I think that one of the main reasons Africa is still behind the rest of the world in terms is development is because of corruption. Most African countries have dictators or fake democracies where the head of state literally uses state resources as their personal bank account. They have no shame in it too. I was looking at pictures of some West African ministers the other day and they were decked out in all gold attire and designer watches around poor people, even Somali corrupt leaders have a bit more integrity to do that. My cousin lives in the UK and she’s friends with some Nigerians and their mutuals are Nigerian diplomats. Why do these people have private jets and basically live in the rich parts of the UK when half of their country is still in shambles?
Anyways my question is why is this behaviour so normal in Africa? Obviously corruption exists everywhere and in every country heads of state and ministers live better than the average citizen. But at least they invest in their citizens and use foreign investment to actually develop infrastructure. IOG from Djibouti has been getting hundreds of millions to develop electricity from random countries like France and Kuwait...but Djibouti is still a shithole...I feel like shit like that would not be accepted in a Western country so why is it normal in Africa?
Anyways my question is why is this behaviour so normal in Africa? Obviously corruption exists everywhere and in every country heads of state and ministers live better than the average citizen. But at least they invest in their citizens and use foreign investment to actually develop infrastructure. IOG from Djibouti has been getting hundreds of millions to develop electricity from random countries like France and Kuwait...but Djibouti is still a shithole...I feel like shit like that would not be accepted in a Western country so why is it normal in Africa?