The harvest reveals the hand that held the hoe

The harvest reveals the hand that held the hoe.

For generations, people have looked at Africa and asked the same question:

“What does Africa have?”

Gold.

Diamonds.

Copper.

Cobalt.

Oil.

Fertile land.

Vast forests.

Enough sunlight to power entire nations.

The world has been trained to look down whenever it thinks about Africa.

Down into the mines.

Down into the oil fields.

Down into the soil.

But perhaps it has been looking in the wrong direction.

Africa’s greatest resource may never have been beneath the ground.

It may have been walking above it all along.

Imagine inheriting a farm.

The land is rich. The rivers run. The soil can grow almost anything.

But your equipment is old.

Other people own the trucks that carry your crops.

Other people lend you money.

Other people decide what your harvest is worth.

You possess wealth, but you do not fully control what it becomes.

That has been Africa’s story for a long time.

The continent’s natural wealth has helped build prosperity elsewhere, while many African communities still live with problems that should have been solved decades ago.

Now the world has entered another technological age.

Artificial intelligence.

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