Why Is Africa Still In Poverty?

The global community has spent billions of dollars in aid over the past several decades to wipe out poverty in Africa, but poverty persists in many African countries. Why doesn’t international aid work?
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[@SpadaccinoLuciano]

"If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he will eat for a life time." Literally an ancient proverb and people still haven't caught on. Some people...

[@mrginjer4558]

Absolutley true.

[@zoraizzia958]

Marina Joyce why not, humans are animals

[@melanie_lyrism]

hassan messaoudi Morocco etc are still in Africa in order to define the black Africa, they must say the Sub-Saharan Africa.

[@melbourneopera]

that's why people want a welfare state bcos of the degree didnt work for earning a job.

[@mediocre2]

Only if the problem is this simple

[@keatondayne4536]

a stable government would be a good start

[@DrWixon]

Keaton Dayne How a stable government can appear if people aren't concerned about politics?

[@alexwschan185]

SO WE NEED A STRONG MERCILESS REGIEME THAT PUMP OUT HIGHLY NATIONALISTIC PROPAGANDA WHILE SOFTENING THE CITIZENS WITH MASSIVE AMOUNT OF LUXURY CONSUMER PRODUCTS!!!!!!

[@Ruandpl]

In Africa? Lol

[@da14a49]

A profile pic that is not as childish asf may mean people actually consider your comment.

[@JcoleMc]

@@travv88 Are you saying that black poeple are stupid?

[@Tripster60]

Africa doesn't need saving, it need investments.What Africa needs is infrastructure aid, not food aid

[@fonkvenco2278]

***** Yes, it's a vicious circle. In my opinion the priority should be 1. Education and literacy and 2. Political stability. A poor but literate workforce under a stable environment is sure to draw in massive inflows of business investment which, if properly harnessed and regulated, can be the needed impulse for countries to take off development-wise, maybe a bit like the Asian "Tigers". Many African countries have a large, young and inexpensive workforce and are full of resources so there is no reason the continent should be cursed to perpetuity.

[@Tripster60]

***** They are malnourished because they are poor, not because they can't fend for themselves

[@Tripster60]

***** Investment, thats what i said they need, you need INVESTMENT from the world, not just yourself. Thats what is said

[@Tripster60]

***** giving food doesn't a make a poor person rich, giving them investment allows them to have luxuries without the help of others

[@Tripster60]

***** How about this as a solution to their problems. Rathe than giving food and water to the people of africa, why dont you offer economic aid to the governments in africa, who in return most reform to more democratic practices? Also how about the creation of businesses with the aid money, a billion dollars goes much futher in africa than when you spend it on food. This makes the countries industrialize much faster, and it allows africans to have wealth themselves. Thus solving half of their problems. Not to mention the much higher tax incomes allow the governments to be able to build infrastracture

[@msf2123]

I have some experience with aide programs in Afghanistan. The people who designed these project have no real intention of helping the people. Its more of a symbolic gesture to pacify the people at home and add some feel good stories to the news cycle. They don't measure success by the results of the work like people employed, quality of life increased, needs of the people met,etc., but by how much money they spent in the process. (Spend baby, spend!) Since nobody at home really pays attention to places like Afghanistan, or Africa they can make public declarations of success without anyone asking any tough insightful questions.

[@kakerake6018]

Michael Fields I agree. The best foreign aid the us has ever given was to Germany... They didn't.

[@chinocracy]

Like what Maliha Chishti said in a TED Talk.

[@surgeknight5725]

Those people (aid donors) are controlled by goat Lucy

[@mrsoshadabaadman]

@SandboxArrow God bless you though. Look at you trying to be an edge lord that's adorable. Anyhow despite our shortcomings we have a soul. Unlike you friend. But come to Jesus he might help you find peace okay 😊

[@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner]

They don’t have any interest in helping Africa. They come with their own agenda.

[@jivenesspie]

Africa needs to be left alone, so they can figure shit out for themselves. You rob them of that, and like the host points out leads to dependency.

[@TheMiriamAdams]

jivenesspie yes, leave Africa alone including having western soldiers there killing and raping, including stopping stealing the natural resources and including stopping interfering in their politics and killing any African president who refuses to give resources to western countries. Then Africa can develop.

[@hanayahb1918]

i dont care wat u guys say, I am proud to be an african

[@_____._..--_]

i am not hedwig But??? Stealing oil is good.

[@eliasrayz1412]

i agree

[@violetlavender9504]

jivenesspie You think dictators and famine disappears on its own? Maybe. The US escaped monarchy, Europe went from widespread poverty to widespread middle-class. But why?

[@deborah8056]

Africa has enough wind energy to power the whole continent. TheCongo river alone has enough energy to power the continent. Yet there are still some villages that don't have needs to basic electricity.

[@flatearth9140]

damming up a natural life sustaining river isnt the answer !!

[@Charles-hy6gp]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYq2kJaClq2Xrbs You keep saying things about the government of Africa, but the problem comes outside of Africa like the USA and Europeans governments that want to get rid off great leaders and put puppets

[@deborah8056]

@@Charles-hy6gp yes I know and great video recommendations. Most African presidents are puppets for the US , China, EU. Especially were I come from in Uganda. Museveni invades Somalia, Central African Republic, and Congo for the US and China etc. He has rigged our elections Ugandans no longer have any rights or freedoms.

[@ericsurveillance3963]

Africa need to get their leadership recruitment right

[@MirandaMandlate]

"aşk the people what they need instead of giving them what you think they want"

[@VALlewellyn]

we can save our damn selves! Get rid of the french colonial influence in Africa and cut all of the awful overloaded contracts that countries secretly keep and let African market forces shape Africa. Empower our youth, teach technology, let the Girl Child be free to complete school and teach people a skill they can work with. Either way, let us sink or swim on our own.

[@nickpop4649]

Well said. Thank you.

[@sorzin2289]

Viola Llewellyn I would say get rid of the Arab influence and everything else but keep the French secularism.

[@KingAgniKai]

Sorzin getting rid of both would be better

[@esaw7067]

Viola Llewellyn truth

[@BonsuBigWhale]

@@sorzin2289 France by the admission of its own leadership over thw past 60 years is cognizant of the fact that its relationship with Afrika is existential. They would slide to the status of a 3rd world country without it's continued theft and wealth transfer of hundreds of billions of euros from the annual earnings of 14 Afrikan states that are effectively French neo colonies. Scheme is known as. " the "French Colonial Tax" and has gone on for decades. Billions that should be used to develop those respective societies instead going to make a few wealthy Frenchmen wealthier. There can be no serious talk about giving Afrika ANY aid talking billion while the continent is subject to capital flight to the tune of trillions. Best assistance? Stop meddling, stop pushing underdevelopment policies and culture war. Save the money to feed and develop your own societies.

[@mrmister1657]

The problem with donations is it ALWAYS goes too the dictating leaders and not the people who need it

[@shreder89]

it´s already explained in a book called " why nations fail".

[@gtas321]

Because aid to Africa is never out of the goodness of anyone's time hearts, it's because there's always something to gain. Aid is used tactically by other nations to establish infrastructure that aids other nations.

[@CleanGhettoKids101]

It is out of the goodness of alot of peoples hearts that they wanna help Africa but its not that easy...There is no reasonable economic growth and occur without political stability. Another problem is the different tribes in Africa. Althrough some tribes are closer to each other but most of them have completely different tradition and language but are boxed up in a country. People have spent more time fighting than developing, many have died in the hands of leaders who want to be like the king of old whose wishes were absolute these are some of the reason i feel Africa is still backwards.

[@Kctubes]

It's all so tiring

[@n8m102]

MrAsap2000as I can tell by this very comment you have a very low level or education on african history, so you go to dumbfuck racial essentialism, you can’t in good faith compare Korea to Sub Saharan African countries who are still facing neocolonialism to this day from countries like France and China.

[@gtas321]

@MrAsap2000as Asian countries were successful because they didn't have their leaders being assassinated every few years for not wanting to play ball with the french or the americans. Read "economic hit man" and it will explain why the third world still exists in 2020

[@gtas321]

@MrAsap2000as Also you're a racist why am I even replying to you...

[@carval51]

The problem is people is often too short sighted. just left africa alone and lets its rebuild itself. Foreign aids only help the local ditactor and make the place poorer. I agree with aj only for this time

[@Skankhunt668]

It will never build itself

[@jenniferhaynes8625]

Help the poor in Africa. They will die if they aren't helped.

[@carval51]

@@jenniferhaynes8625 prob some help like giving them foreign advisor to manage reconstruction and stuff, but direct donation is a no good way and only exacerbate the problem. yeah few will die but less suffering in future. those early death are just way of balancing with how the people live there. while it's cruel it's a much better way to solve it

[@hydrohasspoken6227]

Dear, the problem are not the foreigners. The problem are us, the africans. Fix the leadership in your country, problem solved. Or take matters in your own hands and become yourself a leader. Not sure you would change anything. “Die a hero or wait till you become the villain”.

[@davruck1]

@@jenniferhaynes8625 they suvived for thousands of years until certain people showed up. Western culture is not universal. Their culture developed thanks to their geography. You can't export it everywhere. Western culture might make you "rich" but not happy or healthy.

[@denzelreid4834]

Africa doesn't need the world the world needs Africa.

[@mrmrpoorkid123]

Denzel Reid facts momar ghadffii knew

[@8603136206086]

Africa is poor ,but every African leader is rich.

[@8603136206086]

@Ramen Lover even richer than they are

[@highlysuspiciousnews8641]

Answer is its all by design. Who keeps Africa poor is the better question

[@intensegamer7559]

Africa is poor by nature. Mostly bad soil, unclean drinking water, diseases that inhibit large numbers of cattle and so on. So the very basis for a strong civilization is barely there. Therefor Africas poverty is intrinsic and mankind is eons away from being able to afford the kind of terraforming etc. that is needed to make Africa a good host for civilization.

[@ginebro1930]

the answer is simple but nobody wants to hear it, their own people

[@kenb3279]

Omg. How many excuses can you think up for why people can't take responsibility for themselves.

[@malkiamwema6188]

you are a racist idiot

[@dasdasdadadadad8915]

Based!!!

[@freeman894]

I am from Eritrea but my Country doesn't expect aid if you don't know Africa don't take like that again please because you guys you don't the all Africa

[@danielemorandi2814]

The problem with Sub-Saharan Africa is that it depends entirely on other countries, this discourages investment and development and makes them even more dependent on foreign assistance, it's a downward spiral...

[@zack1610]

100% after a certain point people need to help themselves

[@sydneyblake4820]

Africa needs ambition and hard work and less blaming others for their failures

[@GamerZz-yk3mf]

We don’t blame others

[@richardhaw9757]

this is all about rich people feeling good about themselves and what they did than actually saving other people. Like the old saying goes about teaching a person to fish and feeding him for life.

[@Williaem00]

Why is Africa still in poverty? Answer: Their culture. You could give these countries all the money in the world but they will eventually hurt themselves because of their culture. Their government also is affected by their culture and they just keep screwing themselves over.

[@XXXShottyThottyXXXYt]

Very true. Tribalism has always been our way of life and our culture. By forcing Civlization onto us, your not making sense, your just speaking a whole different language.

[@robinkindred6456]

@DistriktA tribalism is one of the problems indeed but their is more

[@magnus2239]

I don't think people understand. He said "Foreign aid alone has never transformed a poor country into a rich country." meaning that you need more than just simple aid to become prosperous. For example my country Denmark made Kanslergadeforliget, which together with "foreign aid" made us a developed country.

[@silmsadie]

It's also worth mentioning when certain nations refuse foreign aid with the hope of building their own sustainable economy they get crushed by sanctions.

[@gymrat5014]

Source ?

[@jermarwilliamson8165]

Africa is rich and it's not in poverty, How can they be poor but rich in land and resources, money doesn't make one rich the sensibility of learning to survive makes one wealthy like a plant needing nourishment. A tribe doesn't need money to survive but if they lived in the city hears what they would do, they would all work together and form a unity to come out of poverty, basically the mind is already wealthy and without it guiding others one couldn't even gain the will needed to climb a high mountain for a glowing prize at the top, wealth comes in all forms, some seek richness in love, self love, food, life, family, the thought of world peace, art, science..... wealth all comes down to the individuals perception but we all have greatness implanted into or great minds and with it we can accomplish anything that we put or minds to no matter what, where there's a will there's always a way, Why isn't there more stories about how rich Africans became rich, they became rich because they looked outside the box and realized that poverty is of the mind but the will to survive no matter what is of the GOD in all. ( For this vary reason JOB never gave up in the bible ) We are the designers of the cosmos, if walt disney never created disney world wold it ever had been still thriving today, if mlk jr. never made his speech would be less free, if Moses never led his people out of Egypt would his people still not be free. God the gift is already in you, yo are already the gift, wanting more like christmas presents or materiazed things because you are already the gift of life ( the gift of the most high God ) now that we all realize that we have a special gift of conscuiusness ( life force energy ) it's what every we choose to do with that energy that makes us wealthy, that's what the old saying we all are born rich in Gods eyes come from.

[@capitalmedia5160]

Exactly! A good example is Zimbabwe!

[@princess_ama]

When westerners go to African countries to "volunteer", they're actually taking jobs from the local people. I think that's one of the reasons why many people in Africa are unemployed. I went to Senegal to visit relatives, and you wouldn't believe how many foreigners were working at the schools and hospitals near the village. My cousin is a college-educated and qualified nurse. But when she went to look for a job at a hospital, the director told her that they had to give spots to the American people who came to volunteer. Fortunately, she has a job now. But it took her nearly a year because many spots at the hospitals were taken by western nurses. Most of the foreigners couldn't even speak Wolof or French (the local languages of the area). I'm sure most of them had good intentions, but all they really did was take jobs away from the locals.

[@Shavarmaisvegetarian]

How does an illiterate man teach his illiterate son math?? Newsflash, he doesn't. Educated foreigners are a massive help to educate the people there.

[@theafricannomad4203]

@@Shavarmaisvegetarian when the heck are you talking about? There are many educated people in Africa. I've travelled a bit and I can tell you that most people wherever you go just have basic education but they have so brainwashed that they think they are more than that. Even in India, a country with more people than all the 55 African countries, the majority are uneducated but they think otherwise because of all that propaganda.

[@theafricannomad4203]

@shankapuppet a Kang? Can you actually speak English?

[@johndoily9407]

Oscar Wilde, despite being a "dreamer", was perfectly right about charity---it merely aggravates the problem.

[@DaSilvaBullet11]

Thank you for making such a great video. I've had much of the same view but unfortunately many people misunderstand me when I try to explain to people why foreign aid isn't such a good idea.

[@fisterhr]

We should ask the missionaries and the old peace corp members that went here to try decades ago, and to tell us why they think Africa doesn't improve.

[@leotimtom6637]

have you noticed that on every continent there are poor and rich countries, except Africa where all countries are poor.

[@babeena_gt_3645]

That's not true, Kuwait is extremely wealthy so is Dubai and Saudi ,and they are african countries

[@NajiaAnsari628]

lol I’m african and probably richer than you

[@bantu_itila]

Thank you for posting this

[@eugenes9751]

This basic concept also applies to our poor people. Giving people money who don't know how to properly use it for their future always causes this. Without proper education and a willingness to follow through, social security always has the same result, more poor people than before.

[@pakistanibaloch2955]

Africa is poor due to its corrupt politicians......

[@itgamingke]

Not every country is poor or corrupt

[@perpetualpolymath5961]

God help Africa :(

[@assaqwwq]

yeah. cmon god...flood earth again

[@tulparkultigintengrikut8440]

God wont do shit

[@MegaDiva1999]

God save us from the WEst who colonised and brutalised us in the first place. Why on earth would a leopard change its spots?

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

God help

[@FernandoTorrera]

What it needs is the ability to make products the rest of us can buy.

[@purplepineapple117]

Thank God for this video! People always never want to look at the unintended problems.

[@rattan3922]

Every positive thing is in some way negative. Every negative thing is in some way positive.

[@user-hl7bw8yw7n]

Foreign aid isn't that much of a helping hand. It's more of a deal between governments: we give you money, you do whatever we want.

[@spiritmatters178]

One approach would be to look at how countries have recently substantially reduced their own extreme poverty. China and India, for example. How did they do that? What prevents Africa from doing the same? China and India make things that people want to buy at affordable prices and then engage in international trade to sell those goods. Then they use that money to improve their societies. Some countries in Africa have started to do that. Others perhaps could follow.

[@dondevives9172]

What is stopping Africa is the same people who drew random lines on a map that divided the rich continent (resource wise) into small European colonies. In efforts to benefit the oppressor and not in consideration of the people who live on the land. Many places deemed "first world" countries have a major role to play in why the continent is perceived the way it is today as poor and destitute. If you really think to yourself, how is the continent with the most abundance in natural resources deemed as the poorest? Its because other groups of people cant seem to take their hands out of Africans' pockets, and even worst the corrupt leaders installed by the colonizers after they leave just further drives the oppression.

[@tihammd]

Well the simple reason is corruption 🥴 I'll explain why In order to run a industry you need electricity a lot of it you need to build roads ports infrastructures etc etc and guess what past attempt of doing just that hasn't worked do you know why? Africa is poor because it's politics. Thank you 😄

[@Digitalexe-uu6sr]

Corruption and still exploitation from the west

[@shashankdixit8949]

@@dondevives9172 alot of african countries are never ruled ruled by any foreign nation u know that ryt?

[@shashankdixit8949]

@@dondevives9172 india and china was also ruled by europeans so what?

[@diemmarley1217]

Africa needs to unite under one government and build roads, open these so-called borders and trade.

[@jermarwilliamson8165]

Africa is rich and it's not in poverty, How can they be poor but rich in land and resources, money doesn't make one rich the sensibility of learning to survive makes one wealthy like a plant needing nourishment. A tribe doesn't need money to survive but if they lived in the city hears what they would do, they would all work together and form a unity to come out of poverty, basically the mind is already wealthy and without it guiding others one couldn't even gain the will needed to climb a high mountain for a glowing prize at the top, wealth comes in all forms, some seek richness in love, self love, food, life, family, the thought of world peace, art, science..... wealth all comes down to the individuals perception but we all have greatness implanted into or great minds and with it we can accomplish anything that we put or minds to no matter what, where there's a will there's always a way, Why isn't there more stories about how rich Africans became rich, they became rich because they looked outside the box and realized that poverty is of the mind but the will to survive no matter what is of the GOD in all. ( For this vary reason JOB never gave up in the bible ) We are the designers of the cosmos, if walt disney never created disney world wold it ever had been still thriving today, if mlk jr. never made his speech would be less free, if Moses never led his people out of Egypt would his people still not be free. God the gift is already in you, yo are already the gift, wanting more like christmas presents or materiazed things because you are already the gift of life ( the gift of the most high God ) now that we all realize that we have a special gift of conscuiusness ( life force energy ) it's what every we choose to do with that energy that makes us wealthy, that's what the old saying we all are born rich in Gods eyes come from.

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Tribalism prevents this

[@TheRacistsMustDie]

"Foreign aid alone has never transformed a poor country into a rich country." Except for, you know, when Marshall Aid was given to Italy.

[@nytehawx]

And Italy is going through a huge financial crisis at this point. Foreign aid alone does not help. Heck, the allies rebuild Germany and Japan. In the 1950s, debts of Germany were forgiven. Wiped out. They can do the same to all the African countries but they won't.

[@TheRacistsMustDie]

nytehawx "And Italy is going through a huge financial crisis at this point." Which isn't really of any relevance. Despite the "crisis" Italy still is one of the richest countries in the word and it _was_ transformed into that by Marshall aid. What happens 60 odd years after that does nothing to alter that fact. I'm all for debt forgiveness b.t.w. I'm just saying that there is at least one case which demonstrates the opposite of what is claimed at the end.

[@fonkvenco2278]

Lukas That's explained by the fact that the Marshall Plan involved not throwing red cents at poor locals just to feel good about it, but a comprehensive plan for reconstruction and development, to be carried out by relatively responsible and transparent governments. In other words, the exact opposite of the Africa policies, where the strategy since at least a century is to prop up or rely on horrible brutal and corrupt regimes to deplete countries of their natural wealth, and then sending some bags with USAID stamped on it when a journalist happens to be lying around so that we can feel good about it. And then again that "aid" is often conditioned to economic measures like unfair so-called "free trade agreements" that result in wiping out what little business sector there was in the country. Or further privatization of natural resources for more leeway in shameless exploitation. It's not terribly hard to understand why poverty in Africa is not about disappear under these conditions.

[@TheRacistsMustDie]

Fonk Vènço I can only endorse what you wrote.

[@dargon1084]

And germany, britain and france, and south korea and umm japan all post world war 2 except korea sometime after its civil war. but heyy what do I know

[@Militantreturns]

Let's. Start by letting the Africa continent. Benefit from it's own. NATURAL Resources

[@yeahseewoo4892]

Corruption is the number 1 reason

[@testymctest8479]

The best way to go about it is to take a page from Star Trek i.e. The Prime Directive. We should not be interfering in developing cultures no matter how bad things might be there. The people simply need to learn to help themselves and that is that.

[@davruck1]

They aren't developing cultures. They've been around for thousands of years. Imposing your culture on others never works. Everyone doesn't want to live in a nation state with a centralized government.

[@suedecomponent8931]

You gotta let them work their problems out alone. They need to develop their own political systems, their own infrastructure and so on, and if they fail then so be it.

[@Ayo22210]

They’re poor because they’re not serving each other enough, at a high enough level.

[@samuelprincenimley2782]

I'm a Liberian. Liberia is a country 3rd world country in Sub-Saharan Africa. And I am communicating to you through my laptop. My sister is watching Netflix in and air conditioned room.

[@zarkasiasnawi3832]

So? Is not special life in other part of the wolds....your people need improvement

[@samuelprincenimley2782]

@@zarkasiasnawi3832 that wasn't my point. I was trying to give people a better idea. But yeah, I get what your trying to say.

[@chinocracy]

There's probably a lack of study of the particular cultures given aid, and how they handle the aid given them. Sometimes the problem is in the cultures themselves. If the culture still supports headhunting, there's likely little you can do to help them if they can't change their culture.

[@ijumaainjabulo5983]

The west never gave Africa aid to deal poverty. The aid was so they could cover up the continued exploitation of the continent.

[@diegovelazquez4606]

All lies: 1) Africa does have not warlords 2) Africa is the richest in natural resources 3) Africa is very free and has a lot of democracies 4) Rwanda's government as the most female parliamentarians in the world so no the women are not being maltreated 5) Watch a video about Lagos (African New York(or even better))

[@intensegamer7559]

Decent commentary on the topic. It does not explicitly mention the extremely important fact that the continent in general is a really bad host for civilization. But aside from that some important things where covered.

[@ericklino7945]

Food is not a problem in Africa, problem is investment..instead of giving people what you want give them what they need

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

1:06 wtf hppend to the map

[@NativeVsColonial]

If ever Africa went underwater 😶👀

[@maxpaxe5677]

But asia

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

@@NativeVsColonial that would explain the poverty

[@psychos1s.]

It's cursed map

[@psychos1s.]

There's two europe area in the map

[@seto3153]

While i agree with you for the most part when you said foreign aid has never helped a country transform from rich to poor, that’s simply not true, you can find examples of this in Japan Germany and other nations.

[@thorin5591]

1:14 africa does not make up 1/3 of the world's poor in fact it is much worse. They make up 2/3 of the worlds poor. Do not underestimate the poverty in africa.

[@infonomics]

00:22 - "Western governments have donated over 2.3 trillion dollars in the past 60 years in the crusade to help the world's neediest people..." Wow!

[@senkail6625]

the squares: Countries that do not have any resources (such as oil and gold) Are the richest (such as Japan and Germany) And countries with resources Are the poorest __.

[@briankerogoi4798]

"The person who has the most money and declares it aloud will lose it the quickest"-Me

[@projectdcb7525]

The country's with the recousrces have the most corrupt leaders you can ever imagine, you can't be clean when you sit on a gold mine

[@Charles-hy6gp]

The poorest contries are actually the most exploited ones

[@alexs8946]

IQ....thank you for coming to my TED talk

[@clowin7068]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@TvConfusionn]

2 months and no angry comments

[@cxlappsed1548]

wild

[@sirkeg1]

Here is a development story that can work. It involves a rich powerful Asian country and a poor developing country. The rich Asian country needed natural resources that the poor developing country had, so the Asian country offered billions of dollars in loans to the developing country in exchange for the natural resources. The developing country could then use the loans to buy whatever infrastructure it wanted from the Asian country, but had to hire the companies from the Asian country to do it. It sounds like the rich Asian country was taking advantage of the developing country. You may think this story involves China. Today we hear this development model between China and Africa as a "debt trap." This story does involve China, but China was the poor developing country and the rich powerful Asian country was Japan. This happened in the 1970's. China was poor and developing. It's a large country with a decent amount of oil and other natural resources, in the 1970's there was more than enough oil for the small economy in China. Japan was rich, had a large economy, but no natural resources. So it bought oil from China, and in exchange China bought ports, roads, power plants from Japanese construction companies. The deal benefited Japan, which got oil and business for its companies, but it was up to the Chinese to make the right decisions and acquire the right infrastructure it needed for its development. Would China be a manufacturing power today without the ports, railroads and road to move its goods around the world? Today in Africa we see the same model in play, some African countries make smart decisions and buy the right projects at a fair price. Other African countries waste the money on overpriced projects and corruption. But the point is the power is in the hands of the Africans. If the people don't like their government's decisions, they should do something about it. This model may not be perfect, but it's better than the pattern of dependence.

[@chokkan7]

In response to this clip, I'd like to draw a parallel, comparing a similar situation in different locales and eras; it may be flawed, but I believe it still illustrates my point. When Rome expanded into what is now known as Europe, there was resistance. In some cases, Roman legions put this down, but in others, it was quelled from within; despite the reluctance to be dominated by a foreign power, it was apparent to many that there was much to be learned from the Romans which could make life better, and that trend has continued to this day. And then there was the European period of colonialism in Africa: there was exploitation, as the goal was access to the local resources, but there was also the spread of European education, administration, roads, railways, agriculture, etc., which tended to benefit the locals at the expense of the colonizers. I've read narratives of Mau-Mau rebels from Kenya who said that they knew expulsion of the British would impoverish the country, but that they couldn't stand to see the British in their country 'acting superior', and so they began their reign of terror. I think it's interesting that, outside of the Belgian Congo, which was a travesty from beginning to end, what has been termed 'genocide' in Africa (e.g., the British machine gunning of the Sudanese, the German expulsion of the Namibian rebels into the desert, etc.) have by no means met the definition of a genocide, although they did result in many deaths. The Rwandan genocide, on the other hand, fits the description admirably, and yet those in a position of authority are, to this day, loathe to label it as such, since the hands holding the machetes were also African. I digress slightly, but my point is that as a whole, Africa has made it clear that they will not brook any intervention from Europeans which makes them feel inadequate in any way, although they are still more than happy to accept foreign aid from these same countries, albeit at userous rates. On the other hand, the Chinese have been very careful not to offer offense along these lines, and as such, have been granted access to everything the continent has to offer, all the while placing many African nations in a state of deep financial debt, bordering on servitude. At the same time, placement of Chinese managerial ex-pats in Africa seems eerily similar to past colonial practices, and so I wonder how the locals will react once they realize that the past is once again being repeated...my belief is that the Africans won't be in a position to actually better their situation until such time as they reject tribalism and elect to adopt the more utilitarian aspects of a culture they seem to universally despise...I'm sorry, but it's happened to the best of us...

[@flatearth9140]

say that again but slower !

[@BoboSLO1]

Zo why they help them,if they are more corruptive and violent ,before the have western help??...leave them alone.

[@jameslearing970]

THE16THPHANTOM What the fuck.

[@kwetsig3504]

now thats messed up, the west can't leave Africa because A. they were the source of all the problems, and B. they can't live without the natural resources, what they give in aid, they gain back ten fold in resources

[@cannibalking]

Kwetsi G exactly.

[@filiuserro111111]

Kwetsi G What the west gains in resources, are paid to the local governments and or the local 1%... What these people in turn do with that wealth is not necessarily responsibility of the buyer. When you go and eat to a restaurant or buy anything at Wal-Mart, do you ever ask if the owner is paying his/her employees proper wages? or just enjoy your meal and get your new shinny products and go?

[@cannibalking]

Frank Rogue That's where the western hypocrisy kicks in. The west is zealous in promoting freedom from oppression, freewill, to sum it up, freedom for the people. Heck, they even went to war to secure that freedom for nationals in other countries e.g America. If they could do that, why not implement policies or play policitcs which will force the concerned countries to implement regulation which will distribute wealth? Thats only one answer to that my friend is self interest. The west does not give a fuck about people suffering injustice in poorer countries. The only time they do is when it concerns or threatens their (west) interest. They will keep doing it as long as its cheap and is beneficial to them.

[@johnnoel7240]

Where is the foreign aid going though?

[@johnmaris1582]

The only way out of poverty is them helping themselves aka pulling yourself by the bootstraps.

[@philipwong5066]

Still? It's been in poverty its entire history outside of North Africa. Sub Saharan Africa has always been centuries behind all the other continents.

[@ljubuntu8451]

What it's great is that everybody in western countries know what Africa needs. Jajajaja. What my continent needs is to know how to hide very well the high ignorance, corruption, poverty... As Western countries do.

[@joshuamurphy9902]

Yep, we are just hiding the videos of us sitting around hungry with flies all over us out west.

[@imperator692]

The worst thing about Africa is corruption. I live in Kenya myself, and the Kenyan economy has grown quite a bit in the last decade. But why are people still unhappy with the government? Because, politicians eat everything the taxpayers give, nothing goes back to the people.

[@Selbstdenkender]

Questions as valid: Why is Mississippi still poorer than many parts of Africa? Why is the US underdeveloped compared to many other Western countries? Why is most of Asia still in poverty?

[@eyebeamlight9179]

Well said good show thanks

[@lukerlunker]

This is ridiculous. 2.3 trillion over 60 years sounds like a lot. But, it only amounts to 40 dollars per person per year. Absurd. Believe it or not, 10 cents a day per person is not enough to dramatically change an entire continent. While there are huge problems in Africa, and their are problems with poorly run aid programs, it doesn't mean that aid has failed. Also, how could shoe makers be going out of business if these kids didn't have shoes to begin with? Aren't there now more shoes to repair? I am sure the shoe repairman loves repairing Tom's shoes. Providing medical facilities is a good thing. Everything has side effects. Drugs have side effects, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't take life saving medication. I am sure the treatment of diseases was much better than the excess trash and the shanty towns that popped up. OTHERWISE the people wouldn't have gone there for treatment. My head hurts watching this.

[@AbsurdJosh]

Luke Seefeldt Well you do realize 10 cents a day is a lot there.

[@lukerlunker]

Josh gIf they make two dollars a day that is enough to boost there income 5 percent. It is not a lot. 2 dollars a day is enough to put one in poverty. 2.10 is still enough to be in poverty. Imagine what the ebola epidemic would have been like if there were no hospitals. I agree we need to ask Africa what it needs. However large projects such as key infrastructure, hospitals, and schools make the world a better place.

[@kakerake6018]

Luke Seefeldt are you saying the West should give up it's own problems to fix Africa's. They need to git gud. And the west and China (can't forget China) needs to leave them alone. The British was once a poor pathetic island everyone invaded for fun. many of their ppl didn't have shoes or food no one really helped them they just got resourceful... Improvise adapt overcome aka git gud

[@enterurnamehere27]

haley smith British people have their own shoes and food.And no, it wasn't a poor pathetic island.

[@kakerake6018]

Enter Ur Name Here I'm talking about the time after Roman occupation and during enslavement by the Mormons (aka the french) during this period they were alot of poor British all the way to the industrial era. So no the country wasn't born with fat pockets, they had to git gud

[@was_shaky2020]

The day will come wen Africans will say enough is enough and get their independence. These people know we are the richest yet they choose to use our resources. That day will come and i hope i will be there to witness everything

[@rw4025]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there's a misconception here. Africa isn't becoming poorer. The number of poor people in Africa has increased, but that's a consequence of population growth. If we consider Africa as a whole, it's never been better off.

[@Moonitot]

America have homeless and a lot of poor people also ..

[@binneyjohn9396]

Condoms, shovel pick, hoe , seeds, and a tent, and energy tablets.

[@rexappleby4981]

The best strategy is cash in hand to african entrepreneurs

[@danielchigbue7962]

I'll tell you what Africa needs. First, we know what is wrong with us and how we can develop and enrich the continent. The problem is the high level of corruption from top to bottom. Eradicate the heads of corruption and instill patrotism and truth from the cradle. An average African has a mindset of corrupt intention to take advantage of any opportunity given. Truly Africa needs deliverance. It's like the spiritual forces of wickedness as beamed it's light on it

[@richardobiekwe9437]

Africa simply needs to get good leaders and problem solved. No need to worry how hard it would be because that is the ultimate solution. The societal structure is like the human body. When the brain is suffering a form of infection and all the organs of the body begin to act up, where do you treat first, the brain or the rest of the faulty organs, that anwsers the question of Africa's issues. Foreign pestilence ensure continous bad leadership and take advantage of it giving rise to perpetual poverty. Treat the brain of Africa and everyone at least most would fall inline and be normal citizens as their normal leaders.

[@rabiekhalifa1103]

Yes you are absolutely right.. But firstly our government members should abstain themselves from corruption in addition to encourage people to initiate their businesses instead of doing what they do

[@solveigdiriksdottir2689]

01:06 what is up with that

[@ironmantis25]

foreign aid is a small bandaid in a giant bleeding wound. You want to help africa? Invest in it, develop it's infrastructure, create industries in the countries in which it can become a viable exporter.

[@HichC521]

The problem is simple, afrincan countries work hard every day and more than 50% of there profit goes to France or other countries... what were you expecting?

[@JaiKrishna787]

Thanks. I previously thought that poverty has reduced in Africa but it happened only in South America and Asia. 👋👋👋👋

[@theafricannomad4203]

You don't have to but if you want to know the truth then you should visit the continent. All that propaganda out there is an excuse people use to keep coming to Africa to steal all they want. Why do you think Chinese entrepreneurs are now flocking to Africa?

[@luddity]

Far more wealth is extracted from Africa than what is given back in Aid.

[@rtswift]

best way to save africa, get a time machine and stop colonialism.

[@rtswift]

Lone Wanderer who said they weren't happy living the life they lived before colonization.

[@rtswift]

***** just because they lived a tribal life doesn't mean they weren't happy. just like how adam and eve were kicked out of the garden of eden when adam ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge, these africans were kicked out of their blissful tribal life once they were introduced to western conveniences.

[@rtswift]

***** man will always war but colonization is what brought the diseases that increased the mortality rate. colonization also brought weapons like the ak47, that allows kids who previously couldn't fight, fight in the wars which also increased the mortality rate. also colonists weren't thinking they were bringing civilization to savage lands, they were thinking "ahhhhh snap, non white claimed land, i'm gonna be rich"

[@LoneWanderer101]

***** Did you see your name on this comment?! What talking about you? Well you said it not me...

[@rtswift]

Lone Wanderer haters gone hate whether it be direct or indirect.

[@jindynubon3953]

Howard Nicholas of the WTO and John Perkins, Economist have a very thorough and honest explanation of why Africa stuck in a circle of poverty, it is no accident

[@filip30051]

Its as simple as this. Intelligent, hardworking, successful people who have the ability to raise up suffering nations within instead choose to take their abilities elsewhere. Their success is in leaving their homes to a place where they can prosper.

[@dasareero]

You missed the mark by a mile lol. The entire world keeps Africa just poor enough to exploit it lol

[@1stone379]

This here ☝

[@koinadugukabala3288]

Save the people that re sleeping on the street of europe and the us

[@jbchapar]

Please also know Africa is a very diverse and large Continent! There are over 54 diverse countries across this continent!!!

[@lukaspersson4051]

Bad profile picture all lives matter

[@afriendlyguyfromyoutube9011]

@@lukaspersson4051 shut up. Black lives matter is just saying “hey, blacks werent treated well! We should change that!”

[@joblessdude381]

The God will not change the condition of a people, before they try to change what is in themself.

[@Innengelaender]

Also aside from charity you could have mentioned the destructive economic practices imposed by EU and US that go much further. African countries are forced into Free-Trade-Agreements and prevented from protecting their own economy. Additionally to dumping lots of toxic waste in Africa, these agreements let Western countries dump worthless products in Africa further destroying local economies and creating dependency with locally spent cash flowing out of Africa. Those products are cheaper than local African products with wages next to 0 because in Europe they would actually have to pay for proper disposal of waste. Either products are second hand that has been replaced with newer stuff, dont adhere to European standards anymore or are overproduced. Some is also heavily subsidized(some food) so that even African farmers working for next to nothing cannot compete. Also imported crops are designed to create dependencies of farmers to Western companies to extract as much wealth as possible. Food crops needed in those countries are replaced with cash crops for export - creating further dependencies on food imports. Basically modern merkantilism and Africa is and has always been (at least since colonisation) on the losing end of that.

[@05684984987kughpuih]

it doesnt matter what we give them, they will still fuck it up anyhow.

[@MettheSlayer]

Nice opinion, just sit tight on that high horse of yours ;)

[@MettheSlayer]

***** It´s not about being right or wrong, it´s about seeing yourself as superior by living in the first world and simply saying "it´s their own fault, "we" give them so much and they fk up so they must be stupid/inferior."

[@NoobaruKun]

MettheSlayer Sadly, there are many dickbags (as made obvious by people in this thread) that cant be asked to be rational or to even think outside their egos for a second.

[@MiraLuvsQuran]

+thong la africa receives 30 billion in aide but loses 192 billion in many different ways to the west/europe. mess me with that shit again.

[@africansavagekd1]

hay

[@WunnSEN]

Just a simple question, I don't mean to offend anyone if I do but.....Why aren't the famous Millionaires and Billionaires who claim they're from Africa actually travelling there and ACTUALLY making a change, i'm sure if they're from Africa they would know the aid schemes are nothing but that... Schemes. There's a lot of rich Africans as well.. If they're, then Something must be going wrong as it is clear! But if they aren't and they're just there to get rich from themselves then how will the rest of the world look at this?

[@West.African.Liberian-my-love]

I saw firsthand that people’s skin color, mother tongue, and nationality told me absolutely nothing about how hard they worked, how trustworthy they were, or what their innermost feelings were.

[@itsmemia4691]

Africa doesn't need us. We need Mother Africa!

[@hizram100]

This is a very simplistic, Eurocentric and naïve way of looking at Africa, claiming that the international community is helping Africa is ill informed. first you need to know that the amount of money Africans living in the diaspora send back home is more than what the so called international community provides. Secondly why don't you tell your European countries to pay for the natural resources and human capital they looted from the continent for 200 years without paying a cent. African growth has been supported by internal dynamics. You should also be smart to know the difference between foreign aid and loans. I am not sure whether you visited Africa yourself, or maybe you visited some remote village to have this perception. That said Africa doesn't need to be reminded of their sorry state, they know what they need to do and they will reach there

[@4chukwuebuka]

excellent comment

[@suedecomponent8931]

The Europeans didn't really loot human capital from Africa, different African ethnic groups sold people from rival ethnic groups or simply raided weaker peoples and sold them. That's not "looting" being done by Europeans.

[@rolandas1222]

How about all the major citys and infrastructure built in Africa? You think that Africans built it? One good example there's arailway built in Mali and around 40 proc. if it's eceonomy depends on it. Guess who built it.

[@gtas321]

Suede Component Looting was during the scramble to Africa when European countries simply went to parts of Africa and claimed land and resources and warred with neighboring civilizations.

[@dellouxx]

It is estimated that the sums that leave the continent are 10 times superior to international aid. That tells you everything you need to know. The system as it is today is not designed for the development of Africa. Period.

[@Azhucabomb]

The problem is culture. I didn't want to say it but this is the only explanation. Why has India, most countries in East Asia, and Latin America gotten richer?

[@yolir.u9452]

BB you Crazy 🤣latin america rich?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣here in Spain there are a LOT of latin immigrants and they all tell me that they Don’t want to go back there

[@williamparker2922]

What Africa needs is population reduction. Africans in genral tend to have more children then there environment, or parents for that matter, can support. Example: If you are having trouble feeding just yourself or yourself and your spouse. Then why would it be logical to procreate and bring another mouth to feed and house into the equation.

[@cnnnpc4351]

Africa is one of the most sparsely populated continents.

[@BOSSDONMAN]

William Parker They do not have the intelligence in order to plan ahead.

[@fhddhdhk9319]

@@BOSSDONMAN don't generalize us. The average intelligence in my country at least has been steadily growing. Yes, the people in power are not the brightest but to write off all of us a ignorant is insulting. At least say the majority.

[@eeretikas]

have u noticed how the black population directly correlates with region success ?

[@melanie_lyrism]

ibrahim kuyumcu I'm a young black lady and I'm not angry about his comment. Better to not care. His comment will never change on my career. Low IQ people still thinking that the melanin can define the intelligence. 😂😂😂😂

[@kairuannewambui8456]

Alter Ego who opened a bag of idiot?😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@OreoSammich]

@@theendurance Richard Lynn used 1920 studies (which were there to argue for colonialism) and made up numbers for African countries he couldn't find data on. Those studies are a laughing joke of the statistics community and are not even science.

[@abibnoor]

To be sincere the problem is US Africans. We cannot govern ourself period

[@terryjackson4956]

Africa is fine , those folks are mad that their devilish ways can't get them in !

[@DA-bm2mj]

1:05 that's one weird map

[@elcaricaturable]

Politics is a zero-sum game. International aid is limited by the possibility of a poor country of becoming a power that can contest the hegemony of current powers. This limitation can be surmounted by a balancing strategy of a power against a major threat. Examples of this are the French aid to the US against England, British aid to Southamerican countries against Spain, French aid to Italian unification against Austria, English aid to Prussia against Napoleonic France, and so on. Africa is now receiving aid from China, a competitor of western powers.

[@swyfilms]

Oh I definitely like the conclusion : "it's time to ask people what they need instead of imposing our solutions". 👍

[@thahardman]

Whatever aid is provided, food, infrastructure needs to be training and education on how to keep it sustainable