Despite there being a range of
different weath levels and
cultures in Africa, the disparity
between the rich and the poor in
Africa is the most noticable
feature about it's people.
The majority of African people
are poverty stricken and live
below the bread line. These
conditions are not conducive to
improving the situation in these
areas and where people are
poor they continue to get
poorer.
Many African people lack basic facilities and
this leads to very underdeveloped areas
where people lack basic education and as
such remain poor.
The State of the Environment
The African
environment is definitely
in need of reform. At
this stage I perceive the
environment to be an
asset to the African
people, but not one that
is being taken care of in
such a way that it will
be available to us for
generations to come.
Right now, the most important issue for the
African nation to address is the lack of
proper infrastructure and knowledge to deal
with the water shortages that the continent
is experiencing.
Developing new technologies
which will enable African
nations to use the available
water resources conservatively,
as well as new methods of
supplying all areas of the
continent with adequate watwer
supply so that the land and the
people do not suffer.
In comparison to the rest of the
world, the amount of waste that
Africa produces and the pollution
emitted is almost negligible.
Deforestation, desertification,
poaching, pollution and overgrazing
are all taking place on a large
scale, to name but a few negatives
in terms of the environment on our
continent.
Once water conservation and
technology has been
established, methods of using
other resources need to be
implemented so that they too
can be used sustainably rather
than becoming a scarcity.
Economy
The African continent is made up of
many of the world’s poorest countries
and was recently ranked the poorest
inhabited continent. This results in the
perception that Africa has a weak
economy all round, which is not true of all
African countries.
Like many other topics in Africa, we have a spread from
very wealthy countries, all the way to the bottom of the list
with exceptionally poor countries. However, the portion of
the African continent that lives in luxury is far smaller than
that which lives below the poverty line.
Botswana - wealthy
country due to resources
Zimbabwe - formerly
wealthy country, now
hugely in debt due to
the political situation
Despite being an incredibly resource rich
continent, the economy does not reflect this as
many of the people that live here are extremely
poor. Because of a low flow of income in many
areas, African nations lack the ability to build
infrastructure and implement necessary policies
that would in the long run be infinitely beneficial
to the economy.
A number of African
countries do not have the
facilities necessary, such as
transport, agriculture and
technology, to trade with the
rest of the world. This means
that although many countries
have the resources available,
they do not have the
necessary tools to turn the
resources into income.
Future Development
The African continent does not inspire much hope for
the future. In almost all spheres, African countries are
lacking and as a nation we are far behind the
development pace set by the rest of the world.
Despite our rich
natural resources,
Africa as a
continent lacks the
facilities and
leadership
necessary to make
use of these
resources and turn
Africa into one of
the worlds leading
economies.
Education: vast numbers of people on
the Afrucan continent have little to no
education and will unfortunately not
recieve formal education in their
lifetimes. This stunts peoples abilities to
create new innovations and work
towards alleviating their own poverty,
thereby further damaging the African
economy.