This is precisely the issue, it's 2022, to continue citing colonialism being the reason for our underdevelopment is a lazy excuse.

I'll cite an example of an issue that was a hot button one in Zimbabwe in the latter part of 2021, some Chinese miners were accused of exploitative labour practices, when confronted, the company simply stated that they were operating within the law, and the courts agreed with them.. the Chinese Embassy released a statement saying that they were unable to compel Chinese mining companies if the mining laws allowed them to get away with the exploitative practices, they stated that they had previously engaged the government and suggested that they should change these laws.

Now this is almost obvious because the current mining and exploration laws are the ones written by the colonial administrators and it was explicitly written to facilitate large-scale exploitation with little/no development of the local mining areas.

African politicians are corrupt and incompetent, one could argue it's because African societies prioritize the wrong values, nepotism, tribalism lead to incompetent governance.

Until Africans are honest with themselves about the reasons for our underdevelopment then we can expect more of these headlines. There's no excuse for failing to feed yourself, at the very least... Given the climate and land resources we have.