Africa has a systems problem.
No one wants Africa to work more than I do. But aspiration is not a substitute for enterprise architecture and effective execution. We do not yet have the integrated trade, capital, logistics, regulatory, and currency systems required to compete globally at scale.
Fifty-four countries. More than forty currencies. 1.4 billion people. Roughly $2.8 trillion in nominal GDP. In a $100 trillion global economy, that is less than 3% of output.
The constraint is not potential. It is enterprise coordination and institutional effectiveness.