Is Africa's poverty and backwardness due to geographical location and historical reasons?
There is no doubt that Africa is the poorest and most backward region in the world, and some countries in Africa are even extremely poor and backward.
The question is, why is Africa the poorest and most backward region in the world?
Many people will think that the reason why Africa is poor and backward is the result of Africa's long-term colonization, long-term exploitation by European and American countries, and its distance from the industrialization centers of Europe and the United States.
What is certain is that the reason why Africa is poor and backward is absolutely related to the fact that Africa has been colonized and exploited by European and American countries for a long time and is far away from the center of industrialization.
However, it is certain that the root cause of Africa's poverty and backwardness is not that it was colonized and exploited by European and American countries and that it was far from the center of industrialization.
In the final analysis, the reason why Africa is poor and backward is that it does not attach importance to economic development and does not concentrate on economic development, but distracts its energy to ethnic struggles, political struggles, regional struggles, and so on.
The failure to pay attention to economic development and focus on economic development is the fundamental reason why Africa has become the poorest and most backward region in the world. Of course, there is another major factor that makes Africa the poorest and most backward region in the world, that is, in the process of economic development, African countries have not been able to better grasp the laws of economic development, have not better occupied the commanding heights of economic development, and have not found the right direction of economic development.
In fact, there is no shortage of countries in Africa that once experienced rapid economic development, and even once approached the level of developed countries. For example, South Africa, for example, some countries in North Africa, and so on.
However, after the economic development of these countries has reached a certain level, they have suddenly stagnated and even experienced serious regression, and they still cannot escape the doom of African countries as the poorest and backward countries.
In the final analysis, the fundamental reason why these countries have never been able to develop their economies, have never been able to become developed countries, and have even experienced serious regression is precisely because these countries have failed to grasp the law of economic development, occupied the commanding heights of economic development, and failed to find the right direction of economic development in the process of economic development.
What is certain is that in the process of economic development, South Africa can grasp the law of economic development, especially if it can closely rely on scientific and technological innovation and technological progress. Able to grow brands and technologies into strong growth, so able to occupy the commanding heights of the economy. In particular, if South Africa's advantageous and characteristic industries are developed and expanded, it is absolutely impossible for the South African economy to regress. It is highly likely that South Africa has now become a developed country.
To sum up, the reason why Africa is the poorest and most backward region in the world is precisely because Africa has not concentrated on economic development and has not attached importance to economic development. However, even if some countries can concentrate their efforts on economic development, they have not grasped the law of economic development, failed to occupy the commanding heights of economic development, and failed to find the right direction of economic development.