Prosperity in Africa

Although Africa is making tremendous leaps toward achieving excellent goals within their continent, they are still very behind. This can be seen when you look at the differences in the top 38 countries in Africa. The number one country in Africa is Botswana where they make $15,176 per capita and the bottom of the 38 countries belongs to The Central African Republic which makes $584 per capita. The difference between the number 1 country and number 38 country is way to large. A continent cannot succeed when countries such as The Central African Republic is doing so poorly. A good quote that could apply to this scenario is "you are only as strong as your weakest man." This relates to Africa because it is impossible for the country to function well with their weakest countries being so weak. A good question to be asked is "How can these countries improve to catch up to Botswana?"

There are many factors that determine how well a country is doing and if they can be run on their own. First, the most important thing you need to have a good country is a strong government. If a country doesn't have a strong government than it should be expected that anytime they are struck with problems then the ground will crumble beneath them. Secondly, jobs need to be readily available. If there aren't jobs available then the people won't be able to spend money because they won't have any which will put the country into an economic depression. Also, If jobs aren't available then the unemployment rate will continue to grow and when your unemployment rate is as high as 41% you bound to failure.

A comment made in the article that I read called " Top 10: Africa's most prosperous countries" said "we cannot talk about the prosperity of women in Africa if we don't change the inappropriate policies that hinder their progress." This is a prime example of why a strong government is necessary. When a strong government isn't present than many setbacks arise with equality of genders and races. A strong government works together to acknowledge that if everyone is given equal opportunities than it will in turn benefit the country. This is what many countries in Africa and all over the world need to realize and stop "hindering" the progress of the people in those countries because in reality those countries are only hurting themselves.