26/09/2026
The Development We Need
Africa needs infrastructure, Africa needs development, but, the truth is that if we call on Europeans to build African's Infrastructure, Africa will be owned by Europe; and if we call on Chinese to develop Africa, Africa will become a Chinese Colony in time.
It is only when the African build and develop Africa then that Africa can be owned by the African people. Our development must reflect our needs and our capabilities and not the mastercraft or capitals of other people.
We must always remember that development is a process; it is not a product that can be bought and be given to a society. This also means that anytime we call on others to develop our society for us, we deny ourselves the opportunity of the process of learning and capital accumulations.
This is because while we build our own development, we gain experiences by doing, and the process of developing also help us to build capital that are kept in the economy for maintenance and further development in other sectors. But, what happens when the development of one nation is done by outsiders? In the end, these outsiders go away with the skills and the financial capital they have accumulated, leaving our economy in a hollow state with a people who have no technical ability to mange the very development they have bought.
One of the missions of the African Continental Unity Party (ACUP) is to put the African in charge of the reconstruction of Africa. We shall primarily focus on human capital development and efficiently utilise the Africa ingenuity and skills to build, to own, and to manage the prosperous African society we are all proud of.
Join the ACUP today, and make your energy, skills, and time available towards reconstruction of Africa. Register your membership at www.africanacup.org