If Africa can make use of their resources well, they will be more independent, free from indebtedness and indirect colonial system of other countries.
There is no doubt that they're rich with those mineral deposits. But do they've got some partnerships with other countries that also pays them to operate and dig up all of those deposits right? And that part of the contract is hard to get removed when they're bind together with them and the stake is all about being friends to them and the relationship that's built through business will remain.