President
Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, has said that his country is the “most highly
developed country in Africa” after South Africa, even ahead of Nigeria and
Egypt.
Mugabe
stated this at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban, South Africa.
“After South
Africa, I want to see what country has the level of development that you see in
Zimbabwe.”
“We have
over 14 universities and our literacy rate is over 90 [%] – is the highest in
Africa.
“Yes, we
have our problems… but we have resources, perhaps more than the average country
in the world, is it gold, diamond, coal… and our agriculture is very viable and
this year we will have a bumper harvest,” he said.
Zimbabwe is
ranked 24th on the UNDP’s Human Development Index for Africa, and 154th in the
world. Nigeria is in 152nd place.
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