Africa is now the fastest growing region in the world for the past 10 years, as a result of economic reforms and greater political stability that has unleashed the private sectors in some countries. With it’s pace of development and industrial base activities, it is believed that Africa will be developed by 2030. Africa is not as poverty stricken and disease ridden as the media portrays it to be. There are many good things happening in this great continent that what the media show you.
The first thing you should note is that Africa is not a country, it is a continent. Most people often ask this particular question,”Is Africa really bad?” What they are asking is like someone asking: “Is North America really that bad?” or “Is Asia really that bad?”. There are many different cultures, not to mention 54 countries represented. Countries in the north have many Arabs and Islam is the predominant religion, while the further south you go, the more Christian countries become, with a mix of animism a lot of the time.
Workers in Africa are better educated than ever before. More than 40 percent of it’s populace has some secondary and tertiary education, which is a major boost as far as ethical leadership is concerned. Africa can now boast of an above average educational system. University of Capetown in South Africa was ranked 113 worldwide in the ‘2013 Times Higher Education World University Rankings’. Within this same ranking University of Capetown was placed in the top 50 in the categories of life sciences and social sciences. Africans study in ‘classrooms’, and not under ‘trees’, as some people think.
Innovation and technology has taken another dimension in Africa. Who would have thought of an engineless car, or perhaps imagine having a television set that comes on after an effortless clap or by blowing air? This is no fiction or magic, these things are being manufactured in Ghana by Kantanka group of companies. Also, the first-ever ‘penis transplant’ was carried out in South Africa. This should actually let you know how much Africa has improved in recent years with regards to manufacturing and medicine.
Africa is getting richer day-by-day. It now boast of more than 55 billionaires. In fact, the richest black woman in the world (Folorunsho Alakija) has an estimated fortune of $7.3 billion which is more than double Oprah Winfrey’s worth of $2.9 billion according to Forbes. It is known that the poverty rate in Africa is a bit higher when compared to the Western countries, but that has been on the decline for some years now. The average African can afford a square meal, unless in places where people are dispersed because of violence.
Africa is a great place to be, it also has a lot of potentials. Africa is beautiful, a great place for tourist to explore. Investor confidence are on the rise in Africa, because profitability is a surety. Many people think ‘there are lions walking along the streets of Africa’ everyday, but that’s a big lie! Africa has everything most western countries boast of (shopping centers, recreational facilities, factories, industries,etc) but not in abundance.
What Africa needs is not ‘food’, but more investments. The way forward for Africa lies in it’s human resource empowerment and industrialization. Once again, I would say “Africa is not as poverty stricken and disease ridden as the media portrays it to be”, but a prosperous continent full of talents and resources in abundance, and most importantly, an emerging economy as far as development is concerned.

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