The Euro-African International Forum on African Economies took place from November 24 to 25 in Spain. During this summit, Africa expressed the wish to have full management and exclusivity over its raw materials. A vision widely shared by the BRICS. The representative of the BRICS alliance in Africa (central and west) invited to this summit spoke at length on the issue. Ahoua Don Mello, initially invited to receive the Ubuntu prize (humanity in Rwandan language) which rewards his leadership on social progress and the end of inequalities in the world, took the opportunity to speak on the issue of abusively exporting raw materials from Africa to Western countries.
A Beneficial Project for Africa
Ahoua Don Mello is aware of this. Development in Africa could only take off if Africa did not export its raw materials. For him, the various colonial pacts must be abolished and the purchase of raw materials prohibited. This is the vision of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the core countries of BRICS.
The question of raw materials management is not new. It has been discussed at length by African economists and now politicians who are at the center of economic policies. Don Mello thinks that forcing Westerners to process raw materials on African soil will boost the continent’s industrialization, create jobs and greatly limit illegal immigration.
The West Would Also Gain
The ever-growing wave of immigration poses a problem for the West. Today, western countries are practically incapable of managing the overflow of immigrants. The processing of raw materials on African soil would therefore stop or considerably reduce this immigration.
Africa therefore has the opportunity to develop faster. To do this, it take charge of its raw material, get rid of colonial agreements and Françafrique, and also establish a real democracy which would put the people at the center of decisions.
