Quote from: Inotanewbie on January 07, 2015, 05:35:11 AM

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Quote from: oprahwindfury on December 18, 2014, 12:11:52 PM

This is not meant to be an offensive post, I am genuinely curious as to why Africa is so far behind the rest of the world.

The Roman Empire had running water, amenities, reliable shelter and clothing for its entire populace 2,000 years ago. 2,000 FRIGGIN YEARS AGO. They created art, sculptures, vast architecture using 2,000 YEAR OLD technology yet if you go to a random area in Africa, it is plagued by poverty, destitution and just overall squalor.

Why is Africa 2000+ years behind the rest of the world and what can be done to correct this??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism

I would say that it is the general lack of current (and recent) colonialism in Africa that would contrubate to it's general lack of technology. When a country starts a colony it will generally bring in resources and it's new technology to it's colony in order for the colony to thrive and to succeed. Without many colonies in Africa it is not importing technology at a as high of a rate that it otherwise would be

Low production cost will bring in new technologies and expansion if basic infrastructure and security are in place. If a country can not provide simple need and security for its own citizen, why would anyone invest in the country?