New Cameroon Views Blog: List of African countries on past GDP (PPP) per capita, compared with selected countries in other continents (I):

IMF figures:

N°	African Country	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1	Algeria	2,537	2,772	3,032	3,216	3,414	3,543	3,519	3,504	3,452	3,663
2	Angola	1,694	1,725	1,783	1,882	2,016	1,908	1,951	2,038	2,178	2,201
3	Benin	569	613	642	633	639	665	677	662	686	671
4	Botswana	1,774	2,060	2,443	2,713	2,892	3,094	3,313	3,778	4,653	4,877
5	Burkina Faso	343	376	394	395	406	485	521	520	552	568
6	Burundi	264	315	322	337	340	380	390	411	434	444
7	Cameroon	1,028	1,279	1,419	1,534	1,666	1,808	1,920	1,880	1,740	1,722
8	Cape Verde	573	661	702	777	815	887	908	948	1,011	1,079
9	Central African Republic	429	515	514	490	545	567	601	578	596	616
10	Chad	401	382	416	488	520	564	596	620	673	695
11	Ivory Coast	1,136	1,257	1,287	1,241	1,228	1,262	1,300	1,282	1,329	1,364
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	346	370	378	386	406	407	422	431	434	430
13	Djibouti
14	Egypt	1,294	1,406	1,558	1,717	1,872	2,014	2,102	2,207	2,326	2,433
15	Equatorial Guinea	470	506	511	506	495	537	501	502	498	476
16	Ethiopia	295	315	328	356	350	309	335	381	383	383
17	Eritrea
18	Gabon	7,570	7,777	8,405	8,720	9,287	9,905	9,698	8,261	8,653	10,143
19	Gambia	801	747	922	1,047	964	989	994	1,010	1,021	1,062
20	Ghana	637	696	667	636	678	721	750	797	879	930
21	Guinea
22	Guinea-Bissau	590	628	680	669	717	755	748	796	823	861
23	Kenya	650	713	767	782	796	824	870	915	970	1,018
24	Lesotho	366	402	439	446	496	521	547	539	591	636
25	Liberia
26	Libya	13,879	11,603	11,935	11,346	10,347	10,784	9,406	7,917	7,809	8,309
27	Madagascar	608	588	587	612	598	606	614	621	646	678
28	Malawi	319	321	341	357	377	389	376	369	371	371
29	Mali	344	357	392	375	381	374	403	411	411	464
30	Mauritania	752	831	841	893	927	950	1,003	1,037	1,080	1,118
31	Mauritius	1,950	1,953	2,155	2,350	2,439	2,611	2,878	3,257	3,651	3,979
32	Morocco	1,148	1,189	1,348	1,361	1,440	1,540	1,666	1,632	1,822	1,892
33	Mozambique	197	220	212	181	173	177	174	204	226	248
34	Namibia
35	Niger	461	487	510	493	411	442	465	464	497	505
36	Nigeria	694	892	912	876	867	941	853	761	823	883
37	Republic of the Congo	1,393	1,517	1,599	1,651	1,701	1,740	1,766	1,803	2,206	2,612
38	Rwanda	369	399	398	423	484	504	525	520	522	494
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	945	909	973	950	903	990	928	902	925	962
40	Senegal	681	762	847	811	847	875	895	948	946	991
41	Seychelles	4,404	4,558	4,735	4,892	5,263	5,933	6,072	6,280	6,817	7,755
42	Sierra Leone	586	637	674	674	707	666	667	688	711	756
43	South Africa	3,930	4,416	4,551	4,528	4,817	4,786	4,782	4,914	5,182	5,389
44	Sudan	564	636	683	680	636	634	693	738	782	802
45	Swaziland	1,076	1,311	1,368	1,398	1,495	1,549	1,719	1,958	2,084	2,363
46	Tanzania	387	415	427	426	430	447	467	494	523	545
47	Togo	611	627	551	523	552	569	579	561	617	646
48	Tunisia	1,889	2,121	2,186	2,323	2,520	2,655	2,575	2,768	2,817	2,946
49	Uganda	274	302	337	356	347	336	334	345	373	397
50	Zambia	816	921	919	916	906	917	926	938	1,030	999
51	Zimbabwe

Selected countries of the world:

N°	African Country	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1	Australia	10,010	11,223	11,711	11,948	13,032	14,004	14,404	15,237	16,121	17,194
2	Brazil	3,761	3,841	4,005	3,930	4,197	4,563	4,912	5,132	5,220	5,486
3	Canada	11,115	12,423	12,652	13,375	14,546	15,559	16,128	17,084	18,308	19,165
4	Chile	2,943	3,341	3,017	3,001	3,246	3,355	3,563	3,843	4,193	4,732
5	China	251	285	324	369	435	502	550	621	704	749
6	Colombia	2,443	2,673	2,801	2,895	3,040	3,252	3,445	3,659	3,858	4,056
7	France	9,987	10,937	11,816	12,372	12,975	13,545	14,107	14,807	15,916	17,139
8	Germany	9,919	10,840	11,418	12,097	12,958	13,677	14,307	14,936	15,929	17,008
9	India	419	477	515	558	593	627	658	690	757	821
10	Indonesia	730	842	896	951	1,035	1,072	1,138	1,204	1,292	1,413
11	Iran	3,008	3,332	3,889	4,288	4,418	4,559	4,086	4,013	3,482	3,745
12	Iraq
13	Ireland	7,008	7,761	8,269	8,475	9,011	9,435	9,683	10,310	11,033	12,165
14	Israel	7,270	8,173	8,639	9,058	9,449	10,005	10,426	11,355	11,958	12,322
15	Japan	8,534	9,653	10,514	11,187	12,046	13,115	13,711	14,618	16,133	17,572
16	Malaysia	2,350	2,682	2,940	3,168	3,456	3,419	3,441	3,637	4,035	4,459
17	Mexico	4,980	5,773	5,956	5,846	6,140	6,330	6,143	6,304	6,475	6,864
18	Saudi Arabia	16,663	18,170	16,322	14,831	14,202	13,332	13,638	12,832	13,680	13,528
19	South Korea	2,302	2,663	3,012	3,462	3,897	4,273	4,853	5,552	6,350	6,965
20	United Kingdom	8,381	9,041	9,804	10,557	11,227	11,953	12,678	13,612	14,759	15,622
21	United States	12,249	13,600	14,015	15,089	16,635	17,690	18,538	19,511	20,821	22,169

IMF estimates between 1990 and 1999

N°	African Country	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
1	Algeria	3,802	3,796	3,853	3,766	3,728	3,872	4,024	4,071	4,260	4,392
2	Angola	2,149	2,186	2,050	1,550	1,560	1,781	2,102	2,193	2,156	2,195
3	Benin	737	771	789	829	840	884	914	956	978	1,016
4	Botswana	5,312	5,661	5,637	5,848	5,722	6,176	6,454	7,034	7,656	8,265
5	Burkina Faso	569	625	623	640	644	676	744	784	828	868
6	Burundi	463	493	496	476	459	424	390	392	408	410
7	Cameroon	1,627	1,573	1,515	1,456	1,408	1,444	1,503	1,564	1,616	1,665
8	Cape Verde	1,098	1,122	1,151	1,229	1,305	1,399	1,507	1,612	1,726	1,913
9	Central African Republic	606	603	584	573	592	614	559	597	614	634
10	Chad	726	811	830	811	853	814	826	867	914	898
11	Ivory Coast	1,346	1,341	1,317	1,384	1,375	1,440	1,543	1,615	1,663	1,678
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	404	371	329	282	268	266	262	247	241	229
13	Djibouti		2,184	2,159	1,990	1,946	1,857	1,760	1,726	1,698	1,729
14	Egypt	2,563	2,654	2,670	2,751	2,868	2,997	3,131	3,307	3,519	3,710
15	Equatorial Guinea	453	433	558	591	657	730	1,149	2,709	3,143	3,714
16	Ethiopia	395	367	331	371	379	398	445	456	431	451
17	Eritrea			513	593	730	756	828	889	890	875
18	Gabon	10,838	11,537	11,099	11,513	11,895	12,436	12,812	13,450	13,732	12,378
19	Gambia	1,120	1,138	1,169	1,198	1,227	1,174	1,232	1,259	1,317	1,364
20	Ghana	974	1,033	1,073	1,119	1,153	1,194	1,240	1,295	1,342	1,390
21	Guinea	645	652	661	680	695	718	747	781	808	840
22	Guinea-Bissau	916	976	990	1,012	1,045	1,091	1,140	1,211	874	936
23	Kenya	1,066	1,085	1,068	1,062	1,084	1,128	1,169	1,165	1,193	1,212
24	Lesotho	685	715	757	780	824	815	876	902	967	964
25	Liberia
26	Libya	9,500	11,161	10,878	10,469	10,678	9,329	9,559	9,462	9,339	9,325
27	Madagascar	706	665	669	678	671	676	683	700	714	736
28	Malawi	392	431	404	450	410	470	517	547	544	556
29	Mali	500	549	528	544	558	566	601	626	646	677
30	Mauritania	1,139	1,180	1,199	1,266	1,222	1,337	1,406	1,340	1,359	1,435
31	Mauritius	4,304	4,691	5,232	5,834	6,164	6,491	6,555	6,844	7,437	7,816
32	Morocco	2,036	2,209	2,129	2,115	2,341	2,193	2,465	2,411	2,582	2,590
33	Mozambique	259	280	267	290	306	311	355	392	434	468
34	Namibia	3,075	3,217	3,468	3,375	3,517	3,602	3,643	3,760	3,832	3,871
35	Niger	502	516	477	478	491	452	468	462	509	506
36	Nigeria	1,005	1,005	1,006	1,022	1,024	1,015	1,056	1,076	1,087	1,079
37	Republic of the Congo	2,658	2,735	2,787	2,737	2,565	2,645	2,811	2,763	2,817	2,706
38	Rwanda	503	483	527	468	416	540	496	562	590	590
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	950	968	969	990	1,014	1,036	1,052	1,061	1,080	1,103
40	Senegal	993	1,025	1,034	1,043	1,037	1,087	1,101	1,126	1,176	1,238
41	Seychelles	8,613	9,043	9,876	10,608	10,290	10,401	11,489	12,964	13,174	13,353
42	Sierra Leone	780	727	656	654	675	605	485	396	387	351
43	South Africa	5,458	5,472	5,363	5,431	5,609	5,782	6,026	6,182	6,181	6,325
44	Sudan
45	Swaziland	2,615	2,683	2,765	2,847	2,910	3,042	3,124	3,195	3,307	3,435
46	Tanzania	590	604	603	605	609	626	648	665	678	706
47	Togo
48	Tunisia	3,177	3,351	3,624	3,712	3,837	3,994	4,249	4,497	4,713	5,004
49	Uganda
50	Zambia	1,000	998	1,012	1,005	863	824	865	879	845	868
51	Zimbabwe

Selected countries of the world

N°	Country	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
1	Australia	17,811	18,012	18,737	19,716	20,880	21,709	22,772	23,869	25,085	26,177
2	Brazil	5,363	5,517	5,530	5,822	6,164	6,469	6,632	6,872	6,849	6,864
3	Canada	19,641	19,659	20,060	20,743	21,961	22,810	23,375	24,546	25,621	27,216
4	Chile	5,010	5,508	6,225	6,696	7,113	7,911	8,533	9,129	9,405	9,352
5	China	796	888	1,027	1,183	1,351	1,513	1,679	1,849	1,998	2,164
6	Colombia	4,305	4,471	4,682	4,964	5,235	5,528	5,657	5,878	5,886	5,650
7	France	18,180	18,925	19,514	19,704	20,487	21,315	21,883	22,682	23,642	24,635
8	Germany	18,324	19,669	20,283	20,373	21,265	22,027	22,567	23,331	23,991	24,753
9	India	883	916	960	1,007	1,070	1,150	1,237	1,316	1,385	1,455
10	Indonesia	1,543	1,681	1,802	1,957	2,114	2,297	2,495	2,628	2,283	2,308
11	Iran	4,540	5,166	5,001	5,077	5,092	5,152	5,766	6,224	6,371	6,487
12	Iraq
13	Ireland	13,623	14,257	14,995	15,595	16,806	18,600	20,255	22,625	24,407	26,941
14	Israel	13,293	13,951	14,762	15,080	15,891	17,253	18,011	18,450	18,966	19,446
15	Japan	19,203	20,464	21,046	21,478	22,059	22,897	23,890	24,641	24,355	24,618
16	Malaysia	4,839	5,406	5,906	6,362	6,900	7,523	8,244	8,797	8,057	8,464
17	Mexico	7,357	7,790	8,109	8,344	8,768	8,247	8,727	9,387	9,829	10,186
18	Saudi Arabia	14,495	15,595	15,717	15,763	15,814	15,788	16,235	16,544	16,793	16,507
19	South Korea	7,829	8,806	9,436	10,152	11,162	12,288	13,294	14,176	13,420	14,971
20	United Kingdom	16,306	16,590	16,965	17,686	18,783	19,704	20,609	21,635	22,657	23,746
21	United States	23,198	23,648	24,700	25,629	26,907	27,827	29,077	30,541	31,858	33,502

IMF estimates between 2000 and 2009

N°	African Country	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
1	Algeria	4,503	4,660	4,886	5,254	5,622	6,069	6,296	6,573	6,777	6,910
2	Angola	2,244	2,299	2,600	2,664	2,954	3,329	4,034	4,954	5,615	5,661
3	Benin	1,051	1,105	1,135	1,167	1,196	1,246	1,298	1,360	1,420	1,433
4	Botswana	8,840	9,251	10,127	10,869	12,270	12,513	13,472	14,344	14,920	14,166
5	Burkina Faso	886	937	963	1,026	1,000	1,097	1,168	1,217	1,279	1,303
6	Burundi	407	403	404	411	453	470	502	530	558	572
7	Cameroon	1,724	1,792	1,817	1,877	1,944	1,954	2,025	2,096	2,137	2,142
8	Cape Verde	2,029	2,175	2,285	2,401	2,357	2,603	2,915	3,212	3,438	3,554
9	Central African Republic	651	657	650	605	628	658	691	723	739	733
10	Chad	887	988	1,062	1,137	1,513	1,648	1,663	1,672	1,695	1,651
11	Ivory Coast	1,600	1,606	1,580	1,562	1,551	1,580	1,595	1,619	1,644	1,674
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	213	213	218	228	243	262	277	294	310	312
13	Djibouti	1,733	1,771	1,812	1,876	1,956	2,042	2,155	2,274	2,399	2,484
14	Egypt	3,912	4,052	4,165	4,304	4,514	4,762	5,157	5,505	5,901	6,112
15	Equatorial Guinea	4,157	6,436	7,593	8,585	12,125	13,252	13,462	16,347	17,975	18,665
16	Ethiopia	475	508	511	498	560	633	710	796	881	955
17	Eritrea	755	808	811	773	789	751	742	749	669	681
18	Gabon	12,105	12,336	12,196	12,451	12,634	13,081	13,329	14,126	14,559	14,298
19	Gambia	1,428	1,493	1,420	1,501	1,571	1,559	1,576	1,639	1,736	1,822
20	Ghana	1,443	1,504	1,559	1,632	1,928	2,030	2,168	2,316	2,503	2,565
21	Guinea	866	902	937	950	936	952	987	1,011	1,061	1,043
22	Guinea-Bissau	926	943	922	922	923	944	973	1,011	1,061	1,043
23	Kenya	1,217	1,271	1,269	1,304	1,335	1,399	1,490	1,593	1,605	1,616
24	Lesotho	1,017	1,067	1,093	1,153	1,228	1,305	1,475	1,581	1,681	1,746
25	Liberia	428	435	449	311	354	363	388	417	425	423
26	Libya	9,681	9,279	9,123	10,312	10,787	11,566	12,484	13,532	14,285	14,146
27	Madagascar	763	803	695	757	795	833	879	936	998	941
28	Malawi	558	535	533	562	606	606	620	680	732	784
29	Mali	654	726	746	795	854	915	963	1,002	1,043	1,068
30	Mauritania	1,456	1,496	1,501	1,581	1,666	1,767	1,986	2,016	2,083	2,031
31	Mauritius	8,476	8,804	9,018	9,501	10,186	10,489	11,231	12,118	13,029	13,495
32	Morocco	2,667	2,896	3,004	3,224	3,415	3,585	3,945	4,124	4,402	4,619
33	Mozambique	475	534	581	619	664	711	782	847	907	955
34	Namibia	4,064	4,201	4,401	4,608	5,169	5,532	6,007	6,399	6,640	6,560
35	Niger	489	524	544	576	581	624	661	681	740	718
36	Nigeria	1,130	1,216	1,457	1,598	1,773	1,796	1,916	2,052	2,164	2,276
37	Republic of the Congo	2,890	2,981	3,079	3,080	3,473	3,566	3,801	3,741	3,923	4,140
38	Rwanda	567	602	673	691	759	856	948	1,008	1,122	1,157
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,112	1,152	1,175	1,261	1,355	1,534	1,757	1,816	1,993	2,061
40	Senegal	1,274	1,329	1,327	1,412	1,470	1,565	1,617	1,705	1,765	1,777
41	Seychelles	14,096	14,075	14,210	13,645	16,715	18,357	19,737	22,202	21,972	22,232
42	Sierra Leone	363	424	529	567	601	640	687	731	769	782
43	South Africa	6,643	6,900	7,188	7,478	8,000	8,654	9,334	9,934	10,404	10,236
44	Sudan	1,294	1,374	1,450	1,552	1,628	1,700	1,883	2,105	2,164	2,195
45	Swaziland	3,567	3,641	3,736	3,937	4,111	4,336	4,554	4,759	4,940	4,979
46	Tanzania	732	773	825	882	942	1,009	1,094	1,181	1,270	1,342
47	Togo	685	669	655	684	696	754	790	811	828	844
48	Tunisia	5,273	5,602	5,731	6,115	6,653	7,182	7,757	8,401	8,888	9,165
49	Uganda	689	718	768	809	933	901	998	1,077	1,158	1,212
50	Zambia	909	952	977	1,025	1,084	1,130	1,211	1,291	1,361	1,428
51	Zimbabwe	833	859	794	666	294	452	451	446	373	399

Selected countries of the world

N°	Country	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
1	Australia	27,250	28,211	29,439	30,628	32,131	33,603	35,056	37,069	38,003	38,227
2	Brazil	7,207	7,358	7,563	7,698	8,231	8,603	9,164	9,894	10,526	10,498
3	Canada	28,993	29,862	30,898	31,843	33,409	35,150	36,934	38,427	39,095	37,946
4	Chile	9,855	10,285	10,550	11,024	11,898	12,741	13,759	14,742	15,373	15,189
5	China	2,379	2,616	2,881	3,217	3,614	4,102	4,747	5,548	6,185	6,792
6	Colombia	5,855	6,010	6,181	6,477	6,898	7,340	7,988	8,683	9,082	9,220
7	France	25,972	26,846	27,346	27,978	29,176	30,406	32,006	33,470	33,959	33,238
8	Germany	26,090	27,066	27,464	27,921	29,079	30,221	32,449	34,567	35,682	34,330
9	India	1,534	1,599	1,673	1,798	1,973	2,190	2,441	2,724	2,916	3,098
10	Indonesia	2,429	2,538	2,657	2,803	2,979	3,185	3,420	3,690	3,942	4,110
11	Iran	6,855	7,185	7,769	8,360	9,043	9,869	10,651	11,489	11,640	12,051
12	Iraq						2,958	3,149	3,196	3,480	3,569
13	Ireland	29,703	31,353	33,129	34,677	36,577	38,662	40,981	43,341	42,178	39,311
14	Israel	21,242	21,230	21,034	21,395	22,664	24,170	25,887	27,497	28,610	28,526
15	Japan	25,669	26,280	26,726	27,697	29,014	30,446	31,964	33,609	34,014	32,509
16	Malaysia	9,174	9,140	9,506	10,027	10,718	11,380	12,270	13,269	14,033	13,771
17	Mexico	10,873	10,821	10,875	11,136	11,959	12,483	13,367	13,971	14,217	13,248
18	Saudi Arabia	17,261	17,322	17,203	18,457	19,487	21,236	21,674	22,006	22,676	22,186
19	South Korea	16,503	17,417	18,859	19,697	21,138	22,783	24,656	26,579	27,707	28,008
20	United Kingdom	25,255	26,537	27,585	29,043	30,653	32,090	33,794	35,751	35,907	34,460
21	United States	35,252	36,065	36,950	38,325	40,401	42,629	44,750	46,467	46,901	45,348

IMF estimates between 2010 and 2011

N°	African Country	2010	2011
1	Algeria	7,112	7,333
2	Angola	5,749	5,895
3	Benin	1,446	1,481
4	Botswana	15,180	16,030
5	Burkina Faso	1,391	1,466
6	Burundi	589	615
7	Cameroon	2,176	2,257
8	Cape Verde	3,730	3,947
9	Central African Republic	747	768
10	Chad	1,842	1,865
11	Ivory Coast	1,683	1,590
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	328	348
13	Djibouti	2,537	2,642
14	Egypt	6,417	6,540
15	Equatorial Guinea	18,209	19,356
16	Ethiopia	1,019	1,093
17	Eritrea	683	735
18	Gabon	15,197	16,183
19	Gambia	1,893	1,943
20	Ghana	2,725	3,083
21	Guinea	1,049	1,083
22	Guinea-Bissau	1,087	1,144
23	Kenya	1,676	1,746
24	Lesotho	1,855	1,960
25	Liberia	431	456
26	Libya	14,384	5,787
27	Madagascar	933	934
28	Malawi	821	860
29	Mali	1,109	1,128
30	Mauritania	2,108	2,179
31	Mauritius	14,149	14,954
32	Morocco	4,794	5,052
33	Mozambique	1,011	1,085
34	Namibia	7,016	7,363
35	Niger	761	771
36	Nigeria	2,420	2,578
37	Republic of the Congo	4,426	4,589
38	Rwanda	1,232	1,341
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	2,141	2,252
40	Senegal	1,828	1,871
41	Seychelles	23,337	24,726
42	Sierra Leone	810	849
43	South Africa	10,541	10,973
44	Sudan	2,261	2,726
45	Swaziland	5,156	5,302
46	Tanzania	1,418	1,515
47	Togo	866	899
48	Tunisia	9,454	9,478
49	Uganda	1,252	1,317
50	Zambia	1,517	1,611
51	Zimbabwe	436	487

Selected countries of the world

N°	Country	2010	2011
1	Australia	39,090	40,234
2	Brazil	11,314	11,769
3	Canada	39,154	40,541
4	Chile	16,112	17,222
5	China	7,550	8,382
6	Colombia	9,585	10,249
7	France	33,997	35,156
8	Germany	36,013	37,897
9	India	3,419	3,694
10	Indonesia	4,353	4,666
11	Iran	12,722	13,053
12	Iraq	3,548	3,886
13	Ireland	39,492	39,639
14	Israel	29,602	30,975
15	Japan	34,330	34,740
16	Malaysia	14,744	15,568
17	Mexico	13,932	14,610
18	Saudi Arabia	22,714	24,237
19	South Korea	30,042	31,714
20	United Kingdom	35,344	36,090
21	United States	46,900	48,387

Using the GDP per capita or Gross Domestic Product per capita (dividing the total output of a country by the number of its inhabitants) based on purchasing power parity (PPP) as one of the parameters to accentuate the standard of living of a country's citizens, we observe with clarity that Africa's GDP per capita barely tripled over the past three decades, while the rest of the world's more than quintupled. And with inflation halving the value of output or wealth after every two decades, it becomes apparent that the standard of living of most African countries dropped over the past thirty years, while the world at large experienced substantial increase in the quality of life of its citizens.

Cameroon in particular emerges as the most mismanaged country in the world in a generation, standing out as the only country that did not experience a war or civil strife, yet impoverished its citizens through theft, corruption, mismanagement and incomprehension. Often called the "Sick Spirit of Africa" due to the usurper French-imposed system put in place in 1958 that acts against the interest of the majority of the citizens (One of the most dynamic in Africa), the regime of President Paul Biya that has been in power for thirty years exacerbates the malady with its blatant disregard for the choice and wellbeing of the Cameroonian people. As indicated in the years colored red, the Biya regime is a peculiar entity that pulls off the gamble of declaring itself the winner in elections despite putting the country into depressions and recessions. After all, it crafted the most efficient election rigging machinery in the world.

It has been observed with clarity that Cameroon and Africa risk being stuck in inertia forever if Cameroon---"The Sick Spirit of Africa”, The Democratic Republic of Congo---"The Sick Heart of Africa", do not win a place among the African countries with a sense of direction, and if they do not take their merited places as pillars of economic and democratic progress for the New Africa. These countries need to release the trapped potentials of their people, take their places as leaders in Central Africa and the "Heart of Africa", and foster their roles as the crossroads of inter-African cooperation, trade, infrastructural and telecommunication connectivity, and joint ventures. Middle Africa needs new, advanced, progressive and democratic systems in place to facilitate not only the development of the countries there, but also the facilitation of the realization of the economic union and political integration of Africa( A working African Union)---the optimal structure Africa needs in place to lift its population out of poverty. That is what the African Economic Miracle would be all about.

Written by Janvier Tchouteu-Chando, African writer and International author.