Eli5: Why is Africa still Underdeveloped

Question

I understand the fact that the slave trade and colonisation highly affected the continent, but fact is African countries weren’t the only ones affected by that so it still puzzles me as to why African nations have failed to spring up like the Super power nations we have today

In: Economics

Answer 1

Not living like North Americans/Western Europeans doesn’t necessarily mean “under developed,” though somehow that’s become the global standards (insert comment about colonialism here). That being said, if you’re asking why some countries in Africa remain destitute and people suffering, I’d say 1 – political corruption; 2 – global capitalism.