencies in their narratives emerged. While Prince asserted he had been with the company for two years, Abdul Latif said he had joined 17 months ago. Such discrepancies, coupled with the program’s heavy focus on recruitment over product sales, raised questions about the company’s sustainability.
The Gambian Expansion
Eagles Empire’s influence has reached The Gambia, where a growing number of young people are joining. The group holds daily online video calls, where leaders recount their struggles and newfound wealth, encouraging others to sign up.
The reporter attended five such meetings, posing as a prospective member. When he pressed Patrick, one of the recruiters, with questions about the business model, Patrick’s response was singular: make the payment, and all would be explained later.
Within Eagles Empire, motivation is a constant drumbeat. Members flood social media with testimonials, religious quotes, and images of brand-new cars—purportedly purchased through Dynace Global earnings. The ranking system mirrors a hierarchy of exclusivity: Basic members at the bottom, followed by Premium, Elite, and Platinum. Even within Platinum, further rankings exist—Leader, Coach, One Star, Two Star, Three Star—each tier wielding influence over the community.
In The Gambia, members join by making payments via Wave mobile transfer. The reporter spoke to 15 Gambians involved with the platform. Only one expressed satisfaction, believing he was on the path to millionaire status. The others admitted regret but remained in the scheme, hoping to recruit enough people to recover their initial investments.
No Products, No Receipts
Despite Dynace Global’s claims of selling health products, many Gambian recruits reported never receiving anything tangible. When the reporter contacted Omar Mbowe, who handles Wave transactions for the group, he insisted that products were available and stored in his vehicle. Yet, multiple recruits said they had not received any.
More concerning, neither Eagles Empire nor Dynace Global is registered with The Gambia’s Medical Agency, raising doubts about the safety and legitimacy of the so-called health supplements. A search at the Ministry of Justice found no record of either entity—meaning they lack legal standing in the country. Transactions with an unregistered company offer no consumer protections, leaving members financially vulnerable.
When recruits make payments, they receive no receipts—only a personal screenshot of their transaction. This lack of documentation further clouds the program’s legitimacy.
A Familiar Scheme
Some of the top figures in Eagles Empire were previously linked to QNet, another controversial network marketing company that faced scrutiny in The Gambia. Among them is Coach Abdul, who appears in past promotional materials for QNet.
An economist working with the Gambian government cautioned young people against such investments. “This is simply scamming,” he said after reviewing Eagles Empire’s pitch. “I do not know how and why people fall into their traps.”
He urged Gambians to pursue genuine employment and skill-building rather than gambling their earnings on schemes promising quick riches.
A Growing Influence
Despite warnings, Eagles Empire is expanding rapidly in The Gambia. Their recruitment strategy is simple: reach out through friends, emphasizing the success of early adopters. In online presentations, Prince repeatedly reassures prospects that they, too, can bring in friends who are “working but earning too little.”
For now, the promise of wealth continues to lure new recruits. But as history has shown, in network marketing schemes built on recruitment rather than sales, the real winners are always the ones at the top.
Dynace Global was emailed to get their side but they would not cooperate with the reporter.
