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Comment on: African Centre for Participatory Governance
June 14, 2019 16:29

Africa must get rid of its subjectivism, i.e. the omnipresence of certain forces of evil, such as witchcraft, causing people to fear that they will dare to face real social difficulties. Many African societies operate according to the logic of fear and have difficulty releasing initiatives that will lead to progress.

Comment on: African Centre for Participatory Governance
June 14, 2019 16:28

The world is becoming more and more immaterial. Africa must take this into account in order to make several changes: first of all, that of mentalities (abandoning the mentality of enslavement), and the need to remain "connected" with the rest of the world and understood by it. Indeed, what is being criticized today in Africa is its inability to look more to the future.

Comment on: African Centre for Participatory Governance
June 14, 2019 16:27

he current world is driven by a permanent competition where only the differentiating factor is the intangible capital whose best application effectively compensates for the lack of natural resources.

Comment on: African Centre for Participatory Governance
June 14, 2019 16:26

Through the animation of social movements, it relays on the national territory the speeches of external organizations that finance its various activities. This is particularly the case for religious NGOs, whose main actions serve primarily to evangelize or Islamize.

Comment on: African Centre for Participatory Governance
June 14, 2019 16:24

In its role as censor, it merely issues reminders and warnings against violations of democracy, human rights and the environment. Its capacity for alternative proposals remains low.

Comment on: African Centre for Participatory Governance
June 14, 2019 16:24

African civil society thus faces serious challenges, such as its heterogeneity and the role it should play in African society. For the time being, its role is far from being that of development, with the exception of a few initiatives, most of them from the African diaspora, notably along the Senegal River Valley and in the Kayes region of Mali. Beyond a few isolated development actions, civil society has a role more focused on censoring the state on the one hand and leading social movements on the other.

Comment on: African Centre for Participatory Governance
June 14, 2019 16:23

For these reasons, international development institutions are urging African leaders to invest heavily in the accumulation of social capital as the preferred means of growth and development.

Comment on: African Centre for Participatory Governance
June 14, 2019 16:21

The concept of social capital generally refers to populations valued by education and health. Investment in education is considered an essential component of economic policy. It is established that for a given level of GDP per capita, countries with high enrolment rates are in a more advantageous situation than those with low enrolment rates.

Comment on: African Centre for Participatory Governance
June 14, 2019 16:19

The concept of social capital generally refers to populations valued by education and health. Investment in education is considered an essential component of economic policy. It is established that for a given level of GDP per capita, countries with high enrolment rates are in a more advantageous situation than those with low enrolment rates.

Comment on: African Centre for Participatory Governance
June 14, 2019 16:17

Africa is known throughout the world for the crises that shake it up and the violence that characterizes its societies. These crises are largely the result of the confiscation of citizens' freedom by politicians.