Dambisa Moyo: threat from Africa

PEP Forum Uganda

Africa is a threat to global stability and security and Dambisa Moyo is a raw Polemicist and bring out her words with a broad brush and the main points are undoubtedly valid: Africa is today the source of some of the greatest threats to the world economic order.

Dambisa Moyo points out pandemies, terrorism and mass migration based on Africa.

Africa's problems no longer arouse interest and multitude of engagement but Western world fears collapse in central parts of Africa, and especially the Sahel region: the number of poor in Africa has increased, economic growth in Africa is based on commodities - mainly due to a period of good commodity prices on the world market.

The UN world Population Prospect show that Africa by 2040 will pass two billion and in 2100 4.5 billion people: demographic boom that will give Africa 40 percent of the world's population.

The African Threat

If the world never had to hear about Africa again, would anyone care? Africa has become the source of some of the greatest threats to the global economic order. Rather than capitalizing on opportunities, international engagement is increasingly focused on mitigating risks.

But mitigation is not enough. The world needs to engage and help solve Africa’s problems, which, sooner rather than later, will become global problems.

The continent is so vast that China, India, the contiguous United States, Japan, and most of Europe could all fit within its borders.

• Africa is home to 8% of the world’s oil reserves, 7% of its natural gas, 18% of its gold, 53% of its diamonds, and 75% of its platinum.
• African countries lead in the production of industrial metals such copper and iron ore.
• with a median age of 19.5, Africa the world’s youngest and fastest-growing labor force, ahead of even India and China.