Africa Has Potential Too!

After completing studies in a western country, assessing a plan to achieve our career goals and lifetime dreams is next on the list of objectives. For those of us that have a background from developing countries, deciding whether to return home or stay around must surely be our top dilemma. To focus primarily on Africa, a majority of reports from various media sources indicate that Africa’s countries have been growing consistently at a phenomenal rate that surpasses the so called emerging markets. There is lots of opportunity for those with an entrepreneur mindset and not afraid to take risks. Many young people have struggled to decide whether to return to their motherland, or to stay and build a life in their adopted countries. Those that advocate for a stay cite the poor infrastructure such as roads school and the difficulty encountered to register and run a business. They continue to argue that there is constant interruption in services such as electricity, water, health services and education and therefore do not warrant any consideration/ decision to return. While its unquestionable that we have poor standards, it can also be argued that the level of democracy has increased with lots of people migrating to urban centers which in turn has created a consumer oriented market, and thus paving the way for future growth.The past wars civil wars that affected countries, have created opportunity for entrepreneurship, as those countries try to build the infrastructures. Such countries include Rwanda, Sudan and Liberia. This are case examples of countries that represent opportunity. Just food for thought, Ultimately though, I do think that the decision to stay or head back is a personal choice that is entirely dependent on personal circumstances