Africa: What Is Africa's Problem? Poverty It Is!

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Africa has been described as a continent of despair, war, failed states just to mention a few. It's a continent where leaders overstay in power. It's a continent where corruption is rampant. Ask the men in the streets and everyone will offer their own thoughts on what's possibly Africa's problem. To some, leadership is Africa's main problem. It is believed, that put the right people in power and Africa will be on the path to development.

How about the argument that corruption is Africa's problem? Are Africans poor because they are corrupt or they are corrupt because they are poor? Is there causation, or correlation? I belong to the school of thought that has come to believe that poverty is Africa's problem. It's not that Africa is poor because it's corrupt. It's because Africa is corrupt because it's poor. Africa's social services are dysfunctional because of poverty. Africa has weak institutions because of poverty and has low per capita income.

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