Socialism, greed and the shaman tradition.

Socialism - most of the countries in Africa with small exceptions are socialist countries. Meaning that their ideology is in a total clash with modern world. It's obsolete, corrupt and covered in mold. Although they claim to have free market it's based on "who has what" policy, not on the "who did what", or "who spent how much to make that much". It's basically a right of the born rich to get richer and it's forbidden for the poor to elevate in the social staircase. And no, thats not capitalism. That's neo-socialism.

Greed - no need to write much about it, but there are billionaires in Africa, who are billionaires because they steal from their own countries. Mostly government officials - also product of the Socialism.

Shanam tradition - IDK if that's a correct term for it, but even to this day, people in Africa listen first to the shaman of their tribe, and last to anything else - officials, family members, etc. So there are tribe chiefs and shamans, who own vast amounts of money (hundreds of millions of dollars) and several fiancees, multiple golden cars etc, while their tribesmen starve (literally). They claim to have right over people's lives and lands, have armies of kids with AKs who are stoned on meth and are ready to kill at command.

That's why. And it's a vicious cycle. A magic circle that cannot be broken.