The single best thing that America and Europe can do for Africa is not to spoon out charity but to allow Americans and Europeans to buy the products that Africa is capable of producing competitively not just agricultural products but also labour-intensive manufactures such as textiles and leather work.
But chemicals, coke, refined petroleum and nuclear fuel exports dropped 6.7% between January and March, with textiles, fur and leather down 5.7% and engineering and allied industries dropping by 2.8%.