According to Forbes magazine, Africa is home to several of the
world’s richest people. This statistic is surprising to a lot of people in
western countries because the narrative that we have traditionally been fed is
that Africa is the poorest continent of Earth where people live in huts and depend
on foreign Food and Medical Aid. In terms of per-capita income, Africa is poor
compared to most other places but when it comes to Natural Resources there is
no continent richer than Africa. So, why is there such a disparity between the
personal wealth of Africans and the value of Africa’s Natural Resources?
Among the many ways in which the West actively maintains the
underdevelopment of Africa is through the industry of Aid. In most cases, Aid
is a false-conscious endeavor to profit off the despair of Africans. If you
were to gain access to the Accounting books of all the Aid organizations
working in Africa, you would discover that 75 to 90% of the money they collect
from donors goes into Administrative Costs. That means that their CEOs and
staff all collect six figure incomes and they find ways to funnel most of the
rest of the money back to themselves. Only a small percentage of money actually
makes it to Africa in the form of Food and Medical Aid.
While in Africa, these Aid groups make sure to find and film
the poorest Africans, which they then use to create Advertising in the West to keep
their Donations rolling in. The result of all this Aid propaganda is that most
Westerners don’t know that Africa has Billionaires, Millionaires, luxury Homes
and Cars of all sorts. Forget about all the African wealth that we do not see. The
real question is; does Africa’s Billionaires care about the Western Aid
Vultures?
Africans, have you seen or witnessed any initiative by African Billionaires
to improve the Health, Education, or Employment opportunities for average Africans to succeed in life? I know Aliko Dangote of Nigeria has a foundation but is he doing enough?