Do you know about Africa?

1. How many countries are there in Africa? There are 54.
2. That there are over 2,000 languages ​​and 3,000 peoples.
3. That all countries have their own currency.
4. That the African continent covers about 20% of the land area on earth. And that the area of ​​Africa is larger than the area of ​​the USA, China, Europe, Japan and India combined. Won't you?
5. That in 1950 there were only four independent countries in Africa. The rest were colonies.
6. That Denmark's trade with Africa is less than 1% of our total foreign trade.
7. That it is the world's most corrupt continent.

I would especially like to add a comment to no. 6 and no. 7.

There are many explanations and opinions about Africa being the world's most corrupt continent. We'll leave that alone for now.

A consequence of the corruption is, among other things, that the greatest and most important help to the ordinary African must be given "from the ground up". This means that we must not (or not only) help nations to abolish poverty through large national aid packages, large nationally managed projects, etc. We must instead promote and strengthen the individual's opportunities for self-sufficiency.

All production starts small. It starts with them producing goods that are in demand, in a quality and at an attractive price. Small micro-entrepreneurs become larger companies. They become our trading partners. We must start doing serious two-way business with African partners. We must invest capital and knowledge in establishing local production. This must be done by educating and advising our African partners. We must help them to start by establishing sustainable production conditions. The world cannot stand for us to repeat the production-growth scenarios we have experienced in China and India.

The combination that Africa will soon become one of the world's largest markets and at the same time owns 50% of the world's natural resources forms the basis for a real win-win situation.

Africa is ready to create (sustainable) development based on business activities. And we (the World) cannot afford or have time to wait.

Molly's Heart is a tiny little initiative that gives African micro-entrepreneurs an opportunity to sell their goods to us - at prices that help them out of poverty.

Thank you for joining the journey and taking an interest in us and our vision to abolish poverty, promote global equality and cohesion through fair trade with Africa.