A Strategic Framework For Africa’s Domestic Value Addition: Blueprint for Resource Sovereignty – OpEd

True transformation of nations begins within the borders of individual nations  instead of through pipedreams of a unified, continent-wide agendas like the “Agenda 2063”. Many African states have operate as extraction zones, shipping out raw wealth while importing the very finished goods their own resources created. To move from this import-dependency trap to the self-reliance seen in the Gulf, African nations must abandon the pursuit of meagre financial incentives, often going to the pockets of those who sign the contracts and leaders.