The United States needs to take a more active role in Africa…not just military collaboration through AFRICOM (US Africa Command). Establishing better economic collaboration will be helpful, building infrastructure where both parties benefit, plus higher level trading relationships to encourage African domestic industry.

The Federal Reserve can help as well by establishing closer ties with African central banks, encouraging more favorable debt swaps and credit facilities that are benchmark to individual nation’s GDP and/or project revenue, so if debt is established, the debt service payments can be met with sufficient revenue, even in times of crisis…so it doesn't bury debtor nations in unsustainable debt, and decreases the probability of default.

It's pretty standard practice in the US, where banks benchmark the debt that is lent out to the revenue of the project. This keeps the debt to income ratio at a sustainable level.

Anyway, as you probably noticed, I'm in the US. I do enjoy this topic of conversation :)