It is really time for a new approach and that means Africa needs to disentangle itself from the existing system and which can only be done through uniformity. There is great amount of division in Africa, national line, tribal line, colonial line etc. To do business between neighbouring countries is difficult. With all the potentials if Africa is not in uniform nothing good can be achieved and it weakness will continue to increase. Uniformity must begin at regional level. The West was created after the second world war and NATO was created to protect their interest. They share everything among themselves, Technology, Knowledge etc. We have to learn from others.

I concur entirely. Greater intra-dependence is needed within the African Continent for any meaningful development to occur. This could spurt industrialization within the continent led by AFRICAN COMPANIES, not foreign conglomerates and organizations such as the IMF, World Bank, and others likewise. If African leaders seriously convened on a serious levels by putting their heads together and meshing out strategies of inter-regional developments from West to East and north to south; the growth potential and wealth of Africa would begin to be solidified. And Africa as a COntinent would be both an economic and hence economic force to reckon with. This could force tiny Europe to become virtually irrelevant.