Towards a resilient development future in Africa

This concluding chapter makes a projection into how the free disposal and exploitation of natural resources and equitable (re)distribution of the benefits resulting therefrom could ensure socio-economic and cultural development and livelihood sustainability in Africa, especially looking at the unprecedented public health emergency fall-out from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exposed the weaknesses and coping capacity of state governments all over the world and Africa in particular in dealing with eventualities of the sort. It is suggested that the continual roll back in development gains and living standards obligates African state governments to seriously rethink their sources of development financing, which as illustrated, could sufficiently and self-sufficiently, be generated from the natural resources that abound on the continent. © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Carol Chi Ngang and Serges Djoyou Kamga. All rights reserved.