Using the case of Rwanda, the chapter elucidates on the issues around promoting local languages without a spirited move to have local goods and services production. Thus, this chapter’s pith is on African languages, politics and economics. There has been a strong drive by African scholars to advocate for linguistic independence. However, linguistic declarations without economic backing are tantamount to economic suicide. The chapter thus grapples with the practicality of using African languages as languages of official communications in the contemporary global world without the Industrial Revolution’s backing. The Rwandan case becomes spectacular because the country is backtracking from the previous language policies and encouraging English use to make their population global village citizens. Expanding on the decoloniality theory and the qualitative methodology, the chapter looks at the viability of using African Languages when the industry is Western. The chapter found that industrialisation and language use must never be separated since these are Siamese twins. The study harangues that language promotion must not be rhetoric but real implementation because the young will not venture into unproductive endeavours. It is argued in this chapter that in as much as African languages are important, promoting them without industrial fortifications will lead to the younger generations who are technologically and economically minded shun them since they constantly negate anything that hinders their economic relevance and achievement.