Afurika ni umugabane ufite amateka yihariye mu bijyanye n’ubukungu, atangirana n’ibihugu bikomeye byo hambere nka Misiri, ibihugu byamenyekanye mu mateka y’Isi kubera ubuhangange mu by’ubucuruzi, inganda n’ubuhinzi. Kuva mu bihe bya kera, uyu mugabane wagaragaje ubushobozi bwo kwihaza mu bukungu, binyuze mu bucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro no gucunga neza umutungo kamere.
Gusa, ku musozo w’ikinyejana cya 19, Afurika yagezweho n’ubukoloni bw’abanyaburayi, bwagize ingaruka zikomeye ku mibereho y’abaturage ndetse no ku bukungu bw’ibihugu. Abakoloni bafashe ibice binini by’umugabane, batangira gucukura amabuye y’agaciro, kwinjiza ubutaka mu buhinzi bw’ibihingwa byoherezwa mu mahanga, ndetse no kugenzura ubucuruzi mpuzamahanga. Ibi byasize ibihugu byinshi by’Afurika mu bukene bukabije nyuma y’uko bikomorewe n’abakoloni.
Nyuma y’ubwigenge, bwabonetse cyane cyane hagati y’ikinyejana cya 20, ibihugu by’Afurika byahuraga n’imbogamizi zikomeye mu rugendo rwo kwiyubaka. Ibibazo birimo intambara zishingiye ku makimbirane y’imbere mu bihugu, ruswa, imiyoborere idashyira imbere inyungu rusange, hamwe n’ubukene bukabije, byagoye inzira yo kuzamura ubukungu bwa Afurika.
Ariko kandi, ibihugu nk’Afurika y’Epfo, Misiri, na Nigeria byabashije gukora impinduka zikomeye mu bukungu, bigendeye ku ishoramari mpuzamahanga ndetse n’iterambere ry’ikoranabuhanga. Ibi bihugu biri mu byo usanga bifite ubukungu bukomeye muri Afurika, byerekana uburyo bushya bwo gukoresha neza umutungo kamere no kuzamura ubucuruzi.
N’ubwo bimwe mu bihugu by’Afurika bigenda bigira intambwe ishimishije mu kuzamura ubukungu, ibibazo by’imiyoborere, ruswa no kugendera ku misanzu y’amahanga biracyabangamiye iterambere rirambye. Gusa, ishoramari mu bijyanye n’ikoranabuhanga, hamwe no kongera ubushobozi mu bucukuzi n’ubwikorezi, ni bimwe mu bifasha umugabane kwikura mu bukene ndetse no guhangana ku isoko mpuzamahanga.
Afurika iri mu nzira y’iterambere, kandi n’ubwo urugendo rukiri rurerure, hari icyizere ko abatuye uyu mugabane bashobora kuzamura ubukungu bushingiye ku mutungo kamere, ikoranabuhanga n’ishoramari rirambye.