Olugbemiga Ekundayo

The underlying problem in Africa is the need for a fundamental paradigm shift. There has been so much mantra for "Poverty Reduction" the emphasis being "poverty" that it has all been internalised by governments and societies in Africa. The paradigm needs to shift into thinking "Prosperity". The reduction of poverty does not necessarily mean people are prosperous or that the country becomes prosperous. With prosperity naturally go development and progress. With poverty, well ... you get what you have now. African minds need to shift into this mode and we will see that we do not and have never really needed "help" from anyone but ourselves. We can, with this kind of mindset, begin to really utilize our own resources to build wealth for our peoples and nations in Africa. We have the brains to make this happen, we only need to blink and the current hypnotic illusions represented by the IMF and other structures as minions of western hegemony would be broken.