AFRICANS SHOULD COME BACK HOME

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All through the 80s, 90s and 2000s, Africans have been migrating to the western world at an alarming rate in quest for better opportunities and better standards of living. This migration post slavery took the best from Africa to Europe and the US, especially those whose parents could afford to come up with the payment. That trend is fast changing as the US and Europe’s economies are merely surviving and when growing are only seeing a maximum of 2% GDP per year, and Japan is not even growing. That said were then is the growth and how can we make this tangible. Most African countries are growing at double digits and will continue to grow like that for a while but are Africans profiting from this growth? We know very well that in order to sustain an economy, the main engine of growth is the accumulation of human capital – of knowledge – and the main source of differences in living standards among nations is differences in human capital. Physical capital plays an essential but decidedly subsidiary role. So where is the Human capital from Africa, that countries like Cameroon, Angola, Nigeria and every country in Africa will be having this huge influx of expats, usually with better pay to be taking African jobs away. Does it mean that our fellow Africans cannot perform a simple task as well head inspection in sub sea?
The time for Africans who left in quest for better opportunities and education is now to come back home to help build Africa. Rather than buying the biggest house with a 30 years mortgage in the US or driving the latest car in Europe and then, come to Africa and only complain about lack of amenities, please it’s time for us to become part of the solution and not part of the questions. The western world has thought us the discipline it takes to be successful, let’s come back when we have the strength to make a difference in Africa.


The chart above from the IMF says it all : as the fastest growing  economies in the world are in Africa and we will need the human capital to help grow our continent.
 Africans should come back home.

By Anonymous Contributor.

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