The chance for Africa

It’s been 4 years since last World Cup, It’s been too long for Africa.

To many of us Africa seems to be a continent of in all-time-need of support. Poverty, wars, diseases, dictatorship, corruption, instability are the symbols of second largest continent in the Earth. Years and years foods and money have been pumping into the continent, and yet they all appear on the hands of dictators and their relatives, the guerilla campaigns or soldiers of each countries. Resources are misplaced and the result is people never get their wish to fight for better future (13-15% of GDP of Africa is from financial aid) – Countries in Africa certainly do not mind being aided by posting themselves helpless, hopeless or despairing, plus suppressing the economic growth.

Africa does have fundamental problem, but the continual aid from worldwide nations certainly does not help the growth of Africa as ‘a continent in need of help’ to ‘a continent with wealth’. Giving medicine to the ill, supplying food to the hungry treats the symptoms, but they all cannot help Africa to grow independently, to be equipped with self sustainability.




That’s why Africa needs a World Cup, which they utilize it as the opportunity to create jobs, infrastructure, and most importantly, money. For long time the revenue of African nations is too much rely on international donors, 2010 is a year for them to change