This book explores the reasons why Africa remain the poorest continent in the World. It studies the effect of industrialization on life expectancy and the impact of economic policy on exports as a measure of trade.The findings thereof shows that industrialization is affecting life expectancy negatively. While economic policy was not contributing to exporting in a positive light. African countries have to implement economic strategies that will improve the ease to acquire skill and create employment so as to reduce the level of poverty on the continent.

Paul Ojeaga is a PhD candidate of Economics and Industrial Organization at the University of Bergamo Italy. He is also a visiting scholar at Bentley University Department of Economics Boston as a well as an academic visitor at the Royal Holloway University of London Egham. He also holds a Masters of Social Sciences in Business Administration from Blekinge Institute of Technology Sweden as well as a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Electronics Engineering from the University of Ibadan Nigeria. His areas of interests include industrialization, trade, development economics and international economics