{UAH} AFRICA THE GHOST RICH CONTINENT

Article by Pln Rahim Lubadde
AFRICA THE GHOST RICH CONTINENT

Economic growth does not demand a secret formula though African development miracle for resourceful states is seemingly a mirage. The oil, copper, diamonds, solar energy, fertile soils and the climate attract a global network of traders, bankers, corporate extractors and investors who combine with venal political cabals to loot the states' value. It is rather unfortunate that 'poor' societies have wisdom yet 'rich' societies are challenged with limited knowledge of how to manage their resources and wealth. Research indicates the African continent enjoys a vast level of underutilized resources unlike its counter parts in Europe, Asia, America and elsewhere ranging from natural wealth to social economic aspects. "If something is considered wealth, it's meaning rounds up it into the unity of significant whole' (van manen 1990:36).

As part of the western life, innovation and invention have become the modern rhetoric norm owing to limited natural resource endowments where research investment has become a model of western influence. The white man has moved far beyond enjoying a comfortable seat to daily discoveries and innovations as a frequent subject of interest, discussion and looking forward to sustainable ways of living. This has tremendously made whites prosper with the limited resources they possess.

Notwithstanding the above, Africans continuously act to the contrary with a concise and relaxed living environment. Their participation in innovative activities is of negligible efforts and yet the demand for sustainability is rocking every part of African cities owing to an ever increasing population growth rate. Whilst African demands may appear to be simple but in terms of measuring economic and environmental significance, critical questions are on how much states spend on research, investment and innovation into resources.
Despite a rich geography, Africans are challenged with a soft mindset towards utilizing the available natural resources to realize a sustainable living. Additionally, limited technology, politics of interest and poverty have kept many African states in a complete state of ignorance on how to venture into its terrestrial phenomena. This endures to give room for external parties infer meaning to invention and innovation to explore African resources at expense of the host countries.

African's problems towards poverty alienation and development are sequential and wrapped into one dimension called "attitude" that propels communities as well as politics of interest where individualism is a key driver of the continent's maturity strategies. Every person thinks about his interest and people around him thus neglecting collective strategies towards resource utilization especially parties that possess political powers, influence and capital. It is rather absurd that politicians enjoy comfortable seats, drive expensive cars, sleep in posh houses and work in air conditioned offices yet numerous people are living in diaspora with all the wealthy resources pending exploitation.

Generally, Africans need to acquire a new thinking approach through learning to ask themselves what actions can be undertaken to utilize their resources rather than steps that are taken to avail victory to whatever group they prefer for there are no longer such steps and besides that, African cultural traditions remain strong, and they are still capable of absorbing external influences and transforming them into their own for sustainable resource utilization.
By Planner Rahim Lubadde 

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