Will African countries be developed?

[jaysabi]

It's impossible to understate the role of imperialism in delaying the emergence of Africa in its own right as an economic power.  For hundreds of years, western powers looted the natural resources of the continent to build the wealth of their own nations and enslaved the populace both on the continent and while shipping millions of Africa's inhabitants off of it.  With that kind of systemic oppression and looting of resources, it's not hard to envision how much of a setback the western powers dealt Africa.

Western nations continue to loot African countries. Look at the oil-rich nations such as Nigeria, Angola and Gabon. Most of the oil wells are being operated by Western corporations such as Shell and Exxon. And look at the gold, diamond and coltan mines. Once again, most of them are under the ownership of western corporations. China is a recent entrant and they have managed to disrupt the equilibrium.

Sure, the "capitalism" that is developing and exporting the natural resources now, which is owned by western corporations, is the direct beneficiary of past imperialism.  It's just more palatable now because the resources aren't being taken by force and the work isn't being done through forced labor, but through voluntary jobs where the corporations hire local workers.  But the ownership of those resources come from a legacy of imperialism of the 1800s and 1900s, which is why they were in a position to own those resources today.

[Chrystora123]

The development of one country like Africa is depend on the hands of their leader with the help of their community. But if corruption is rampant specially to the leaders of their country and the people are lazy and don't want to make their life better, then i can say that it's difficult for this country to become well develop unlike other countries.

a country will be developed if it is free from greed (corruption) in fact most countries in Africa have bad leaders..  one more thing, the role of foreign investors greatly influences the development of a country, if investors look at a country a lot, the country will advance because it gets incoming money from outside and also creates jobs.  The political conditions and human resources in the average African country are still far from good, this is the reason African countries find it difficult to advance..

[jaysabi]

The development of one country like Africa is depend on the hands of their leader with the help of their community. But if corruption is rampant specially to the leaders of their country and the people are lazy and don't want to make their life better, then i can say that it's difficult for this country to become well develop unlike other countries.

a country will be developed if it is free from greed (corruption) in fact most countries in Africa have bad leaders..  one more thing, the role of foreign investors greatly influences the development of a country, if investors look at a country a lot, the country will advance because it gets incoming money from outside and also creates jobs.  The political conditions and human resources in the average African country are still far from good, this is the reason African countries find it difficult to advance..

It isn't just Africa though. You see bad economies and underdevelopment in a lot of countries that have autocratic and corrupt leadership. Usually, they go hand in hand. The governments are autocratic because the corrupt leaders are looting the countries resources for personal gain, and the autocratic nature of the country prevents political opposition that might make things free and fair and based on meritocracy.

[Vishnu.Reang]

It isn't just Africa though. You see bad economies and underdevelopment in a lot of countries that have autocratic and corrupt leadership. Usually, they go hand in hand. The governments are autocratic because the corrupt leaders are looting the countries resources for personal gain, and the autocratic nature of the country prevents political opposition that might make things free and fair and based on meritocracy.

In most cases, authoritarian countries will be having weak economies, but there can be exceptions. A perfect example is that of China. Democracy doesn't exist in that country, and yet they managed to achieve staggering amount of economic growth in the 1990s. On the other hand, their democrat neighbors (such as India, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos.etc) grew at a much smaller pace during the same period.

[abhiseshakana]

In most cases, authoritarian countries will be having weak economies, but there can be exceptions. A perfect example is that of China. Democracy doesn't exist in that country, and yet they managed to achieve staggering amount of economic growth in the 1990s. On the other hand, their democrat neighbors (such as India, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos.etc) grew at a much smaller pace during the same period.

Capitalists explain that a liberal democratic system will be positively correlated with economic progress, in other words, to build an economy that is indicated by high economic growth, the political system must be supportive, and in that context liberal democracy becomes a suitable partner.

China is the center of world civilization that still exists, China has basically changed completely, it is no longer like the communist country that appeared during Mao Ze Dong reign. China has a new face that is different, starting from different Chinese Communist political systems and Chinese-style democracy, so China is very adaptive, the communist political system applied but the economy is capitalist. In addition, the one-party system maintains consistency in the goal of achieving economic growth.

The main key to China's success, because China is a copycat country, China imitates America's steps as a developed country, not following America, especially the habit of printing money and its static and dynamic model of infrastructure development, plus the model of American exploitation in China, now China also implementing it in Africa, with modification so that Africa cannot be separated from China.

[bryant.coleman]

^^^^ After the collapse and disintegration of the USSR, the Chinese realized that Communism is not the way forward. The current economic system in China is not Communist and it is more in line with a capitalist system. All that said, there have been no change in the political system. The communist party still rules the country in an authoritarian manner. They just separated the economy from the political system.

[abhiseshakana]

^^^^ After the collapse and disintegration of the USSR, the Chinese realized that Communism is not the way forward. The current economic system in China is not Communist and it is more in line with a capitalist system. All that said, there have been no change in the political system. The communist party still rules the country in an authoritarian manner. They just separated the economy from the political system.

State capitalism in China is very strong. Business in China is divided into two parts, domestically controlled by the private sector while abroad, almost entirely controlled by state-owned enterprises. China's State-Owned Enterprises are controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), so the high-ranking party bureau politicians get the highest position and control of the company. The government provides financial support, facility support to Chinese state-owned enterprises.

The large population makes the government have to ensure the availability of food and jobs for its people so that there is a China is not a country, China is civilization policy which encourages the Chinese diaspora to all parts of the world.

[todiefor17]

African countries will thrive as they focus more on education and health.
For many years they have been invested in by capitalist countries but are resource stripping, ethnic conflicts, and many other bad things. There are not many works or practical benefits from these investments.
They need to be smarter in choosing partners for economic development.

[jaysabi]

It isn't just Africa though. You see bad economies and underdevelopment in a lot of countries that have autocratic and corrupt leadership. Usually, they go hand in hand. The governments are autocratic because the corrupt leaders are looting the countries resources for personal gain, and the autocratic nature of the country prevents political opposition that might make things free and fair and based on meritocracy.

In most cases, authoritarian countries will be having weak economies, but there can be exceptions. A perfect example is that of China. Democracy doesn't exist in that country, and yet they managed to achieve staggering amount of economic growth in the 1990s. On the other hand, their democrat neighbors (such as India, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos.etc) grew at a much smaller pace during the same period.

China is one interesting exception economy-wise, but they may project prosperity a lot more than may be experiencing it. For one, they have built giant ghost cities as a way to spur economic development, but there is not enough natural economic activity to support populating those cities and it may take decades to grow into them. Their control on information makes it difficult to assess. But for sure they posture like every other country to project strength that may not actually be there.

[Twinkledoe]

African countries will thrive as they focus more on education and health.
For many years they have been invested in by capitalist countries but are resource stripping, ethnic conflicts, and many other bad things. There are not many works or practical benefits from these investments.
They need to be smarter in choosing partners for economic development.

But as others have mentioned, if corruption will not be eradicated or at least reduced to large percentage, it would be very hard for them to really progress. This is a chronic problem of most corrupt countries, the advancement is very slow because the leaders have their own agenda. Well, most politicians really have their own cards why they ran for office in the first place. I don't know if corruption can be addressed by their new generation. But someone should make a radical change and change the path of their generation. I believe one way to attack this is, education as you already mentioned. The more educated is their people, the better is their preference in life.

[Vishnu.Reang]

China is one interesting exception economy-wise, but they may project prosperity a lot more than may be experiencing it. For one, they have built giant ghost cities as a way to spur economic development, but there is not enough natural economic activity to support populating those cities and it may take decades to grow into them. Their control on information makes it difficult to assess. But for sure they posture like every other country to project strength that may not actually be there.

Yeah.. there are ghost cities in almost every province of China, and the Western media has covered some of these stories. The demand was there when these housing units were being constructed, but a sudden economic slump meant that there are few takers. And this is also one of the reasons why China is focusing on Africa. For them, Africa is a glowing economy, compared to China where it is at near saturation level.

[tbterryboy]

African countries will thrive as they focus more on education and health.
For many years they have been invested in by capitalist countries but are resource stripping, ethnic conflicts, and many other bad things. There are not many works or practical benefits from these investments.
They need to be smarter in choosing partners for economic development.

The crime rate is also very high and the root cause for all the of this is the lack of high-quality education. I believe the dictatorship is a big reason and there is a dire lack of governance and there are just too many wars that never let African countries develop to their true potential.

I believe somewhere they have themselves to blame because they did not made right choice for leaders and they pick the wrong people to rule them and now they are just not getting any opportunity to grow. I believe dictatorship can be good as an example we can say China, but they always work for their country and the corruption is really negligible there.

China might be bad for other countries but they are strong together and a feeling of togetherness is there.

[romero121]

Compared to any part of the world, Africa has got something different in terms of resource, the climatic conditions, the lifestyle and food. More to go, but the corruption within the country is the cause for such a negative growth of Africa and more people trying the best, to get out and reach grown countries. People risk their life, believing the lives will be better reaching the next part of the world.

[pokeronlinestatus]

The development of one country like Africa is depend on the hands of their leader with the help of their community. But if corruption is rampant specially to the leaders of their country and the people are lazy and don't want to make their life better, then i can say that it's difficult for this country to become well develop unlike other countries.

a country will be developed if it is free from greed (corruption) in fact most countries in Africa have bad leaders..  one more thing, the role of foreign investors greatly influences the development of a country, if investors look at a country a lot, the country will advance because it gets incoming money from outside and also creates jobs.  The political conditions and human resources in the average African country are still far from good, this is the reason African countries find it difficult to advance..

One reason why they haven't gained any kind of growth is because they seek outside help for their own problems like they will seek abroad education while they should have focused to generate enough quality education that they should not have to move outside for education needs. Similarly they will always rely on import while doing minimal export which causes big loss to their economy and even for health problems they fly out for treatment.

I believe once their education system is tightened up they will start growing and once they build some tourism they will have the financial freedom because they have so much resources and it baffles me how they haven't been great export source and have always rely on importing more than they export.

[DabsPoorVersion]

I am just thinking if all these can change, I wish many Africa countries to be developed. What can possibly lead to Africa countries getting advanced so the quality of living in the continent will improve?

If the government and their people will know exactly how to use their resources properly,

Also, it will be developed if there will be no corruption, proper family planning since their population is really high which makes it really hard for all of them. This is only a few steps to improve, but it will never happen if their people including the government will not make a move.

[bryant.coleman]

Also, it will be developed if there will be no corruption, proper family planning since their population is really high which makes it really hard for all of them. This is only a few steps to improve, but it will never happen if their people including the government will not make a move.

Rapid population growth is one of the main reasons why most of the Africans live in abject poverty. Whenever I talk about this, a lot of people counter it by saying that the population density in the African continent is very low and therefore they can afford to have a high population growth. But what they fail to remember is that most of the area in Africa is composed of either desert or equatorial rainforest. Areas that are suitable for agriculture are rather small.

[MCobian]

I believe countries in Africa will develop, like countries on other continents. Moreover, African countries are supported by abundant
natural wealth. This should be, if used properly, could make African countries developed. But the fact is that countries in Africa are
very poor, and children in Africa are often malnourished.

This happens because governments in African countries cannot manage  natural resources properly. and its human resources are not
well educated. I was reminded of the Black Panther film made by Marvel, which tells of Africa with a fictional city called Wakanda which
has such an advanced civilization. Wakanda should be able to become  a reality if the African government can manage its country well.
In my opinion, Afrika must start first by improving the education system,  so that the quality of human resources in Africa will improve.
If human resources are good, they will be able to manage Africa's natural wealth well.

[Salauddin1994]

Africa is much more developed in terms of natural resources but they are in the poorest position due to exploitation in various aspects africa has abundant mineral resources many countries in the world including china are improving africa through the proper use of mineral resources. The main reason for the failure of africa is that he is suffering from ill health and lags far behind in terms of education human resource rates need to be increased to improve africa

[Lordhermes]

Africa is a continent with resources but the problems is utilization of those resources, almost all the African countries are underdeveloped because of ignorance, although the European colonization brought a slight destruction on Africa economics, almost all African countries pays a big sum of dollars to their respective colonisers, which in turn reduces at least 30% of Afrucan production system.
In South African, the government pays a big certain sum money to Queen of England as one of the major priority to be done instead of attacking the leaking part of the economy, another factor that drains out the development of African is the corrupt leaders which lutes their country 1/3 of total budgets, these are the reason why African countries are still underdeveloped till today, and I don't think they van wakeup from these slumbers.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Africa is much more developed in terms of natural resources but they are in the poorest position due to exploitation in various aspects africa has abundant mineral resources many countries in the world including china are improving africa through the proper use of mineral resources. The main reason for the failure of africa is that he is suffering from ill health and lags far behind in terms of education human resource rates need to be increased to improve africa

All these issues.. such as lack of healthcare and education, shortage of food, lack of proper infrastructure.etc arises from a basic factor. That basic factor is the uncontrolled population explosion, which makes it very difficult for the governments to provide education and healthcare to everyone. On top of that, the per capita availability of agricultural land is declining, due to desertification and other factors.