One the EROI rate(energy return on investment) is going down.We're spending more oil and money to get fewer and fewer barrels. Global demand of oil is going to surpass global supply. What good will having the largest reserve of water do if we already wasted and polluted the water we had? What has arable land done for Africa as it stands. How will we use it if we don't have water or we are building structures over it? Species going extinct does matter,an ecosystem balances works like that. If bees start dying out we will soon follow. Herbet Spencer is the one who coined the phrase survival of the fittest. Darwin meant only a species that better adapts itself to its environment has a better chance of survival. Survival of the fittest justifies what Hitler had intended,to do away with inferior races. We are not animals,we're humans.

There is no problem.I was just addressing the issue of the rise of Africa considering the state of resources. It doesn't hurt to have land and water.

I think as wazuans we all believe in Africa. Facts: 1) Yes, there is a transfer of wealth towards 2) yes, the standards of living in africa will rise BUT just the transfer of wealth alone doesnt guarantee anything, if you are just a consumer population. FDI is mobile, evasive and means nothing if the systems dont work and there is no intelligent local framework. I believe Congo & Naija have had their fair share of FDI. The only change that will sustain africa, is a radical mindset change. We still lack collective intelligence. Proof: Tribalism, Construction of estates in arable areas like Kiambu etc in a semi-arid country & Sonko! @ Seles , the big malls, big cars...just confirm that we are pure consumers...& when the wealth transfer comes, we shall be turned into cheap global manual labourers á la Asia. What use will all that oil, water etc be, if we don't even have the local capacity to pump it. And of course, the big players like UK, Germany are sitting comfy smoking cigars, with no idea that Africa is about to take off?? Before we even think of China, let us study India very closely.... Pockets of prosperity here & there will come to Africa, but will they fundamentally change the continent with the current mental status quo?....I dont think so. I say, India, again. That is where, we may be heading. @Seles...Proof of mentality problem in Africa = "after all its all vanity upon Vanity!!...this is what am talking about. Today it is vanity for us, for our Kids & grandkids it is reality.

Very informative thread this. Whether we go into a bubble & whether it bursts is a non issue. The issue is that time & chance happen to us all. Make hay while the sun shines. Happy investing!

so you people are non believers, talking about prosperity ....the Bible talks of terrible famine and pestilence across africa. our agricultural practices are still extremely primitive .