# Why is Africa still the poorest continent?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Christopher Dye
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/why-africa-still-poorest-continent)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Among 29 countries where human life expectancy is still 50 years or less, 28 are in Africa (the other one is...). An ABC of Africa's woes might begin with AIDS, biogeography and colonialism. But does Africa have peculiarly many problems, or are there just a few, major causes of persistent and widespread ill health and poverty?

## Lectures

1. [Why is Africa still the poorest continent?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/why-africa-still-poorest-continent/7f6a7cd5e995) (YouTube)