Africa's resources vs Iceland's resources:

Africa:

tea, timber, titanium, tobacco, uranium, water, graphite, iron ore, natural gas, nickel, petroleum, phosphates, platinum, pozzolana, aluminum, coal, cocoa beans, coffee, copper, cotton, diamons, fish, and gold.

Iceland:

thermal vents, ice to melt into water, fish.

Yet, Africa suffers from poverty, starvation, and disease and Iceland is a first world country comparable to Scandinavia. Africa has no excuse to be poor. They have plenty of resources to become the richest country in the world. tea length prom dresses

If the entire continent of Africa was populated with English and Scandinavian populations, it would be the richest country in the world.