Why is it “Belgian chocolate,” “Italian coffee,” “French tyres,” “British steel,” and so on?
European wealth has long been built on importing raw materials from Africa, adding enormous value through processing and manufacturing, and then selling the finished products back to Africa for profit.
Africa is deliberately kept in debt and trapped at the lowest end of the value chain to sustain European prosperity.
It’s time Africa woke up to this exploitation and demanded local production. When that happens, you’ll soon see boatloads of Europeans coming to Africa in search of jobs.
The sad reality is that every time an African leader calls for this shift, they become a marked person—because it threatens the system that underpins European exploitation.