Is Low IQ Responsible For Sub-Saharan African Countries Underdevelopment?

 . Pseudoscience

Nope. Its rather inherent greed and selfishness bringing about both financial amd moral corruption. Remove those and Africa is ready to go.

you are helping prove the assertion of the above ppl. You forgot that other countries are corrupt too. China is very corrupt and they are growing rapidly.

you haven't identified what is really wrong with nigeria- just one subset of it which is ok. Not just corruption but the lack of industry. I am going to sleep anyways. China has a shitload more problems than you think, find out about them.

Sefago,

I know about China more than you can ever imagine. Now, assuming that you have a low IQ but you have money (like Nigeria), what do you do? Get people with the high IQ to work for you. Has Nigeria done that? Yes, on many different ocassions. Have things improved? No.

Conclusion: It is not a matter of IQ. It is our unworkable system which even frustrates foreigners working amongst us. Do you not see that many of the Nigeria-owned private investments are working relatively well in Nigeria? Do these private Nigerians have higher IQs than the civil servant Nigerians? No.

Ok, agreed. But that is one part, and the most important part, i would admit. The one I am looking for is the one that would still occur even we have a stable government, and no trouble.

By the way, I apologize, for my rudeness, I have just been have very bad month in school and taking it on random people I find on nairaland

China and India just to name a few right?

TO ANSWERTHIS QUESTION, ONE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT MANY THINGS THAT PROMOTE LOW IQ OR UNDERDEVELOPING IN COUNTRIES.

we need to ask ourselves: is IQ really transferable genetically? are recently rapidly developing countries suddenly acquiring very great IQ? are vast  number of people in say china having low iq because they are poor? is the development of countries in africa a true reflection of IQ of the generality of the people or the IQ of people in power or authority?

I will want to tackle the last question from the perspective of the Nigerian's 'whom you know' syndrom when it comes to getting opportunities and getting to position where one can effectively make changes in the system. Historically, the wealth of african countries had been plundered by these so called 'high IQ' people of northern europe and america. People were taken en mass from the continent over hundreds of years, the nations were colonized and the 'colonial masters' wrongly amalgamate people of different 'genetic' make-up, religious beliefs, aspirations, philosophy and development ideologies together in such a way that any synergy resulting will be to cause chaos, disaffection and self destruction. Let us take the case of Nigeria as a case study. After independence, Nigeria was lead by succession of probably (almost certainly) low-IQ millitary men who were out to save situation in the first place. However, due to the lack of check and balances, they perpetuated themselves in power and continue with plundering any economic opportunity that might be left after their master seemed to have gone or the new opportunities being created by the hardworking people of the country. It must be mentioned that crisis fuelled by the differences among the people was a big issue. The new nation engaged in three years of fracticidal wars further destroying any platform for collective development efforts.

Over the years, due to lack of proper checks and balances, the low-IQ people in power ensured their perpetuality by surrounding themselves by their family members or people who they know as weaklings (that dare not challenge them for any ideological shift). In fact, they extend this to every sector of Nigerian political and socio-economic system. It is not unusual for children of such people to publicly say (in schools and social gathering) that they are going to be in charge of the country whether 'you like it or not' even when they are not intellectually prepared or qualified to do that a the expense of high IQ ones. They are everywhere destroying whatever effort the creative sections of the country are putting in this seeming vast blackhole.

if it was just IQ that ensure development, then nigeria should have or will develop just like any nation because high IQ people are everywhere. But from observation, high IQ people of nigeria seem to have been forever screen away from the scene in order to ensure that personal or sectional interests are protected. And Nigeria is a true picture of many countries in Africa.