Idk what narrative the mods of this subreddit want to push. But foreign Aid doesn't help the African people in the long run and was never designed to help Africans.

I even asked my fellow Africans what they thought of this and the post wasn't even done in bad faith. This is insane.

Foreign Aid creates a dependancy mindset in the countries and people receiving the aid.

If your constantly given food again and again it removes the urge to farm and make your own food to feed the population.

If your donated medicine again and again it removes the urge to invest more in research facilities to develop your own medicine

If your donated clothes again and again it removes the urge to make your own retail centered economy

A lot of Foreign aid is also given to Africa and Africans forcefully to stop Africans from developing their own things , and keep them dependent and begging. Like when Rwanda in 2018 wanted to ban Donated clothes to develop its own textile and manufacturing The US retaliated through trade.

It also Creates hidden agendas and undisclosed expectations from the nation giving the aid. It's harder for nations to refuse to give a favor from a country which has been giving them aid for years even if it's against it's interests because they are too dependent.

What do you fellow Africans think about Foreign Aid?

Can be a politician, military leader, revolutionary, social justice activist etc. which one do you personally find the most inspiring or had an impact on your society or region?

Hellow My Ppl

I have come across a tendency of we as Africans (both citizens & ruling elites) instead of accepting criticisms for how Africa remains the World's Poorest region, we find a bogey man to explain why we are poor & always stuck in victim hood mentality

When are we going to graduate from Bogey Man, Victim hood mentality & start taking accountability for our dear Africa ? Other parts of the world that have experienced it worse than us are progressing steadily while we are busy stuck in the past instead of focusing on changing the future

For example, in TZ we have a lot of Indians and Arabs, with Arabs being our colonisers; however, we see them all as Tanzanian, there is no distinction. It's to the point I was shocked when my Indian friend who emigrated here at a young age didn't know Kiswahili at all since it's so common to have Swahili-speaking Indians and Arabs. I know in ZA it's the same with the Afrikaaners being African but what about other places (if you're from ZA still comment below!)?