To discuss East Africa's shortcomings, it lies in the short duration of its civilization's development. Before East Africa, the entire African continent didn't have a decent modernized nation.
The top student in Africa before East Africa was Egypt, but when placed within the competitive mechanisms of the Europe and Asia region, Egypt could not compete with other blocks at all.
Thus, after East Africa became the most representative Great Power in Africa, the most pressing task was catching up, which is the basic logic through which East Africa swiftly turned from a Great Power into a true global power by means of immigration, industrial development, infrastructure construction, and more.
