>meanwhile the developed parts seems already first world.
Woah...
Developed parts of countries seem... developed. Wow you've just blown my mind, OP
Also Africa may be able to fair rather decently in the next century if they can get their insane population growth under control. Climate change may fuck them though.
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>Climate change may fuck them though.
Kek no, they are black for a reason fãm.
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Negros must first learn to be human
>can we have a non meme thread on africa?
No
>if they can get their insane population growth under control
I think it can be a benefit to some degree as well, as it gives a young, active workforce eager to "build" the country. Thing is, right now is the right moment to invest in education, urban management and ecology, amongst others, learning from other countries' mistakes. It'd be a shame if the population grew over a shitty basis.
I thought China was developing Africa for them
>can we have a non meme thread on africa?
>posts a literal Flintstones theme park
Africa's getting decent, it's even better than Brazil right now, the only places that still are worse than here are India and Venezuela, soon Brazil will be the worst country in the world
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culture of rumba is taking its toll, I see.
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>Europe fucks over Africa
>America fucks over Africa
>Europe fucks over Africa again
>ME fucks over Africa
>Africa fucks over Africa
>CHINA fucks Africa
Feel sorry for them, desu senpai.
>China fucks Africa
Please, senpai. Our relationship is more than that.
China fucks Africa and force them all to learn their dying language*
Whoops.
where's that one USA poster who's an expert on China-Africa relations
weather Too hot.
oh shit
their plan all along was to turn a whole continent into maoists
They're also far less violent than us (when it comes to homicides), I wish them the best, but we already know that there is some European country (or America) that will fuck them over again. Whites are gonna white.
It's weird because normally natives africans are supposed to be small and not really /fit/, it's only for traditionnal tribes? because i ask myself with what alimentation city people could develops muscles.
Africa will be wealthy in the future and suprass latin america. But meanwhile there is not an african city that could compete with cities like mexico city, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Buenos aires or panama, Yet.
>It seems to me africa is at the brink of development
no it's not
niggers are incredible lazy and set in their ways and the few that want to make a difference or want to improve themselves eventually leave the country because they know those jungle apes are beyond hope
Surpass*
They have an advantage that all their infrastructure will be the latest, for example their internet speeds are fast because fiber is cheaper than copper
Africa is fucking yuuuge. They still have a lot to work on before spending a shit ton of money and resources for low ping in CS
Africa is not a country, West Africa is not bothered by South Africas shitty structure
There's a huge fuckton of development though but hey if you want to be ignorant and meme then go on ahead.
Your post is the first mention of a specific region of Africa in this thread, while everyone else is looking at the entire continent as a whole. I don't think abandoning neighbors is the right mindset moving forward.
And I still stand by my point: there's real, PHYSICAL achievements that need to be a higher priority than internet speeds. Even if you argued it's educational value I don't see how it'd help without proper, widespread education to guide people to knowledge. It also doesn't help the poorest -- who are the ones who aren't even literate.
>if they can get their insane population growth under control
It's getting under control in many parts (google.ca
You know fertilizers for example are gonna be in huge demand oil/ non-oil based fertilizers developing world is gonna put stresses on those systems. Like in poorer countries a solution that isn't reliant on polluting fertilizers but can offer huge yields with minimal farmer input will be needed but that will take a huge amount of research and investment. That's why development of the developing world is a huge issue and curse to the developed world.
No, it will not be. Not in any foreseeable future and certainly not within the lifetime of anyone reading this. Here's the problem, most of sub Saharian Africa is composed of less than ideal agricultural soil such as in jungle or semi-arid Savannah. Granted not the full continent is like that but most of it is. Now, consider the difficulties we've had with slash and burn agriculture, infrastructure, disease, etc. with such terrain in Latin America. Countries like yours have faced enormous challenges because of it, we have been very much burdened trying to develop our southernmost three states while Brasil sometimes appears to simply have given up and that they consider burning the whole thing to the ground to be the better alterantive. You know that if you destroy jungles you basically turn them into semi-arid desert and fuck up your sources of water, nevermind bio-diversity. And Africa is big, it is a problem to conceive just in terms of scale, and has it a lot worse, it being the continent on which humans evolved the number of horrifying parasites and diseases is enormous and it is also unlike Lat Am terribly balcanized, imagine if Amerindians of every single tribe and village were at each other's throats. And this is without getting into specific problems like the continent largely lacking a middle class and enough of an educated elite, the efforts African nations have made to build such are almost negated by migration and brain drain. If it's difficult to keep a talented and active research scientist in Central America imagine what it must be for them.
Now, I don't want to speak doom and gloom, there is some progress after all, but development brings it's own problems with it, imagine Africa achieving some success in agriculture to have someone discover there are in fact biomes in which they could grow coca leaves, and this is lacking the moderatring influence of traditional/medicinal use. CONT
Seems to be getting better and I hope soon "third world" will be a thing of the past and we can all be healthy and comfy
CONT Compare how the drug war has hit Mexico, which enjoyed relative peace for much of the 20th century, to the effects on Central America, which although largely ignored and out of the limelight are in per capita proportion murder rates as much as 5x larger than ours in countries which experienced war in the later half of the 20th century. Africa ravaged by something similar, with the added elements of ethnic tension and Islamism, could be an unmitigated disaster. And already there's a drug route to Europe going through the Mahgreb.
Now, this doesn't mean all countries will fare badly, some have in fact managed living standards comparable to Latin America (not quite the same, there's systemic deficiencies) and there's hope for a few to reach development similar to Costa rica or Panama in the coming decades but these are exceptional cases rather than the norm, and you still have climate change, culture wars in the West, and Africa starting industrialization in an uber competitive global environment. The real aim for the continent is to promote sustainability, remove dependency on foreign aid and tackle the enormous education gap with other regions in the world but economic prosperity looks like a difficult aim and inceasingly local elites have become assertive in defending their privileges which limits the impact of outside assistance.
In the end only Africans can help Africa, and only they can create the conditions for a better future, but the task they have in front of them is gargantuan in proportion to the problems we face in other regions of the world.
Makes sense, I had no idea of the soil thing in africa. I dont think they will be that developed in my lifetime, but maybe within the next 150 years. Latam countries like Chile or yours are way ahead of the most developed nations in sub saharan africa.
Countries like mine won't quite get there unless we start partnering with your countries and understand prosperity can only work as a regional thing. There's fortunately some steps in that direction although I'll be the first to admit Mexico's relation with central America is often exploitative and predatory. The reality for us is we have a lot of work and sacrifice to look forward to as nations.
This is Luanda
You are right, Africa has been starting to boom since the 80s, whole I think the middle class is still non existent, the upper class is starting to develop more and more
It will be exciting to see the Africa being poor meme start to die out or at least be comparable to developed nations in 30 years
This is Malabo
Africa is a bad climate to set up anyway like the middle east. They need to get ownership of their resources from corporations and get rid of these puppet dictators.
Namibian infrastructure is as good as in Poland.
german colonization at work
Wow, this is kind of shocking seeing a non meme, intelligent answer on here. I'm gonna guess you have a background in polsci or something?
that's not saying much
Whoops. It's BETTER than in Poland!
rude
but again, it's not much of an achievement
Not being rude m8 just stating the facts.
Of course Poland is better than any country in Africa, it's just your infrastructure that sucks apparently for some reason
>Egypt
>South Africa
Eternal Anglo wins again
>most of sub Saharian Africa is composed of less than ideal agricultural soil such as in jungle or semi-arid Savannah. Granted not the full continent is like that but most of it is
Actually all of Africa is pretty hit for soil, the continent itself is pretty much a chunk of iron with a thin layer of rock over it, soil erodes quickly and there's nothing to regenerate it.
JUST
China buys the resources.
Europe just took them.
This "analogy" is wrong.
Hello.
Dying? Mandarin is exploding in popularity.
>It's getting under control in many parts
[citation needed]
The current growth rate in Africa is near the highest it has ever been.
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>and understand prosperity can only work as a regional thing.
>what is Australia
>world economic forum
nice biased source
>thread about africa
>no any african flag
Really makes you think.
Tell me about china-Africa relations
cnn.com
African growth just hit a 17 year low. It looks likely to slowdown further next year.
It is hard to explain quickly without being called a CHINK COMMIE by autists, but I'll give it a shot.
1. China is a manufacturer and the biggest commodity importer.
2. Commodities were expensive and supply was problematic 2000-2014.
3. China needs cheaper commodities.
4. China's infastructure building pace is slowing. Less new stuff is needed now.
5. China's government thinks "hey, we can boost our economy and our African allies' economies as well through infastructure investment".
6. China's SOEs and private corportations invest in infastructure in African (and Latin American) commodity exporters.
7. This works pretty well until 2014 when commodities shitted themselves.
8. Now the poor commodity working Africans are blaming the Chinese for the economic slowdown (even though it is the African's faults for not diversifying their economies).
9. China's connections with the governments and businesses remain strong though.
9. China is now playing makeup with the common African man by investing in telecoms in Africa and providing satellite coverage.
10. They are also trying to let more Africans study in China, and teaching more of them Mandarin.
Overall China is a key player in Africa, and its demand has lifted African GDP by 20-30% since 1990.
But just like any good story, it must come to an end. Now the connections are becoming more about telecoms and technology and culture. Less about EMPIRE OF DUST.
In total, China invests about $50 billion a year in Africa.
They do this to facilitate commodity trade, and to get support in the UN.
Also, muh Communism and brotherhood plays into it.
For all you "b-but muh African development" memers.
>The continent's GDP per capita growth currently sits at its lowest since 2009, at 0.5 percent.
do you think china and the brics can pull consumption in non western nations?
like africans starting to have jobs and demand shit from chinese goods.
they need more free trade and less corruption.
miss me yet?
>need free trade
no they dont
>they need more free trade
They need 100 years to develop first
Lmao no. Africa as a whole is less GDP than the UK.
Tbf, they already had a bunch. Why would they need more?
>unlabeled axes
Poor form, desu
What does it mean to have 6 fertility points? Why are there 3 lines for each continent?
Why should I trust statistics on Africa?
Save for a handful of countries, the UN, on the current year, always ends up having to make estimates because Africans can't into ordnung
>Less corruption
Yes, but then again we all need this.
>More free trade
God no, they need to follow Botswana's example and protect their resources instead of letting foreign companies go full on neo-colonial on them.
Jee whiz what a horrible thing where world powers come in and build infrastructure and civilization, golly not like some of those countries could use that.
>he fell for the colonizers care about the colonized meme
wew lad
Not exactly a high bar.
>t.guy livining in a former colony that's a heavyweight contender for nicest country on earth to live in, also on tbat list NZ and Aus, former colonies
Git rekt mate were it not for the Brits most of the places we now live in would be little more than stone age habitations, lol in Canada we call the Abbos the First Nations but they were little more than nomadic tribes. I doubt they would have ever developed a wheel, a gun or even understood the stars.
"development" is literally the biggest meme of the post-agricultural era Tbh, you got memed on hard kid
China Finna Make Africa Great Again
They never really cared to develop the copies because it would seriously hamper their control and influence over the colony.
That's why they only invested the bare minimum in investments for the population and the colonial budget. One if the big reasons to keep a colony is to have an overseas sheltered market where only your goods and products are allowed to be imported there.
To put it develop enough that they can use a product (even if it may be very outdated) but Not developed enough to develop their own or compete against you mainland companies. Educated enough to the bare minimum they can take commands but not enough to question it or challenge you. Invest enough that you further you own resource extraction but not too much it strains your budget.
It doesn't take 100 years to develop to a decent level.