Does a place called Africa really Exist in the world Economy

[stompix]

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Many people I know who left for England were doing well financially in my country. To migrate legally to the UK you should be a middle or rich class in my country. Many of them might not make more money in Europe but they are moving because of better life. European cities are organised and have good health, security, educational and political systems that are far superior to what we experience in developing nations. So they prefer to work their ass out and get a better life than to be wealthy in a disorganized society.

To be honest I think it's a complete mix of situations.
I see people who afford to pay those guys to smuggle them, people who afford a quite expensive trip, and the same time they are absolutely unable to get the basic of all basics jobs done after 6 months of staying in, and even adapting to basic community rules! I mean, common, no joke, at the recruitment office a guy wrote down "your name" when told to complete a document.
Probably there are well off guys that migrate too, but from what I'm seeing with my own eyes, trust me, if that's true I don't want to see the opposite.

Those who still blame colonialism for the perils of Africa should have a rethink. No doubt Europe still contribute to the underdevelopment of Africa through loans, political interference and systematic corruption but it is Africa that holds the keys to its libration. Religious fanatism, tribalism and corruption are the main bane to Africa's development. The religious and tribal conflicts in Ethiopia, Sudan, Nigeria, etc are clear indications that we need to first love ourselves before clamouring for love from outsiders.

Yup, but the blame game is in full swing, and when some are starting to get in their heads that they can cash on playing the victims rather than working, good luck changing that!
It took Eastern Europe 30 years of trying to catch up with the West after 50 years of stupid brainwashing and corruption and we're still not there, how long do you think it will take Africa?

Africa can definitely recover, given enough investments, South Korea got huge investments from USA, but so did other nations and not all went as high as South Korea did, I think what Africa needs is more chances bottom out, because rich could be rich, but their poor is poorer than most nations, and if they can fix that, they should be doing fine. No nation where they need foreigners to come in and open a well, will ever get rich, no matter how much you try.

So, the problem was not the US, it wasn't the war, it wasn't the western army bases, it wasn't foreign companies, but something else..
Not going to say who cause I know the hate I'm going to trigger 

This is so true, Africa is a whole continent, it's like saying "Europe is doing fine" when Europe has places like UK and Germany while also having Estonia and Belarus as well, those are not all the same, and so does Africa. There are nations which are growing and there are nations which are getting smaller as well, that's the most important part of this, and I think it would be quite important.

Estonia has a GDP per capita of  30,998, still 50% that of the 1st place in Africa, Seychelles which we all know is the exception but also 5 times the one of South Africa and 20 times that of Nigeria and 2.5 that of China. As for Belarus, you're talking about Europe's last dictatorships, common! 

[kentrolla]

Whatever it be, be it largest continent or second most populated continent it won't have it's me in economy until and unless corruption is reduced from the continent as it's like a curse which is eating up Africans by making their life hell and miserable. When someone outside of Africa hears about Africa they think of poverty and illness and corruption this is due to the corrupt incompetent leaders.

People of Africa deserves better.

[GeorgeJohn]

In the continent of Africa the worse know form of corruption that has ever been discovered is prevalent in that continent. Leaders steal the resources of their own country to enrich themselves and their actions says, " to hell with the masses". Corruption is so engraved in the continent of Africa that just like Esua in the holy book they have sold their birth rights - their gold, silver, uranium, diamonds, iron ore, coal, timber, and others for Mammon money. Their economy is so destroyed by their leaders that often times you feel that the old leaders have to be phased-out for new leadership. Some countries in Africa have leaders ruling them since the 70's without any progress or change. Paul Biya, the Cameroon president rules his country from France and he has been in power for over a decade. And they are ready to relinquish power to no one unless their children and that is when they are dead. We can say a whole lot about Africa but let it be known that Africa underdeveloped Africa, their economies, their people, their resources and everything.

their government is very bad if that is the case, even though their country is rich, it is really sad whether it will continue, until the next government, if so over time Africa will really be lost from search

there is some certain things that is not what for argument and also for public discussion, obvious that we have nine continent and the Africa is Among one of the nine continent, and in Africa we have different countries which is in Africa and the each of the country have their own way of governance so you cannot generalize the Africa economy to be one even in other continent in the midst of their countries they also have different country economy and it does not mean that when one particular country economy is bad in one continent that means all country that fall into that continent are all bad... I don't want a situation whereby we use such phrase to generalize all the countries that fall into one continent.

In Africa each of the country have the way of their own economy both monitoring their economy and also uplifting their economy so it is individual race based on the country management and the political class of that country that we determine the good affair of the country so let us not dragging or bringing all that the fall into one continent to be Bad based on two or three countries in that continent economy is bad. So if We do that it is called a self-centered description.

[mirakal]

Whatever it be, be it largest continent or second most populated continent it won't have it's me in economy until and unless corruption is reduced from the continent as it's like a curse which is eating up Africans by making their life hell and miserable. When someone outside of Africa hears about Africa they think of poverty and illness and corruption this is due to the corrupt incompetent leaders.

People of Africa deserves better.

You are right. Only the irresponsible leaders are taking the advantage of its own country, while leaving the citizens in suffering from extreme poverty and illness. This should not be what it’s supposed to be. Africa is a great continent where the origin of mankind is predicted. Hence, this place deserves more to be preserved and should gain intensive care from its leaders.

While it’s economy is vividly bad, but that’s because of those incompetent leaders that people chose to put them in their positions. But if only Africa will be manage by great men, I believe this will become even more competitive to the rest of the progressive continents or countries.