Africa is a mess for 2 big reasons.
1. Most of their governments do not enforce, or have no property rights, the most basic foundation for capitalist economy to operate. Big fail right there.
2. Geography. All the rivers flow away from the center of the country, creating a logistical nightmare. This is why historically speaking, it's been very easy for people to leave Africa and populate the globe, but incredibly difficult to go inwards.
This makes trade very difficult.
1. Most of their governments do not enforce, or have no property rights, the most basic foundation for capitalist economy to operate. Big fail right there.
2. Geography. All the rivers flow away from the center of the country, creating a logistical nightmare. This is why historically speaking, it's been very easy for people to leave Africa and populate the globe, but incredibly difficult to go inwards.
This makes trade very difficult.