Guinée Équatoriale beaucoup de problème

My first journey outside the Philippines for a dental job is in the only Spanish-colonized country in the continent of Africa.. Equatorial Guinea. At first I asked myself... "Where in the world is Equatorial Guinea?" I have known a little African countries such as Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia and others. But Equatorial Guinea? Sounds new country to me. 

Well to make the long story short, it just took me 5 months to say goodbye to that country. As Gustavo, my friend there always says "Doctor, Guinea Ecuatorial beaucoup beaucoup de problème." And I agree to that. Why? According to WIkipedia, the GDP of the country is $20,200 per capita. Meaning, the GDP of E.Guinea is like the capita of other European Union country. Plus the discovery of oil reserves which counts them as the third-largest oil producer in the Sub-Saharan Africa. But why beaucoup de  problème? Maybe Forbes can answer this question.

Yes people of the world, it is the single word to explain... Corruption. It is now the age of 2010 and beyond but most of the part of the city doesn't have electricity. Imagine, one of the largest oil producer in Africa has problem with electricity. It is kinda ironic as it seems but that is the reality. And it is part of the top 10 on the list. As far as my observation goes, the country is very promising. It has all its resources it needs. But when attitude strikes such as being bad to the people who are helping improve the country (esp. foreigners), well I can't say... They can live the life but they don't have the skills and expertise. Police & Military power also is abusive. They will extort yo money for snack, beer or just for fun. Yes, it is wide-spread in Africa but it only takes a political will by the president itself to make the country progress. 

I'm just sad that a very promising country is still in the chain of, not command, but corruption. That is why I didn't had the guts to stay long & finish my contract. I don't like to be influenced by that system. But I am very fortunate to stayed there... for learning experience.