Posts tagged poverty

To achieve Kenya’s vision 2030 and the vision of the AU of ‘an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena,’ the time is ripe for Obama to start inspiring the country and the continent’s political leadership

The wealth associated with Africa’s natural resources is substantial and, if well managed, is enough to reduce poverty on the continent. Yet despite Africa’s increasing economic growth, its poverty levels remain high

In South Africa 2015 holds promise, but equally it holds the continued concerns about inequality, poverty and exclusion. We were recently reminded of that as the African National Congress celebrated its 103rd birthday. Africa’s oldest liberation movement can be rightly proud of leading the country to its first democratic election in 1994. But, the materialistic brashness with which current birthdays are celebrated makes it is easy to forget the ANC’s proud struggle against racial oppression

“Africa is not poor, it is poorly managed”, said Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2009. Equatorial Guinea, whose president has been in power for 35 years, is Africa’s wealthiest nation on a per-capita basis and yet one of the most unequal.

Lack of finance and land has forced dozens of families in DR Congo to build houses out of earth, bricks or sheet metal in the Kinsukka cemetery in the capital, Kinshasa, New Vision reported