Given what Mother Nature has accorded us, Africa is able to feed every one of her 1.58 billion mouths.
In this week’s edition we pay homage to the Mother Continent as she marks Africa Day. We have assembled an array of excellent thought leaders to help us understand why Africa, despite its extensive mineral wealth, continues to carry the face of poverty.
There is no way a continent endowed with so much of nature’s bounty can consistently fail to feed its people and resort to the mercy of the world’s food kitchens. Given what Mother Nature has accorded us, Africa is able to feed every one of her 1.58 billion mouths.
That the continent seems unable to punch above its weight when it is so obviously able to do so boggles the mind. Decisions affecting us are crafted in places such as Beijing, Paris and, saddest of all, Washington.
Our argument is that the Second Scramble for Africa shouldn’t happen on our watch when we have so much at our disposal to avert the age-old plunder.
