Why is there so much poverty in Africa?
The main reason why africa is in so much poverty is because a large amount of the population are uneducated and do not have the skills to work in the tertiary sector. Instead, most people work in the primary sector meaning that they work on farms to grow crops, and rear animals. The people are uneducated and unskilled because the government cannot afford to pay for everyones education compared to MEDC’s (more economically developed countries). As a result of being uneducated, people, thinking that more family member means more people availabe to work, they have more children which makes more mouths to feed.
Africa is a seriously underdevelopment continent, economically & socially. It does not have the tools or the leadership to become developed because it lacks basic sanitation, health care & no access to clean water supplies. Diarrhoea isn’t a problem in developed countries but it causes severe problems for children & adults in developing countries & almost everyone who contracts the disease dies from it because of poor & weak healthcare systems. Governements are often corrupt & money that is fed into the country through aid and investment often don’t reach the people who need it but it is fed into the pockets of it’s leader, Robert Mugabi for example has pocked millions while citizens under his leadership don’t have a healthcare system. It’s a vicious circle of poverty which is almost impossible to break.
