Released: May 23, 2025 Order Berthold’s Book
Synopsis
This book is about the African path to economic prosperity and what it takes to get Africa out of Poverty. The book portrays how crisis upon crisis has anguished African economies. It explains how and why several African leaders and other scholars perceive every African problem to be the detrimental effects of the slave trade, western colonialism, imperialism, exploitation by covetous multinational corporations, inadequate flows of Aid, an unjust international economic system, and deteriorating terms of trade. The book acknowledges that colonialism and Western imperialism might have left Africa lousy. Still, it portrays how and why Africa is sunk deep into crises by systematic corruption, economic mismanagement, misguiding leadership, capital flight, declining investment, misgovernance, collapsing infrastructure, senseless civil wars, decaying institutions, political tyranny, military vandalism, and conspicuous violations of human rights.
The book has seven chapters structured to portray what is going wrong in Africa and how to fix the continent’s woes and lead African countries to economic prosperity. Indeed, the book provides a realistic solution to ending Poverty in Africa in all its forms by portraying a series of reforms that both the current leaders and the new generation should mobilise.
Author Biography
Berthold, who was raised in Tanzania, a country with steady economic growth, has spent 30 years in Africa. His experiences have instilled in him a profound belief in the transformative power of quality education to end poverty. He is convinced that when individuals gain access to quality education, their voices, decision-making abilities, and resources are significantly transformed. Nurtured by the World Bank and other Philanthropic initiatives, his understanding of quality education as a pathway for economic, social, and political empowerment has only deepened over time.
Berthold brings to his writing a wealth of expertise, knowledge, and firsthand experience in African social, political, and economic crises and their remedies. With more than twelve years of direct work with people experiencing poverty at CRDB Bank, Bowling Green State University, and Karagwe Education Quality Improvement (NGO), he is deeply committed to his mission.
He firmly believes that his book, “African Path to Economic Prosperity,” equipped with the power of quality education, can enhance the empowerment of individuals’ finances, health, and livelihood activities, catalysing inter-generational and macro-level sustainable development outcomes. His commitment is a testament to the potential for change and the end of poverty in the world.
