From Scarcity To Strategy

Africa stands at a decisive turning point. A continent full of talent and promise still negotiating its path between potential and power. From Scarcity to Strategy confronts the questions that have too long been postponed about leadership, accountability, identity and ambition. It is a call to move beyond survival, to rebuild the state and the self through thought, courage and strategy. The book does not mourn what was lost; it measures what can still be won.

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ABOUT THE BOOK 📙 

From Scarcity to Strategy: Africa’s Moment of Reckoning

This is not a memoir, nor is it a work of nostalgia. It is a clear reflection on how nations rise and why some do not. The book blends political insight, historical understanding and lived experience to show how Africa’s progress has often been limited not by lack of talent but by absence of structure and strategic will.

The argument is simple but profound. Scarcity is not only about resources; it is a state of mind that weakens vision and limits possibility. Strategy, on the other hand, is a discipline that can be taught, practised and passed on.

Each chapter traces Africa’s struggle for coherence, from governance and education to industrialisation, digital economy, and regional cooperation. Beneath every analysis lies a human truth: the need for leadership anchored in purpose and institutions designed to serve generations, not individuals.

Core ideas explored in the book:

• The psychology of scarcity and its political consequences

• Leadership beyond charisma: the architecture of competence

• Education as a strategic engine, not a ritual of paperwork

• Regional integration as the test of maturity

• Digital power and the ownership of African data

• Accountability that is institutional, not rhetorical

From Scarcity to Strategy calls for a different kind of ambition, one grounded in clarity, sovereignty and the quiet confidence of nations that know who they are.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Fakebba N. Ceesay

Fakebba N. Ceesay is a Gambian-born writer and public-sector professional based in the United Kingdom. He studied Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Aydın University and holds a joint degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Kent and Philipps University of Marburg.

His work across education, youth services and social development has shaped his understanding of how societies build resilience and meaning through structure. His writing explores governance, migration and the pursuit of African renewal. From Scarcity to Strategy is his first major publication, a statement of conviction and an invitation to rethink Africa’s future with discipline, not despair.

THE JOURNEY BEHIND THE BOOK📙 

This book was not written from a place of comfort. It was born in the heat of frustration, shaped by nights of reflection, and strengthened by one conviction: Africa does not need more sympathy. It needs power, purpose, and a plan.

My road began in scarcity. I worked as a primary school teacher in The Gambia, earning less than fifty dollars a month. I stood before pupils with no books, barely any chalk, and no hope of progress, teaching children to dream even as mine quietly faded. That despair carried me across the Sahara, through sandstorms and silence, towards the coast of Libya. I was hoping to reach Europe in search of a better life, but what I found instead was fear, hunger, and the realisation that Africa’s failures do not end at its borders. They travel with its people.

When I returned home, I started again from nothing. I found work in a hotel, cleaning floors at dawn, carrying luggage by noon, and standing behind the reception desk at night. Those long days and nights became my classroom. Watching travellers my age glide through the lobby reminded me that dignity is not a privilege, it is a right. I saved every dalasi I could and promised myself that struggle would not have the final word.

From those years of teaching and rebuilding in The Gambia, to studying in Istanbul, Turkey and later the United Kingdom, every step has tested my endurance and faith. I scrubbed floors, carried luggage, and worked through illness, but I never stopped believing that there was a reason behind the struggle. Each setback was preparing me for this, to author a book that confronts, questions, and rebuilds.

From Scarcity to Strategy is not a memoir. It is a reckoning. It is my way of saying that Africa’s challenges are not fate, they are choices. Scarcity shaped us, but strategy must define us. This book is a call to every African who refuses to settle for survival. It is a statement that the continent’s story is far from over.

The journey has been long and not without pain. But every page carries that same belief that kept me moving across deserts and borders, that hope is not passive. Hope is work. And Africa’s moment of reckoning has arrived.

WHY THIS BOOK MATTERS NOW

Africa is not short of ideas. It is short of systems that turn ideas into institutions, and institutions into progress. From Scarcity to Strategy challenges the continent’s political class, its intellectual elite and its restless youth to think beyond slogans and sentiment.

The book arrives at a time when the distance between vision and delivery has never been more eminent, where the language of renewal has become more common than the practice of it. This work does not seek applause. It seeks alignment and strategic paths about development, leadership, responsibility and accountability. Africa’s renewal will not be accidental. It will be designed.

PURCHASE AND CONTACT

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From Scarcity to Strategy is available in eBook format on Amazon UK. Paperback and hardback editions will follow.

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