African countries also are not on course to halve poverty by 2015, and their overall progress on reducing hunger is relatively slow. Poverty limits human development and undermines productivity. And economic development is needed to make gains in human development. 
Maiko a mu Afilika Sali panjira yochepetsa umphawi ndi theka pofika chaka cha 2015, ndipo kupita pa tsogolo kwawo pochepetsa njala ndi kochedwa kwambiri. Umphawi umachepetsa chitukuko komanso uumapeputsa kachitidwe ka zinthu. Chitukuko cha zachuma chimayenera kupindula mu chitukuko cha anthu.