KENNY KROESE
STUDENT NUMBER:
ASSIGNMENT 3
UNIQUE NUMBER: 613530

My Perceptions of Africa
1. Environment:
In my view Africa’s environment is one of its biggest assets. Unfortunately Africa’s natural habitat is suffering from human interference. Climate changes can also have a massive impact on the Africa environment and its people as many people live of the land. Africa has a wide range of different environments whose characteristic features are largely determined by latitude, altitude and rainfall. Africa’s continent has a great diversity of environments, ranging from the Sahara Desert, through to rainforest and wetlands. Land degradation is also one of
Africa’s concerns, overgrazing is only one example of this. Africa’s environment in my view is one of peer beauty and awesomeness, but according to me there is two factors that puts it in danger and that is, our humans and climate changes.

2. Conflict:
My perception of conflict in Africa is that it keeps Africa from developing into a great continent, one that is economically strong and progressive. Poverty is the word that regularly comes up when talking about conflict and is the main reason for conflict in Africa. Conflict brings along underdevelopment and insecurity that prevents development and economical security. There are many other reasons for conflict in Africa as well, such as competition for natural resources and ethnic tension and normally it is woman and children that suffer the most in this situations.
We also have to accept that in building and developing Africa there will always be conflict, the way we handle this conflict, is going to depend if we grow as a continent or if Africa stays underdeveloped. 3. Economy:
Economy in Africa is small in comparison to other continents, and I think it is also very vulnerable. Due to conflict and other factors private investments are