Modern Africa is a mess. It is the most under developed continent on Earth and has played host to two major genocides in the last 20 years. The region is plagued by disease, violence and corruption. Looking at a map of Africa you see what are the officially recognized nations. In reality some of those countries have multiple people with claims to power and the border lines are sometimes meaningless. There are a few diamonds in the rough. Africa has some modern cities in Morocco, South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria. Much of the continent is poor however. So what does Africa’s future hold? In my opinion great promise. Africa has a lot of the most valuable resource on the planet, people. The first implication of a rapidly increasing population is that they are difficult to sustain. As we have already seen in China and India, population in time will translate into prosperity. If humanity decides to build the space elevator discussed in my previous entry then Africa will hold a strategic location for it with its arid climate and area at the equator. Africa could play a vital role in a new revolution of society. There is a lot of work on the way and it should be interesting to see this continent develop.