Will African countries be developed?

[Salauddin1994]

Africa is known as the poorest continent in the world. Where the rich outnumber the poor the reasons for their poverty are political instability corruption and terrorism. Today, Africa is plagued by natural disasters civil wars, refugee crises, economic woes, and terrorism. But now there is a touch of modernity the intervention of political leaders has diminished somewhat and the health sector, including education is improving in every aspect. the highest priority is being given to population control.

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[Ecito]

Africa is the third largest continent in the world and the second most populated after Asia. With an area of ​​30,224,050 km² including the adjacent islands, Africa covers 20.3% of the total land area of ​​the Earth. With a population of 1.2 billion people as of 2016, this continent accounts for about 16% of the world's human population. So in my opinion, Africa could develop rapidly.

[gbrendeh]

African countries can be developed. The major issue is the leadership that have taken corruption as a daily dose

[50 Cent]

The shortcomings of the African continent in my opinion are human resources that are not yet professional.
so they still can't manage their country well, plus the frequent inter-tribal wars.
so that outsiders can take advantage of it to take advantage. Just look at the country of Libya, the former richest country in Africa, destroyed because of America. the tip is to control the wealth of the country of libya.

[AmoreJaz]

African countries can be developed. The major issue is the leadership that have taken corruption as a daily dose

this is i think the major problem in those countries. though corruption is all around the world, but i guess african countries are some of the worst. they are rich in natural resources, so if they can utilize those properly, they will be developed in no time. but it really depends on their leaders where they want to go. still trap with the old ways (corruption) or change for the better?

[Shasha80]

Logically, Africa is a continent that has abundant natural resources, and natural disasters are very rare there. Like earth quake or
hurricane, even floods are rarely heard of in Africa. Therefore it should be very likely that Africa country will become a country
developing with abundant natural wealth. But the leaders of countries with less good quality, make countries in Africa close to poverty.
So countries in Africa needs a smart and honest leader to make Africa countries into developed countries.

[Hemady17]

African countries can be developed. The major issue is the leadership that have taken corruption as a daily dose

this is i think the major problem in those countries. though corruption is all around the world, but i guess african countries are some of the worst. they are rich in natural resources, so if they can utilize those properly, they will be developed in no time. but it really depends on their leaders where they want to go. still trap with the old ways (corruption) or change for the better?

Corruption is not new to the world. Every country has corrupt officials but in Africa, most of the countries here have corrupt officials. They intend to steal the treasury of nation because they have the power right now. Many countries out there are living in hell. This is the major problem that Africa is encountering right now. And it should be eradicated so that their resources will benefits the citizen of their country.

[justdimin]

Politicians in Africa are usually crooked ones, and when you go crooked once you do not come back because when you are crooked you make sure that you are paying the right people to make it go on and even if someone totally different than you comes they have to come there with the same route and not any differently.

Let's say you bribe the networks the news channels the newspapers the police and many other places and make sure they make your propaganda and anyone that is against you is a criminal, a bad person, and all around even as further as terrorist, why? Because if you promote your opponent as "He is good but I am better" eventually people will be like "you are not so good, maybe he is better" but if you claim he is basically Hitler reincarnated that means they might say "he is bad but opponent is hitler so let's still keep voting for him". The moment Africa gets rid of these crooked politicians they will get better.

[South Park]

I am an African, resigned from my banking job and started a personal life pursuit, I get all my basic amenities myself, repair my road, fix my electricity, transformer, provide security for myself and even water. My nation is rich in natural resources but we have corrupt leaders who think only of today and never plan for tomorrow. Colonial masters are never our problem.

The problem for most countries located in the African continent is that for some reason or another the people at the top always end up being of the same kind, they do not care about their population, they only care about themselves and the profits they can accumulate while they are in power, and this means that a great deal of money that should have been used to improve the lives of their citizens instead is stolen and it never reaches the people forcing them to work even harder to put food over the table and to neglect their studies.

[Mpamaegbu]

The simple truth is — Whatever Africa has as natural endowment is taken away from it through the kleptomaniac tendency of its leadership. Nothing else is responsible for the backwardness we see in Africa. It's not as if the continent isn't peopled with intellectuals who can drive it forward. Outside the shores of the Africa continent, its citizens are known to be at par with their contemporaries in whatever field of endeavor they engage in. Also, remember that civilization started in Africa (in Egypt). It's a fact. History books are there to buttress this. It's really sad bad leadership has backtracked the continent. So sad.

[South Park]

The simple truth is — Whatever Africa has as natural endowment is taken away from it through the kleptomaniac tendency of its leadership. Nothing else is responsible for the backwardness we see in Africa. It's not as if the continent isn't peopled with intellectuals who can drive it forward. Outside the shores of the Africa continent, its citizens are known to be at par with their contemporaries in whatever field of endeavor they engage in. Also, remember that civilization started in Africa (in Egypt). It's a fact. History books are there to buttress this. It's really sad bad leadership has backtracked the continent. So sad.

There is even more than that, because of the corrupt leadership there is lack of opportunities for the prepared people in the continent and so a majority of them have no option but to move away from their countries and their families and end up working on other countries with more opportunities, and this is bad because it is precisely those people that could move their countries forward but they have no option but to leave by the lack of opportunities and as such the corrupt leadership can remain in power for an even longer period of time.

[Mpamaegbu]

There is even more than that, because of the corrupt leadership there is lack of opportunities for the prepared people in the continent...

To be honest with you, corruption isn't the exclusive preserve of the Africa continent. It cuts across other continents but the difference with others is the punishment for corruption. Leaders in Africa don't have the political will to do the right thing when they stand alone. The tendency to perpetually crave luxurious goods and material gains have made them monsters to their people whose collective wealth they plunder. In the US, it's do the crime, do the time because the US and most of Europe have strong and organized institutions that take care of such unlawful acts.

[Chrystora123]

in theory, of course, it can because every country has the same opportunities..  the biggest obstacle for countries in Africa to become developed countries is the ruling government in each country.  if they focus on not enriching themselves (because there are many cases stating that corruption in the African continent is very large) but focus on building a good education (providing free and equitable education and providing scholarships abroad to outstanding students) then I believe their countries will be developed countries..

education is the best weapon to determine the future of young people in each country, if education is good then human resources will increase.   countries in Africa on average have very abundant natural resources but they are not in balance with their human resources which are still very low when compared to countries on other continents..

[electronicash]

there are countries like Somalia which is a strategic enough to be developed in the area but still the country isn;t improving well. the location of it is right where the maritime vessels go towards Mediterranean sea. the vessels has to pass by Somalia up to Egypt's canal, they can actually make money through this passage but the government seem not doing well here. instead, their people becomes pirates. 

Africa is better place with resources than the above Sahara, more abundant than the sandy terrain. it might just be developed with Chinese investors.

[dondonk]

Africa is a continent with very beautiful natural treasures, abundant natural resources. Besides that many stars were born from Africa. football players for example, many good talents come from this continent. With the right management and governance, Africa can be better in the future.

[goldade]

Africa, a continent to billion of people, having many agricultural and mineral resources, it is home to many tourist centers. Africa is located in region not subjected to many natural diseasters like earth quake and hurricane. Africa so blessed to be a continent that can run on its own with the natural resources they have.


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Despite all natural resources embedded in Africa, they are always lacking and behind other continents. Most if not all the countries in Africa are regarded as third world country (poor nations). Why are Africa countries remaining underdeveloped or developing when they have what they can use to grow and develop.

In Africa, getting good education is not easy, rich people and the so called politicians are getting quality education for their children abroad, if they are ill, they travel oversea for treatment, good example are the governors and presidents in Africa including their relative, they make the Africa hospitals not suitable and good enough for medical teatments, that is why many Africa medical practitioners are travelling oversea and never coming back too. Corruption, nepotism and thinking of their families but not multitudes has devastated Africa into a poor standard of living nations. After all these, Africa countries lack employment while most that are employed are underemployed, making them to be poor countries truly. There have always been persistent increases in inflation, this makes me conclude African leaders are not capable to making their countries to be developed.

What makes me more sad about all these is that Africa countries can not make use of what they have properly (natural resources), and now the world has moved more towards technology, how will Africa properly handle what they are lacking. Technology wise, Africans are nothing in the world for now.

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?

Everything you wrote concerning Africa is absolutely true. They have all they need to get they want.
I recently watched an interview of a man from UAE, the man mentioned the fact that although Dubia doesn't have half of the resources of Africa, it has managed to developed itself and made a name for itself internationally and he attributed all these development to the leadership of the country.
I believe the only way for Africa to be as developed as first world countries is good leadership and governance. This is the only major obstacle facing Africa

[akram143]

Many countries from African continent has the potential to become developed but their natural resources are not used in the right way, people are ignorant there and also leaders becomes dictator and so much of chaos in those countries which lead them to be in such a bad situation even after having everything.Maybe next generation will make them to be, just a hope.

[TimeTeller]

Many countries from African continent has the potential to become developed but their natural resources are not used in the right way, people are ignorant there and also leaders becomes dictator and so much of chaos in those countries which lead them to be in such a bad situation even after having everything.Maybe next generation will make them to be, just a hope.

And that next generation should be properly educated.
Right education will give them the power to choose what is best for their country.
Also, if corruption will be addressed but that will be a very challenging part for those that will govern their country.
It is somewhat innate to their culture already, why corruption is hard to eradicate in their system.
Til then, I don't know how they can work in a more progressive way that will truly benefit their government.

[Lorence.xD]

Many countries from African continent has the potential to become developed but their natural resources are not used in the right way, people are ignorant there and also leaders becomes dictator and so much of chaos in those countries which lead them to be in such a bad situation even after having everything.Maybe next generation will make them to be, just a hope.

And that next generation should be properly educated.
Right education will give them the power to choose what is best for their country.
Also, if corruption will be addressed but that will be a very challenging part for those that will govern their country.
It is somewhat innate to their culture already, why corruption is hard to eradicate in their system.
Til then, I don't know how they can work in a more progressive way that will truly benefit their government.

Education should be the first priority, then nutrition. The problem with Africa is they have a corrupt and incompetent leader, the only example that I could think of is Rwanda's Paul Kagame, yes it is a dictatorship but he has an efficient way of managing the country. Another overlooked problem is the tribe's rivalry like what happened in Sudan and other countries in Africa, if these problem could be resolved then much of the violence will be quashed on the spot. Another problem is terrorism in Africa, good thing about that is many countries are helping in destroying these to help Africa.

Africa is a gold mine, that is constantly pillaged by greedy foreigners and I hope that one day they will flourish.

[sabbir2world]

Simple answer to your question: Yes, why not?! But there are couple of things that is holding it I reckon. Education, political evolution and religious superstitions etc. I think it's just a matter of time.