Africa is one of the most blessed continents in the world in terms of natural resources and human capital. Young Africans are very hard working and can make something awesome and great out of very little. Africa's major problem is leadership.
The type of people that have been taking the mantels of leadership in Africa are extremely selfish, wicked and greedy. They don't have the interest of their land at heart. The average African leader is very corrupt. He/she would prefer to steal his country's money and stash it in a foreign bank where his people won't benefit from it, than use it to set up industries and develop his land
The average African leader likes power and control and as such, the make life hard for their citizenry so that they would always be under their control. Africa has everything to be among the most developed continents in the world but good leadership is what it's lacking.
I believe it's quite obvious why African countries are underdeveloped, colonial rule had a heavy hand in that, but I think the right question should have been why African countries have *remained* underdeveloped; that's where the real issue is.
We can whine about how the Americans and Europeans exploited our natural resources for decades and enslaved our people but no African country has been under European or American rule for quite some time now but yet Africa has still remained underdeveloped.
To understand this, you have to understand the mentality of your average African man Vs the mentality of a European/American man. Because of the nature of our continent and the hardship that we face, the concept of patriotism is almost non-existent so we don't think about how to move the country forward, we only think about how to move ourselves forward, even at the expense of our country.
Religion has also played a significant role in our development or should I say lack of development. Your average African man isn't interested in investing in technology or anything that can push the country forward, what's more important to him is sewing a seed in his pastors church so that God will bless him abundantly.
The truth is that we've remained underdeveloped because we have a selfish mindset, and it's something that just about all Africans share, whether you're old or young. Granted this mindset was born out of the kind of hardship that we face, it's the defining factor that keeps us underdeveloped. It's this selfish mindset that gave birth to corruption which is what just about every African believes is the reason why we're the way we are
Increasing proliferation of computers and computer networks is a fact in Africa, too. If the prevailing mentality in Africa makes building networks of trust wider than the family or extended family next to impossible, then maybe using trustless solutions such as the blockchain could be of great help.
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Africa is one of the most blessed continents in the world in terms of natural resources and human capital. Young Africans are very hard working and can make something awesome and great out of very little. Africa's major problem is leadership.
The type of people that have been taking the mantels of leadership in Africa are extremely selfish, wicked and greedy. They don't have the interest of their land at heart. The average African leader is very corrupt. He/she would prefer to steal his country's money and stash it in a foreign bank where his people won't benefit from it, than use it to set up industries and develop his land
The average African leader likes power and control and as such, the make life hard for their citizenry so that they would always be under their control. Africa has everything to be among the most developed continents in the world but good leadership is what it's lacking.
I believe it's quite obvious why African countries are underdeveloped, colonial rule had a heavy hand in that, but I think the right question should have been why African countries have *remained* underdeveloped; that's where the real issue is.
We can whine about how the Americans and Europeans exploited our natural resources for decades and enslaved our people but no African country has been under European or American rule for quite some time now but yet Africa has still remained underdeveloped.
To understand this, you have to understand the mentality of your average African man Vs the mentality of a European/American man. Because of the nature of our continent and the hardship that we face, the concept of patriotism is almost non-existent so we don't think about how to move the country forward, we only think about how to move ourselves forward, even at the expense of our country.
Religion has also played a significant role in our development or should I say lack of development. Your average African man isn't interested in investing in technology or anything that can push the country forward, what's more important to him is sewing a seed in his pastors church so that God will bless him abundantly.
The truth is that we've remained underdeveloped because we have a selfish mindset, and it's something that just about all Africans share, whether you're old or young. Granted this mindset was born out of the kind of hardship that we face, it's the defining factor that keeps us underdeveloped. It's this selfish mindset that gave birth to corruption which is what just about every African believes is the reason why we're the way we are
Increasing proliferation of computers and computer networks is a fact in Africa, too. If the prevailing mentality in Africa makes building networks of trust wider than the family or extended family next to impossible, then maybe using trustless solutions such as the blockchain could be of great help.