Comments by "" (@orboakin8074) on "Why is Africa Still So Poor?" video.

Thank you so much for making this video. As an African myself (Nigerian, specifically) it always annoys me when most people only attribute Africa's current problems to "colonialism or racism", effectively removing personal responsibility of us Africans, and ignore more important factors like geography, climate, socioeconomic systems, political unity and leadership. Thanks for focusing on those areas.
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@garygnu8775 Oh, i know colonialism is still present; mainly from the likes of China. But I am not naive enough to think colonialism is the main reason why much of Africa still has problems.
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@pugdad2555 Wow, so you can see my I.P address? Are you going to upload my bank details next? Look, I was born and raised in Nigeria. If you don't want to believe that, it is really none of my concern. Also, what does anything you mention have to do with my main points? or how does it negate them at all? Can you honestly tell me with a straight face that many of them issues plaguing Africa are because Americans and Europeans are "funding war groups" or is it mainly because of our own failed and corrupt governments and social issues? So we have no agency and it is all the fault of foreigners? Are foreigners the reason why boko haram is stull a menace in my country? Are they the main reason why Rwandan genocide happened? are they the reason why Jacob Zuma and the ANC are so corrupt and have ruined South Africa? and so many other examples?
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@buddermonger2000 You know, I have to agree with you. Having actually seen countries like Botswana, Israel, Chile, Morocco, and a few others who do not have the most adequate climate and geography, yet still have very good economies, social and political stability it definitely becomes more apparent how important social unity and political leadership is.
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@buddermonger2000 Woah! I actually just started watching his content a few days ago. Nice! I had no idea he talked about geopolitical stuff like that. I have only seen his alternate history stuff. I am definitely excited to see what else he has regarding geopolitics. thanks, friend!
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Thank you so much for making this video. As an African myself (Nigerian, specifically) it always annoys me when most people only attribute Africa's current problems to "colonialism or racism", effectively removing personal responsibility of us Africans, and ignore more important factors like geography, climate, socioeconomic systems, political unity and leadership. Thanks for focusing on those areas.
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@Anthony-lr4bk Very well said, friend. The lack of good institutions and leadership in Nigeria and much of Africa is such a hinderance. And to further show proof of what you typed, the countries of Botswana is a perfect examples of a sub-African country run right. It is such an amazing country and an underrated one, even in Africa. After colonialism, the leadership under Seretse Khama didn't simply do as other post-colonial African leaders did i.e. he didn't go full marxist authoritarian and instead kept the institutions and socio-economic model the British had built up and even modified it. Plus, he maintained good diplomatic relationships with the west and due to his sound leadership, Botswana continues to be a politically stable and economically stable and growing country in Africa and this is despite having less resources and good land like Zimbabwe.
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@arthas640 This is so sad but so true. I mean, the richest man on earth is Elon Musk; an African by birth and he would never have been a quarter as successful had he remained in Africa. This is genuinely sad.
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@davidb2206 Good point. That is important too.
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@emanuelneagu14 so what point are you trying to make exactly?
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@delharry4392 Believe me, friend, I have no doubt that America and the west in general has corrupt politicians and institutions. The main difference between their corruption and our corruption in sub-Saharan Africa is that your corruption works and ours doesn't. At least in America, infrastructure is beyond decent. The economy is strongest. Most people's rights and liberties are respected (the simple fact you have a 2nd amendment is beyond proof. We cannot even defend ourselves from islamists in Nigeria without getting arrested). Meritocracy is more established. Even when one of your politicians, like pelosi who has stock investments or something which is supposed to be illegal as it creates conflict of interest, her state still functions better than any African country at least. In sub-Saharan Africa, our governments are mainly focused on skimming as much as they can without building anything to ensure long-term economic development and growth.
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@klauslunde Oh, you are not wrong. Food scarcity and poor agriculture is a factor in Africa's poverty issue. The problem is a geographic one. Africa has a mixed kind of geography i.e deserts to the north, savannah grasslands, and thick jungles. Due to this, in the past, and sadly sill continuing in some pars today, subsistence farming is what most of us Africans have used and that is not very sustainable for feeding a population or even for export and trade. It was ironically during and after the advent of colonialism that stuff like mechanized agriculture, biologically enhanced crops and animals, animal medicine against tse-tse flies, and fertilizers were introduced here and that help improve agriculture yields. Sadly, poor government policies and economic mismanagement still continue to make agriculture poor here. heck! Most African countries still import fertilizers rather than make them for themselves.
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@Anthony-lr4bk you said it. My father once told me something as a kid. He said "Africa has corruption that doesn't work while the west and Asia have corruption that works" he basically meant how even though the first world is corrupt too, they still maintain good infrastructure and institutions and strong economies. That is our big problem.
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@andredeketeleastutecomplex Believe me when I say that if corporations like Shell controlled Nigeria, we would be in better straits. For starters, the electricity supply would be more constant. No. Nigeria is controlled by tribalist politicians who want to enrich themselves at the expense of the populous.
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@andredeketeleastutecomplex Yeah, that doesn't sound like capitalism. Sounds more like Oligarchy i.e. the corrupt stuff you see in places like Russia. We need real capitalism, privatisation, decentralization and more foreign and domestic investment and private sector growth in Nigeria. That is what will create and ensure more prosperity. So far, our government has failed to facilitate more privatisation and efficiency in our country because of special interests and said tribalism I mentioned and this encourages more corruption, even from corporations like Shell. I am not going to pass the blame to others. This is my government's responsibility and they have failed grossly!
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@qhayiya252 Thank you for this kind sentiment and many of us in Africa hope for this as well, and are also working towards it.
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@Anthony-lr4bk Well said, friend. Well said.
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