The really depressing thing are people who have no idea how Africa really is making blanket judgements on the continent. If there were less of that, and more people who are willing to actually do research about the continent, there would be more trade. As-is, people like you just have some 2 paragraph opinion of the continent, and never ever see it as a place where one can invest or otherwise communicate with.

Excuse me, but you don't know anything about me or my opinions on the continent. I mentioned visualizations of two stats, one from the World Bank and One From the CIA with the word "depressing" in front of them. You have made a bunch of assumptions here...