Lulz, have never read so much bullshit in my entire life. Any moderator available? My god, bunch of children.
Which countries will emerge as the "African Lion" Economies
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Ne réponds pas à leurs commentaires provocateurs, tu leur donnes de l'importance!Lulz, have never read so much bullshit in my entire life. Any moderator available? My god, bunch of children.
:lol::lol::lol: what do you know about africa really????I had always thought it would be SSA by default(typically is...), but if I were including North Africa I'd add Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt. Most of North Africa is already pretty industrialized in any case, but those 3 countries I think could really jump ahead. Egypt is getting a lot of investment-I'm hearing about a bunch of new car factories and the like going up there, and they even signed a contract recently to manufacture 80 chinese military jets.
I chose cameroon over nigeria mainly because:
1. it has a higher standard of human development already, having entered the medium development of the Human Development index a while ago, while Nigeria will still take maybe a decade to get there, if not more.
2. Cameroon seems a bit more stable. Nigeria is having far too many problems with internecine conflict for me to get too excited about it becoming an African lion just like that. We all know Nigeria can become an African lion IF it gets things together. That is a really big if.
Once it finally resolves all of this conflict, gets the poverty rate below 50%, and finally shows that it is even close to realizing its true potential(larger increases in GDP, an improvement with regards to world corruption rankings, etc, etc), I'll call it an African lion. That could happen in a decade or so. Right now? No.
Those countries are already in better shape overall than Nigeria, so by the time Nigeria does get it together, they will have already become the African lions(or lion cubs). Hence, I put their names up there instead.
I am somewhat optimistic now about Nigeria(although cautiously). The new president seems like he'll be better than the last to, given the fact that he is confident and he is actually literate with a college education. And despite the issues with Nigeria today, its HDI has been increasing:
Human development index, 1975 0.317
Human development index, 1980 0.376
Human development index, 1985 0.387
Human development index, 1990 0.407
Human development index, 1995 0.419
Human development index, 2000 0.433
Human development index, 2004 0.448
Which is a good thing. The problem is, those other countries are already ahead. Hence, they'll be the first African Lions, and Nigeria will follow them.
have you been there ???? NO
You choose cameroon over Nigeria :lol::lol::lol:
Very comedic indeed
it is official this forum doesn't represent what certain african countries really are
:cheers:...good listNaijalove, thanx for the link!
Africa´s Potential Lion Economies in the next decade
Nigeria(condition: reof Niger Delta Crisis , $30bn invested into physical infrastructure in the next three years but normally this should be no problem for Nigeria, if those conditions are met , the coming two yyears will be very crucial for Nigeria if all the major conditions are met - infrastructure, "controlled" corruption and stability - the sky is the limit:cheers: )
South Africa (it already is an emerging market)
Egypt
Algeria
Angola (the GDP of that country has spiralled upwards tremedously in the past years, it will continue to sky-rocket in the years to come)
Sudan
Morroco
Kenya
Ghana
Senegal
Africa´s potential lion baby economies
Tunisia
Botswana
Namibia
Gabon
Mauritius
Cape Verde (for tourism, financial offf-shore centre, real estate projects)
Sao Tomé (loads of oil)
Mozambique
mozambique just discovered coal and is estimated to be the second exporter of coal in the nearest future after south africa....and oil is being drilled right now in mozambique so watchout......its economy is gonna grow
moreover, one cannot predict these kind of things when it comes to africa,..africa can be heaven today and hell tomorrow
the good economies are uplifted first from good political conditions the country faces, its resources and its foreign relations with other countries
without a strong and positive political climate we might as well stop the dreams for that time being
moreover, one cannot predict these kind of things when it comes to africa,..africa can be heaven today and hell tomorrow
the good economies are uplifted first from good political conditions the country faces, its resources and its foreign relations with other countries
without a strong and positive political climate we might as well stop the dreams for that time being
Mohanad,The king of morocco is a slave to washington thats why he will never be condemned for his crimes,tell me how many muslims have been sent to morocco to be tortured by the moroccan authorities at the behest of America,your authorities have been willing to pour acid on suspects before connecting them up to the national grid just because america said so. We will not be lectured to on human rights by the same people responsible for subjegation and colonisation of the sahari people,when your authorities give these poor people back their indepoendance from this modern colonialism then come and talk to us about Darfur.
لا فض فوك
Well said.
They start the lambashing, the mocking and the belittling of others and expect no response.
But what strikes me most is their deluded conviction that they're in a place to judge others. :lol:
Just a waste of time talking to these fools, but Sudan is a red line.. cross it and you'll get nipped in the butt.
القافلة تسير والكلاب تنبح
I can see why the Egyptians look down on you and make a jokes about you, stupid,dumb, naive, spastic,retard, and thick.Mohanad,
لا فض فوك
Well said.
They start the lambashing, the mocking and the belittling of others and expect no response.
But what strikes me most is their deluded conviction that they're in a place to judge others. :lol:
Just a waste of time talking to these fools, but Sudan is a red line.. cross it and you'll get nipped in the butt.
القافلة تسير والكلاب تنبح
Reported. Your comments are getting out of hand here.
Tunisia and South Africa of course they have the best infrastructures,the best economies and they are always competing for the first places in all ranking.
What about Egypt, Nigeria and Morocco??? :nuts:Tunisia and South Africa of course they have the best infrastructures,the best economies and they are always competing for the first places in all ranking.
I was speaking about countries that may become fully developped in recent years,i thought about including Morocco or Egypt but they have too much poverty.Nigeria is out contest in this field :lol:What about Egypt, Nigeria and Morocco??? :nuts:
I thought you missed the mark. They said African Lion Economies not infrastructure development. Well, can you explain better for us how Tunisia will be emmerging African lion economy and Nigeria, Egypt,etc not? Don't forget Nigerian or Egyptian economy is far larger than that of Tunisian.I was speaking about countries that may become fully developped in recent years,i thought about including Morocco or Egypt but they have too much poverty.Nigeria is out contest in this field :lol:
You are absolutely right,i was referring to countries that may shortly become developped even if the PIB of Tunisia is ridiculous compared to Nigeria.I thought you missed the mark. They said African Lion Economies not infrastructure development. Well, can you explain better for us how Tunisia will be emmerging African lion economy and Nigeria, Egypt,etc not? Don't forget Nigerian or Egyptian economy is far larger than that of Tunisian.
I don't know how you can be a lion without a diversified economy and a good infrastructure even with a huge PIB.
So this is why i only choose Tunisia and South Africa.
MOROCCOI was speaking about countries that may become fully developped in recent years,i thought about including Morocco or Egypt but they have too much poverty.Nigeria is out contest in this field :lol:
Unemployment rate:
Definition Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order Comparison to the rest of the world
10% (2008 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Definition Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order
lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 30.9% (1999)
SOUTH AFRICA
Unemployment rate:
Definition Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order Comparison to the rest of the world
21.7% (2008 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Definition Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 44.7% (2000)
Source : CIA Factbook
I think this numbers don't need comments!
And in terms of poverty ?MOROCCO
Unemployment rate:
Definition Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order Comparison to the rest of the world
10% (2008 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Definition Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order
lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 30.9% (1999)
SOUTH AFRICA
Unemployment rate:
Definition Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order Comparison to the rest of the world
21.7% (2008 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Definition Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 44.7% (2000)
Source : CIA Factbook
I think this numbers don't need comments!
3 Nigerian banks are listed in Forbes 2008 2000 world largest company list. I think banking sector in Nigeria is receiving a boost, the telecommunication industry also,even the infrastructure(though, lot need to be done in this area) yet Tunisia can't be African lion without Nigeria, Egypt or Morocco not included on the list.
I understand what you are trying to explain,Shield.You are generalizing in a layman view economic development yet is beyond country infrastructure and diversity seen on daily basis. It absolutely correct to say that the potential of Nigeria becoming the African Lion economy is certained, though, with an unpredictable government(slow to fix the infrastructure,diversified the economy quickly as possible,curbing the Niger-delta issue, etc).
Tunisia in African continent is poised yet comparing it to Egypt and Nigeria in economies to a larger extent is absurd. I agree Tunisia has alot to contribute to Africa as whole but, let's not mixe things together in this regard.
I understand what you are trying to explain,Shield.You are generalizing in a layman view economic development yet is beyond country infrastructure and diversity seen on daily basis. It absolutely correct to say that the potential of Nigeria becoming the African Lion economy is certained, though, with an unpredictable government(slow to fix the infrastructure,diversified the economy quickly as possible,curbing the Niger-delta issue, etc).
Tunisia in African continent is poised yet comparing it to Egypt and Nigeria in economies to a larger extent is absurd. I agree Tunisia has alot to contribute to Africa as whole but, let's not mixe things together in this regard.
Poverty RateAnd in terms of poverty ?
South Africa (1.25$ >) 26.2 (2$ >) 42.9
Morocco (1.25$ >) 2.5 (2$ >) 14
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_percentage_of_population_living_in_poverty
MaybeThat map is outdated.
The poverty decreases in Morocco since 2000 (from 15% to 9% in 2008) and the Unemployment rate as well
The map shows to Shield that poverty is not as important in Morocco as in the other african countries. Even if in comparison with our neighboors of the E.U, people can think we have a lot of poverty .
3 Nigerian banks are listed in Forbes 2008 2000 world largest company list. I think banking sector in Nigeria is receiving a boost, the telecommunication industry also,even the infrastructure(though, lot need to be done in this area) yet Tunisia can't be African lion without Nigeria, Egypt or Morocco not included on the list.
I understand what you are trying to explain,Shield.You are generalizing in a layman view economic development yet is beyond country infrastructure and diversity seen on daily basis. It absolutely correct to say that the potential of Nigeria becoming the African Lion economy is certained, though, with an unpredictable government(slow to fix the infrastructure,diversified the economy quickly as possible,curbing the Niger-delta issue, etc).
Tunisia in African continent is poised yet comparing it to Egypt and Nigeria in economies to a larger extent is absurd. I agree Tunisia has alot to contribute to Africa as whole but, let's not mixe things together in this regard.
Tunisia has a good infrastructure and it's developping it every year,i think the country could become a bridge between europe and Africa,an accelerator of develoopement and transfer of technology to the other countries.
They are already doing it,building routes and helping african farmers.This is why i iadded Tunisia even if it has a small GDP compared to Nigeria.Nigeria's economy is only relying on oil and the GDP per capita is only 2.500 $ (7.900 $ in Tunisia ).
I am maybe mistaken for South Arica,but the country is stable,democratic (one of the main defaults of Tunisia ) and has also a good infrastrcuture and educational system.
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