Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has criticised the long-standing perception of foreign aid to Africa as a one-sided act of charity, arguing that wealth flows out of the continent far more than it receives.
Speaking at a meeting with students from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at Jubilee House on March 17, 2025, she responded to a question about foreign aid and recent remarks by America's President Donald Trump on cutting assistance to Africa. "You see, one of the questions he hasn't asked himself is how much leaves our continent for his (Donald Trump's) country.
They think it's just charity.
It is not," she said. "If even a fraction of what is taken from our continent remained, we wouldn't have issues with unemployment, sanitation, or many other challenges." Prof.
