How Africa could one day rival China
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Africa is changing so fast, it is becoming hard to ignore. In the short term the continent faces many problems, including covid-19, but in the long term it could rival China's economic might. Read more here: econ.st/2V8HGY9 doc
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“How Ethiopia Can Get Rich”*** literally only talked about one country.
Western journalism for you
@@averyj5446 it is rather strange how African states are grouped up into one mythical entity.
Most African countries themselves are less unified and homogenous than Europe, with often wildly different groups being in one nation.
It's somewhat like grouping Russians and French people together, namely, it makes no sense beyond, " They're on the same continent."
@SCBM Yeah, I'd like to also say the continent of Africa, has a very wide range of climates, since it's very vertical on the map. It's very different from across, which mediates so much difference across each neighbour.
Looks like they are after the Morning Coffee beans from Ehiopia. Watch Out Ethiopians, The American may invade you for coffee beans.
clickbait gonna clickbait
Africa is a continent. China is a country. There are many cultures and countries in Africa. And varied levels of social and economic development.
Cultural and economic differences are also true for a country
@@lvseka which is the case in most african nations as well. Africa isn't a monolith. Neither is China, but at least they are under the same government and currency so it makes more sense to describe it as a single economy.
There are many cultures and languages in China also
@@NicoMassoVEVO i already said that. there is a difference though between lumping a country together and an entire continent.
@@meredithwhite272 Agreed
It's amazing how the world keeps clumping all African countries into 1 collective as if there aren't more than 50 countries on the continent.
We don't clump Asia into 1 economy. Or even Europe for that matter.
Well tbf we actually do clump europe together often
Americans clump South America, Europe, and Africa as one country. Also think China represents all of asia
We do it with America too. They don’t say liberal towns have raging Covid they say America is experiencing Covid. And if you see the news focus on California no one thinks twice.
@@josephjohnson7489 once i told an american im moroccan and he told me "soo how is it like in the middle east"🙃, in the same conversation he told me india is arab
@@freelanceauthority Well it can be hard to tell sometimes what's Middle East and what's North Africa.
I think it's time Africa does its own journalism now.😊
Exactly 😂
I agree.
They do
Ala🤣🤣🤣
@@vonaonline but not to the same scale.
Who's going to tell her that Africa isn't a country?
LovelacE Africa is a continent like Europe.
They know Africa is a continent.
But we want it to be.
They're not going to do an episode for each and every African country.
@johnnyboyfart 😂💯
This is a story about Ethiopia only.
True but well objective review edit: well not fully objective they showed much more of the upsides rather than the downside but still very promising
They speak of a continent vs a single country. Ummm ok.
I think the point is it appears that mass innovations in Africa will start through Ethopias development.
Ethiopia is China's best friend in Africa anyway
@@sqnguyen00 innovation in Africa is in many countries but Ethiopia is the one leading in free market policies than any other country
Next on The Economist,
"How Asia can get richer than Tunisia"
It already is
5amsa w 5mis 3lina twensa. ymchichi ye7sdouna
Asia is the richest region in the world
How random lol
@S E P yes it is
Better video title: How Ethiopia could one day rival China
Why China ？You can be another USA or even better than that.
@@zhuohuili1333 China is currently taking over the world wether we like it or not lol they might surpass the usa in coming years
@@futurehofer1564 no,india is no 1,they have younger and large population.
@@chenmike2766 Also democracy and freedom those proved to be successful keys which make India a winner.
Just ka L if freedom and democracy is really that helpful they would have taken over China’s gdp long time ago. Currently they sit at less than a half, if I recall correctly?
Wealth leads to democracy, not the other way around. Be free doesn’t make you rich, and you only start seeking those freedom when you become rich yourself.
You focused on only one country in Africa(Ethiopia) and yet kept saying Africa.. Please Africa is made up of about 54 countries and Africa is bigger than Ethiopia..
definitely not the most accurate title for this video
I WAS WAITING TO SEE AFRICA NOT one Country.
“I am Marwa”, ok here is a tip: Re-watch the video.
People need to get educated on geography!!! Africa is a CONTINENT with 54 separate countries!!!
The editor is implying that the rest of the Africa is deemed inappropriate to see.
yooo firstly re-read the title of the video and secondly understand that Ethiopia is used as an example or the case study in relation to Africa countries as a whole. LOL! is unbelievable that you don't the get the context right. it is very easy and straight forward.
@@sumcd6348 yooo firstly re-read the title of the video and secondly understand that Ethiopia is used as an example or the case study in relation to Africa countries as a whole. LOL! is unbelievable that you don't the get the context right. it is very easy and straight forward.
Africa has varied levels of economic development. Some are rising, some are still cursed by its resource and corruption. They need to be looked at separately.
yes every african country has a rising economy the problem is that in a lot of them the population is growing faster which means the gdp per capita is declining
In Some African Countries, They Must Change Leaders if You Want Africa to be Industrialized Continent
Key word outside influence needs to go. Africans need to prosper not everyone else
No offense barely 3-5 countries out of the 54 can be said like that
@@bloodwargaming3662 a lot are advancing even though they have civil wars but that's normal for Africa
the fact that a continent should rival a country economically is condescending
China is a country but could be a continent
the least economically developed continent vs the largest country in the world ... it’s a stretch but not as far as you might suspect
China has more people than all of Africa though lol
@@ExistentialismEnjoyer for now lol
@@sn0wdon No it's not a fair comparison when you consider the vast ethno-linguistic diversity in various nations in Africa let alone the entire continent. It goes beyond population size.
She was literally talking about Ethiopia the whole time referring to it as Africa. SMH.
no she was talking about Africa but using Ethiopia as a case study
but yes the way its arranged is sketchy
Of course she would refer to her home country first. She's a child.
Africa unite...
the Chinese are building military bases and police stations here in Africa we need our leader to wake the f up we need help spread the massage to everyone. In 2050 their population will double when most of them emigrate to Africa there will be civil war they'll fight with us and do like the USA does in the middle east and say they are building us and making it safe for democracy. We have gotten ourselves in debt we can never repay and our grandchildren will suffer for the decisions our leaders make today modern recolonization.
Economist 2000: "Africa, The lost continent"
Economist 2020: "Africa, The country"
They want to depopulate Africa
@@omarclarke55 they are afraid that we will do to them what they have done to us for decades.
@@zharnedesember1910 They fear something that is inevitable.
@@omarclarke55 😂...i want us to live in peace. They must just leave!
Economist 2040 : “The United States of Africa”
idk how this is about "africa" when they focus pretty much solely on ethiopia and honestly how can you even make a meaningful analysis when you treat an enormous continent with 50+ countries as a monolith
Ethiopia is just a representative of africa
@@dragonballreviewsandprevie7112 are you kidding me?...ethiopia??....we have 54 unitary republics....ethiopia is just a country in the sub-sahara Africa.
Best wishes to our African brothers. Love from China!
@Solemn Solace Without China africa would still be poor and also exploited .
@@HDsharp no..only stabel government less curpption and better education system..
@Solemn Solace 你需要知道，目前在我们国家外国人比本国人待遇更好！推翻你的认知吧，老兄。
@@HDsharp mtssm let's not pretend that China isn't using African countries to assert its global dominance agenda by exploiting poor and vulnerable countries. Please educate yourself.
White saviours be like "aPpReCiAte mE bEcAuSe I sAvEd u FrOm mYSelF"
Please educate yourself.
@Josh Bentley Whats stopping them? because the chinese have differently values then white people thats why they promote bilateral agreements with everyone. While most white countries they mostly exploit to the max if they could.
You know Africa, the country..
This is as weird as doing a documentary about Europe while only talking about people in Slovakia
Kalle Nab you’re funny. (Sarcasm)
@@aiwantobuild8011 You're*
Kalle Nab, my bad.
Ethiopia is the Germany and England and more.. of of Africa
Afro Football I ddn’t get u🤦🏽♂️
Ethiopia is not Africa... TITLE: How Ethiopia could one day rival China
Having visited Ethiopia i would bet all this takes place near the capital too. There is a huge amount of diversity in Ethiopia but most of the development is limited to certain areas. It might be the only realistic way to do it because of the high cost of infrastructure improvements like power and roads to support businesses. I would be worried about regional conflicts in Ethiopia starting again if the development continues to be so unequally distributed. China is also loaning a lot of money and if something like covid results in a real recession African countries could really struggle to make interest payments. Hopefully it all works out for Ethiopia and other African countries but I would think places like Vietnam and India would be lower risk, net better returns and generally be more likely to see rapid development like china did.
Do you know your geography
Rohith Hegde, you’re one of them...I think you should, no rude way, gain more knowledge and better understanding of current situations.
Ok.
What is your point?Do you think they dont know that ethiopia isnt africa?You didnt even understand the content of this video.
Screenshot this, Africa will be the greatest continent on earth, unrivaled in wealth, wisdom, and quality of life, the greatest place on earth
Yes, it is inevitable!
This is more about a girl's education than about the entire African economy as a whole.
Yeah. This is a bad video. Pushing that feminism agenda nonsense again
I can't take this seriously when you're comparing a continent to a country.
(jumps up HOLLERING). Oh my goodness THANK YOU!! Because that's what i was saying near the end of the video. Why does she keep talking about the whole continent when this video is mainly about Ethipopia?? ONE country!
That's ok. While they stay in ignorance like this which in turn holds everyone else outside of the continent in it too Ethiopia(or maybe all of Africa too)will just blow up economically because everyone around the world underestimate them.
Smh.
hosackies It's sad that it is like that, but you have to face the reality there isn‘t any country in Africa comparable to China (neither is in Europe). So for me it makes completely sense to compare Africa as a whole to China
Same way we compare the EU to the U.S..
i think she was using an example of ethiopia for the progress of the whole of africa...if people can be coordinated and educated progress can happen especially with the resources in the ground that africa contain, hopefully china doesnt drain africa of all resources!!!!!!
@@marlak4203 talking about issues in other countries takes away her premise so she avoids discussing other countries.
More 20 years to go
But it's funny that media continues to refer to Africa as a single entity 😂
Souvik Das as an African myself even I was confused , Ethiopia is not Africa, Ethiopia is in Africa just because they are advancing does not mean all the other countries are on the same level. So it’s abit misleading and confusing this documentary. However I do think that all the other countries will raise their game once they feel the pressure of the neighbouring countries advancing its at that point you can say ‘Africa...’
We should be United tho
You mean just as they do with Europe or Asia?
@Hilfiger There's no such thing as the white media, except in the minds of racists. If there's a hidden agenda, how come you know about it?
@Hilfiger I mean we talk about the asian miracle and that was just a handful of asian countries preforming well.
how come no one is talking about how smart this 8 year old girl is! I hope the very best for her
Ethiopia used to be the Empire of Aksum, and was considered one of the most powerful civilizations at the time. Hopefully it can return to it's glory days of prosperity like China did.
We will. Thank you for the kind comment.
It will my friend. For this is prophecy
aksum wasn't even remotely close to one of the most powerful civilizations. it was tiny at its height.
@@donderstorm1845 It Literally reached 2,500,000kms in size and was considered one of the four great powers of the 3rd century by the PERSIAN prophet Mani. Don't talk about stuff you have no idea about.
@@meltedicecreamsandwich literally no modern historian considers aksum one of the 4 great powers in the 3rd century. it's nowhere near in size, economy, population, power, etc compared to the romans, chinese, indians, persians, greeks, etc. aksum was tiny in comparison in all measures. don't be delusional. Don't talk about stuff you have no idea about.
Bored 😒 everyone thinks Africa is one village. This is Ethiopia development, not the whole continent
not everyone, western media
Ethiopia is the only country that you can consider as one in africa.
alstjr qkr no one said btw best city do represent the whole Africa
@@alstjrqkr689 what? Ethiopia is not even united,promos hate other Ethiopians etc
Africa has 54 Countries it shouldn’t be described as a single entity.
China has more than 100 minority groups and their cultures.
African has more.
Most African "nations" were just drawn up by European powers during the treaty of Versailles
Nigeria alone has more than 250 ethnic groups and language
But here they ask the question of competiting against China and in this century Africa could possibly only be comparable as a whole.
Africa has been rich for centuries. This is why it is always exploited.
African leaders are the problem
Africa has a continent has less value than Northern America and far less than Asia.
You have a smaller gdp than Canada which has a smaller population that Ugamda lol.
You are not rich you are poor asf
@@rusitoexplorador he means rich i culture and resources
@Josh Bentley their culture may not be as refined or widespread as european or japanese but still they have various kind of cultural practices which we may not be aware of or be able to distinguish from each other or consider tribalistic.
"how Africa could one day rival China"
China: "Not if I exploit it first"
Aleon Flex europeans exploited africa too but things are starting to change.
Bilita they were quite brutal but it was not why they got rich.
@@kayseek1248 Exploiting their colonies for 100s of years is exactly why they got rich
@@AbdulB No, exploiting and Killing and Enslaving, only exploiting does not fully fullfil their greed
Sebastian Brooks-Baker actually europe and especially france is rich because it holds more than 50% of africans francophone country curencies in its bank. i know it sound awful but that’s the situation actually and since 1962...the francophone africans countries are living with a model of development we can clearly identified as being a neo colonial system.
All I got from this was that The Economist thinks Ethiopia is Africa, and that one of the Weeknd's relatives is gonna be very rich.
Hahahaha, nice one
I just watched a 15 minute UA-cam ad about Ethiopia.
Wasn't it the economist that posted a magazine article calling Africa the " hopeless continent " 🧐
😂😂😂 20 years ago they said that😂😂🤦🏽♂️
One aspect that I'd have liked to see in this piece is the intra-African trade, which is about less than 20%. Imagine how things would look like if it were even at 50%!
It already is rich we're just getting robbed
You're not getting robbed, it's your leadership that's giving it all away.
Thank you!🙏
@OG Lex Well educated yourself because Africa is rich of Gold, oils, gas, diamonds.
Distribution of coffee and tea.
That's only few
@OG Lex Obviously if you have country like Us that makes it hard it's difficult. Like the fact that Us buy coffee from Ethiopia but won't let them trade mark it, it's say it all. It's clearly better if Africa stays were it is so everyone can take advantage.
@OG Lex Well been colonizide for decades didn't help with the money for sure.
Africa must be poor for the advantage of USA mostly, I don't even live in Africa but I will always believe that. You shared your opinion but didn't change mine.
Shouldn't the correct title be " How Ethiopia could one day rival China" ?
" How Ethiopia could one day rival China by borrowing Chinese money"
Lol China build up Ethiopia so they can trade, US and Europe keep them poor to keep Red Cross going. Who is really helping them?
Eson Chow I will not support chinese products. china will only use the money to strengthen its war weapons
@@esonchow6894 China is helping.
Medel Pascual how many times did China ever start a war? 0 US? Countless.only reason China have Army is to protect, never invade.
As an Ethiopian citizen I'm very proud of my countries growth but no development in the mind of citizens. We could have grown more if the government stops corruption and be more transparent to its citizens regarding its budget use efficiency.
You still can grow ❤️
Keep working hard and realise the ultimate potential of your civilisation.
It is always enriching to read or hear from the Economist. So nice that you have started to report on youtubechannnel
That little girl is among the richest of the ethiopia and ehiopia is among the richest in afirca.
Where is the proper comparision?
@Hilfiger You are a paranoid scizo. take your pills plese, or see a doctor.
@Hilfiger I'm not sure if you listened the same video that I did, but wasn't the message more that Ethiopia was one country that has progressed decently and that means that other African countries can do it as well? By educating their youngsters and stabilizing the basic infrastructures like roads and power supplies?
As economic might (and increasingly as military might) China is quite unparalleled comparing to other Asian countries, though it doesn't necessarily give people the means to call China "all of Asia".
Don't know then about the "dead continent" part, but normally big magazines have many writers that don't always have homogeneous opinions on things.
Ah, and now seeing that the "lost continent" -thingy was from year 2000, it's kind of silly to be criticizing changing the prospects.
Ethiopian used to extremely poor in the 1990s. What did the west do to help them?
China is helping Africa to develop its manufacturing capacity till one day it will be able to take over all the low end manufacturing industries from China.
But Africans have to work hard as well, they are facing challenges from India and south east Asia.
Thank you! I was watching and thinking: are we saying a small wealthy elite will be the saviour of Africa? And more accurately Ethiopia
This is disastrous journalism. How can the reporter countinously interchange Ethiopia and Africa conveniently?..while Ethiopia seems to be on the right track to achieve prosperity many African nations are sadly battling poor political leadership, impunity, corruption and pathetic governance.
mohamed abdi >>> Ethiopia isn’t the only country on the right track. We have way more tech entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana.
Botswana is a middle income country. Etc.
Nigeria is deffinatly not
John Wayne >>> Yes, tell me more about my own country...
@@itumo2645 There is always some Individual sat on his home computer in the western hemisphere trying to tell an African who lives in Africa about the state of that african's country!! never mind the nonsensical "CNN" horseshit based narrative from two decades ago!!
Ethiopia itself has corruption trust
China is a country with the size and population of a continent, with varied levels of progress. It’s not a horrific comparison
It's always a foreign person who tend to know more about the indigenous people and their continent, says nobody.
While I do have Ethiopian heritage and this makes me proud to see success stories coming from the city of Addis, the story is only about Ethiopia and not Africa as a whole. I am not the first to mention this, see comments below.
The title is then misleading unless this is part of a greater set of stories about Africa, if so then ignore my rant. If that is not the case, then telling the story of Africa's success through the experience of only one of the many countries that inhabit the continent is simply rehashing an age-old mantra of the western media - simplify our view of Africa as a whole.
In a nutshell, one country does not represent the continent. And most importantly, the continuation of the portrayal of Africa as one people instead of a dynamic patchwork of cultures and countries is laughable and irresponsible in 2020. C'mon Economist.
Totally agree, and was glad to see so many comments calling them out on this...I would've expected more from The Economist.
How can The Economist make such a mistake by extrapolating Ethiopia to the whole of Africa? Either the journalists responsible for the report are not educated about Africa or they think the readers are ignorant. Readers aren't that ignorant anymore since many have been travelling around the world more nowadays. Very disappointing, really.
C'mon guys, the Economist knows exactly what it's doing, the title is a CLICKBAIT! Do you think you would have clicked on the video if it said Ethiopia instead of Africa?!
@@eyeofthetiger6002 the title is clickbait, but even the content of the story makes the same mistake throughout the piece. The mention Ethiopia and then extrapolate that to Africa without naming a single other nation. It's poor reporting and it's the second time I have seen the Economist do this with Ethiopia alone. I am beginning to think this is a paid infomercial arrangement with the Ethiopian government.
If it's a case study, the responsible journalistic thing to do is name it as a case study.
She is the worst reporte ever one Africa is continent and two she's only talking about Ethiopia.
True 👍🏿
On top of that she is only looking at few people out of the population of a nation to make predictions about the future of a nation. She needs more information than that.
You totally missed the point!!! She is correct
Thanks for the inspired video
I don’t know Africa’s future, however I see the girl, I see Ethiopia’s future
Hope there are no hunger, no war, no disease in Africa. That little girl is so smart.
@Chris Isidore Your comment has nothing whatsoever to do with the content of the video. Just the usual entirely false, and very boring, trope about biased Western media involved in some anti-Chinese conspiracy. Are you a member of the Fifty-Cents Party (五毛党), by any chance?
@Vladimir makarov I wonder how you could possibly know what my ancestors did? But that's just a diversion, isn't it? One of the standard tactics of the 五毛党. Or perhaps you are a Путиноботы? I'm quite happy to discuss the issue here, which is the economic development of Africa, but I don't suppose you're interested in that.
@Chris Isidore my exact sentiment
@@davidcockayne3381 Mr. Superior knowledge, keep it to yourself. We are okay with China.
@@makumew1101 Which 'we' is that then?
I'm from Asia, but i really hope i can see the rise of Africa in my life time. After all Africa is the cradle of civilization. Africa deserves it after centuries lack behind other continent. We owe it to Africa. This decade and maybe also next decade Asia will still rise, but i hope the rise of Asia could also bring positives impact to Africa.
africa doesnt lack behing nobody western media always spreading negative news about africa
@Berni Filipe just as ur country
Right now is the rise of Asia, just look at that rapid industrialization and technology advances, economic growth in Japan, China, South Korea, UAE, India etc.
One of the best thing I have seen so far bro I really love your comment much love from Ethiopia 🌏🥂🧡
Hahahaha never heard spmething this funny
>Africa
>Civilisation
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"Ethiopia is unusual in Africa for its focus on rapid industrialisation?"
But that's what's happening in nearly every African country. Rapid industrialisation.
Children are coding everywhere in Africa.
Africa countries need to manufacture their own goods and services. Rapid industrialisation, corruption cannot stop development as seen in growth path of many developed countries that are known to be corrupt in the past.
Wrong. There is no rapid industrialization in africa. Maybe you meant rapid infrastructure development
When I listen to lecturers in my class in Europe, all I hear is same old tape about poverty and corruption in Africa. Unfortunately for them, they lack current information about the significant progress we have made over 2 decades in several spheres. China was ignored in the past and were seen as ' developing'. Today what is China place in the world? Africa looks to Asia for better deals instead of depending on western institutions such as IMF and WB. I am proud and optimistic about Africa's future and we are bent on making growth and development possible in the near future. Let them keep listening to their same old 'tape'.
Ignorance is curable but arrogance is the deadliest.
Africa has so much potential we are indirectly supplying the world economy but we just need qualified and educated governors and that’s a challenge considering he amount of corruption we are subordinate to.
Thanks a lot for this documentary it’s eye opening and inspiring for young women like me who dream to be actors of the future prosperous Africa who dream to see their content live up to its full potential
i am soooo thrilled about this!
For sure either Ethiopia or Rwanda will be a model of success in Africa. We need at least one "developed" African country which can inspire all of us! ❤
Developed by what and whose standards...?
@@AnnieSpecial92861 the standards of rich countries. Starting with acces to clean water for the entire population
$20,000 in nominal GDP per capita is the standard. China is a bit more than $10,000 now.
@@estefaniaboujon6830 not even the richest countries US or China have clean water access to the entire population and have large population without that
2 million in the US doesn't and
48 million people in China hasn't
@Prince Talleyrand it's future is looking worse ngl
The Economist(2000):- Africa is the lost continent
Also,
The Economist (2020):- Africa could rival China
Things can change.
@@tuele4302 wait for 20 more years
changes in 20 years is alot.
@@Kevinyock the Economist (2040)
Russia the best friend of europe
Bewere of Bill Gates Africa .Now they will be after your population. After this corona episode.
fix the title bruh, whole time you're talking about Ethiopia. all those who approved this, you should be ashamed!
Loooooool, the funniest video title I've seen this week 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
How could 54 countries with different socioeconomic factors in one continent unite to rival the biggest country in Asia? Europe still can't do it, let alone Africa
The title is like saying "How Asia could one day rival the United States". There is a difference between a continent and a political entity/state/power etc. You anglo saxons really need to learn how to speak your own language.
Any one country that can rival China is India. But we are cursed by socialist policies.
The point of the comparison is in relation to development, not the rather obvious fact theat Africa is a continent and China is a state. In the1990 China's GDP per capita was about double that of Africa, today it is almost 10 ten times greater (World Bank). To ask how Africa could achieve comparable prosperity is perfectly reasonable.
PS: As a fully paid-up Anglo-Saxon, I know both how to speak and write in my own language; including the correct use of initial capitals with proper nouns, and the appropriate use of hyphens.
@@sajaljain8843 India needs to decentralize, bring back the maharaja!!!
@@davidcockayne3381 highly underrated comment. They do miss the point of the whole reportage. Proof that education is heavily needed everywhere.
@@thomaswinkler9610 Most kind. My worry, when I read such comments, is that the vast sums we spend on education seem to have gone almost entirely to waste.
interesting no mention of how much china has contributed to building and funding infrastructure to set the stage for the amazing growth and progress throughout africa
Instead of America who try to make war in Syria
I heard Tesfaye and immediately thought about the boi who sound like he sang on Thriller
Who, the weeknd?!!!
Thank you for the great work you guys have done at The Economist to create a video that highlights the various ways that Ethiopia, an African country, has made strides towards improving itself socially and economically. The statistics, individual stories, and analyses are enlightening. However, as has previously been mentioned in other comments, it would have been nice had you done the same for other countries around the continent in different geographic areas such as Egypt (North Africa), Nigeria and its focus on producing natural resources (West Africa), Kenya (East Africa), and South Africa (the region implied by the name). How these countries have grown and key areas where they could develop themselves further based on their current trajectory would be great to see in another video with a few personal entrepreneurial stories as examples. I love the work you guys are doing and I understand that such a video would probably need to be much longer and; thus, require a lot more work. I would still love to see something like that, though.
Thank you and peace!
There’s literally like 50+ countries in Africa just because a few are doing well doesn’t mean it can rival China/Asia
Tyler3000 exactly
Majority are growing fast so its possible
How Africa could one day rival THE WEST！
@@julioamb Majority? Lol
So many are doing great, and they are influencing the rest, and Africa is going to have a massive free trade area, so pretty much that's why it will rival other top world economies. That's why China is investing big in the continent.
"How Africa could one day Rival China" as if the headlines wasn't off, spends the whole time talking about Ethiopia. Smh
I love videos like these , full of optimism , just love to see less fortunate countries progressing and flourishing
Can this maybe be a series with other countries in the other episodes? I wouldnt mind doing the research for the study as well
Thank you!! Open minded!!
Simple: When European neo-colonialist countries like France pull their hands off of it.
Capitalist countries*
If it weren't for European colonialism, one African couldn't speak to another, and wouldn't know what to call the continent they live on. I've never heard a European say Europe could be rich and powerful, if only the Africans would leave us alone.
@@henryjohnson280 That's European propaganda. Do you think Africans didn't trade before Europeans stepped foot on the continent? Do you really think the continent had no name before Europeans appeared on the scene??
@@henryjohnson280 clearly you don't understand how Africa is still being manipulated and robbed by European countries
@@henryjohnson280 this is one of the most ignorant comment i've never come across ...what grade are u in ? What is ur IQ score ?
Africa and South America are wealthy BUT big corporations and oligarchs have stolen their human and natural resources. Instead of causing cconflicts it would be nice if they invested in the people.
You should change it to "How Ethiopia could one day rival America"
Ethiopia is the case study clown
Africa has 54 countries or more, the economy is incongruous with low and middle income economies. Most of this article generalises Africa, and on top of that the median age is very low, pushing investment needs towards socioeconomic development and community work to ensure the young population is self efficient and effectively integrated in the projected growth workforce.
I think unity in diversity is something to be encouraged.
East Africa is the next big thing!
Watch this pace,Kenya,Uganda,Tanzania,Burundi,South Sudan,Rwanda
Umoja wetu,nguvu yetu!
I used to think of the Economist one of the most sensible papers. Now I’m not so sure.
That little girl speaks perfect English.
Excuse you 🙄
@Markito Of course people surprise. Ethiopia was not colonized by any western country and they take pride in their own language and writing system which is not derived from Latin alphabet, unlike many other countries in Africa their official language is not English or French.
So the conclusion: that girl does not represent the majority nor the middle class/general elites.
@Chris Pacheco No you prejudice human being. I'm genuinely surprised because that level of language fluency outside of the US or UK is not COMMON anywhere else in the world.
@@charlieng3347 except Australia? Or Canada? Or Singapore? Or South Africa? Or New Zealand? Or India? Or anywhere in Europe?
She also speak other languages perfect and can't speak her language
From the title I knew this was going to be a hot mess.
The flower market ...the madam is doing great job .
It's crazy how education can be used as a weapon of control.
The story of my life. While everyone is identified as a nationally (Chinese or Indonesian). I, on one hand identified as a single entity, African. The lack of effort to educate one self about us is dissapointing to say the least.
I think u make mistake.
Because African it's Ethnicity / Race. Indonesian it's Nationality and Chinese it's Nationality and also Ethnicity but not a race.
It's not Apple to Apple comparison
@@yogawan3805 lol you think African is a race? hahahahha
@@yogawan3805 by your logic, Chinese and Indonesian tribes also belong to the same Asian race since you grossly generalized the inhabitants of a *single continent* into a single race (Asian Race, African race, etc). That's kinda...., dubious and ignorant.
there're lots of races/culture groups in a single continent and even in a single country there might be a number of different people group.
Personally the broadest scope of a term "race" I'd acknowledge are based on cultures group with some distinct genetic difference, like Austronesians, Melanesians, Bantus, Khois, Turks and Mongols, etc. Beyond that it became an overgeneralization.
I hope Africa succeds. There is much love for the continent in Banglades.
Thank you a lot for those wishes, as Black African we will make Africa great.
@mis da best keep laughing
Years ago I read a science based article where it says the genetic variation between people of a single African village can literally encompass half the the world population. In essence Africa is not only diverse culturally but also Genetically among its people. The Media needs to recognize Africa is not homogeneous and it definitely should not be treated as such. If a certain solution works in Ethiopia it does not necessarily mean it can work in places like Zimbabwe, chad or Angola . Each country is unique. Ethiopia can definitely inspire other African countries to come out with their own solutions as it has for itself. Eventually all countries in the continent will be able to rise up and educate their populations while their economies blossom.
This channel is wisdom of world....thank u guy's
I think the fact that we are having to compare an entire continent to a single country says more about China 🇨🇳 than it does about Africa 🌍.
China has 1.5 billion people and Africa has 1.2 billion people. The comparison is pretty much the same.
The entire video is about Ethiopia, not the entire continent
Thulas Mash China has around 1.4 billion , but China GDP is almost 7 times bigger than the whole African continent
@@caughtinprovidence7197 yeah that's coz Chinas development started more than 100 years earlier compared to Africa which only started seeing mass development in the early 2000.
Thulas Mash lol , it is all due to IQ ... nothing more
Kept waiting for them to talk about more than Ethiopia
Ethiopia is known to have the fastest growing economy in Africa
Thanks!
I was for my first time in africa in 2017, and ever since that I have been in love with the continent, till this day I have been to 3 African countries, and I have had some of my best vacation experience ever in those countries! I know Africa has a bright future! and Africans really deserves it too!
Yeah I've been to 4 African countries and spent few years in my homeland. One day soon we will be the most powerful people like we once were
which country were you at smh
@@Bountylicious Most powerful ? When exactly? china was the most powerful nation in the past for a long time China is Back as a superpower
@@sayanmolik481 in the past when China was a superpower so was The Empire of Aksum (modern day Ethiopia). Aksum was considered one of the four most powerful civilizations at the time, along with Persia, China and Rome. So maybe Ethiopia will rise up and become like Aksum again.
Africa has the same problem as latin america:
When a country there finally starts to improve and pick up some steam a populist government is elected and runs the economy into the ground. Or worse, some group starts revolution to create a workers paradise (0% success rate).
This cycle repeats every 25-35 years. Prosperous countries have institutions that keep things stable regardless of who is in power.
That's why I doubt DEMOCRACY would be the best choice for all developing countries.
There’s 54 countries in Africa, not all are ran the same! We’re not a monolith for goodness sakes!
Thank you very much for that analysis. Nigeria is a case in point. The government of Former President Goodluck Jonathan produced one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Guess what happened, the western countries, particularly former US President Obama threatened Jonathan with credible military force that he should hand power to Buhari. Guess what. Nigeria is now the no 1 country on earth to produce poverty. For every 1 barrel of oil the Nigerian government drill, the British gets 13 barrels of oil. How can a country develop like that. Nigeria is now an economic backwater of the world.
U.S foreign policy conveniently left out.
Africans will be ok, the doors are within us.
@@hdjsidkdk3766 most african countries are dictatorships. Its the dictators like mugabe that run them into the ground
“By the end of this century”
*by the end of human history, and for about 5 years
Go Ethiopia! Love from Somaliland
Look what they did now. They don’t want us to be rich.
@@eyerusalemb3369 what did they do?
@@sultanofsomaliland9332 Chaos and war all over the country.
@@eyerusalemb3369 Oh, well I think it is Abiy's fault for handling it so bad but also TPFL were very bad
@@sultanofsomaliland9332 did u mean Somalia 🇸🇴 cause Somaliland doesn’t exist
Africa has 54 countries so considering Africa as one country while researching might be a big mistake if I could say. Every country has its own challenges in terms of development, everything is just different economically, politically and culturally.
To be honest I don’t get bothered when someone says Africa is a country,I only hope it becomes one one day😪
Why? What for?
By the way....we're meant to be one...
@@politereminder6284 so that we dont depend on other countries outside africa
let's just think of it as how people look at EU as a single political and economic entity. I'm sure Africa could become one in the future.
@@boondocksripoff2237 Would you be happy if all of Sub-Saharan Africa spoke one language too? For example, English.
Indeed, 'the economist' knows how to predict the future:"Lead shall be more valuable than gold - - so start buying!"
Africa was THE economic powerhouse of the world at one time.. it'll be nice to see what Africa will undoubtedly become if left alone by outsiders
Great report! I can see that Africa will be a rich nation in not too many years distant
Very informative, thanks.
Africa has a bright future.
Atleast the Chinese have tried to bring in bri, belt and road initiatives and we have seriously seen its benefit as Africans.
But usa wars,wars,wars and wars in the world.
Libya,Egypt,Somalia, sudan,
Name them.
I'm a rich lady and you're not invited to my party.
China owns Africa now bruh, try to get out of the debt XD. USA thinks in short term, China thinks in long term. Once you let China controls you there's no escape.
I'll help with your list.
Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Syria's "moderate" rebels, Vietnam, Cuba
Economical war on USSR, Russia, Japan, Germany, China, Iran, Venezuela,
And they still want to make conflict between China and Africa countries
It's wars， it's peace and freedom! 😏
The difference is China have a common dialogue. Africa does not
Wished I can include this The Economist video series on Naija247news
Imagine comparing continent to a coutry
It's not so far fetched. China, a country, is more populous than the whole of Africa.
Well china has like 500 million more people than the whole of Africa soooo
We wont starve we just need to stop feeding the rest of the world and we will be fine ;)
You’d better be kidding, Can you imagine what the world would be if billions of people don’t have enough food with weapons fully armed in Africa
Facts. People always hate on Africa but without her they wouldn't even be here in the first place.
Song 노래Silver 은 thank you for understanding the pains the rest of the world have done to Africa. Are you an African ?
@@youngenola1394 I'm Korean but was raised in South Africa♥🇰🇷🇿🇦
Am with u...REV 6:6
I like how the Economist, when portraying Chinese manufacturing, speeds up the video of assembly workers to insinuate they are working like drones or robots, and adds a sweet touch to the video with a low, rumbling ominous audio sound to portray a sense of unease or even doom. Polluting smokestacks video spliced in to add more dread is the cherry on the cake. Starts at 9:29. Yeah, not biased at all, Economist. FFS
The world would be nowhere without Africa