“It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world”. (Kwame Nkrumah)

The Five BIG Developmental Challenges of Africa (‘PIECE’)

Poor Leadership

African countries have endured self-serving and nepotic leadership that fails to appreciate the critical roles of collective governance and the effective harnessing of different voices. This leadership anaemia has fostered instability and conflicts that plague peaceful development on the continent.

Ineffective Structures and Systems of Governance

Post-colonial Africa has struggled and continues to grapple with the challenge of weak institutional structures and systems of governance. These systemic bottlenecks deprive national coffers of needed revenues and effective accountabilities in both public and private sectors of national economies.

Endemic Corruption

The absence of time-tested resilient institutional structures and systems of governance have perpetuated an endemic culture of corruption that stems from engrained individualistic mindset and unpatriotic national identities in African societies.

Culture of Dependency

Due to weaknesses in Africa’s political, economic and educational systems, most African countries cannot look after their own citizens. Also, Africa faces the most severe effects of climate change such as desertification, excessive heat, drought, floods, famine and destruction of crops, live stocks and human habitats. Consequently, most African societies continue to look to the West and East for solutions to their daily challenges. Africa has become addicted and reliant on foreign aid and finished products. African governments are wallowing in unsustainable debt burdens as we have become perpetual borrowers and consumers, not creators nor lenders.

Educational Systems That Are Outdated and Restrictive

Most African educational systems are still inherently fashioned on the old colonial recall educational systems, which are not creative, problem-solving or innovational. African educational systems need radical restructuring to produce critical and creative thinkers, who can use technological advancements to turn Africa’s developmental challenges into growth opportunities.

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