What interests - (economic and political) did Asians and Europeans have in Africa?

Answer 1

Diamonds, gold, agriculture, minerals and oil. Europe wanted control of the resources which the natives were not using, because the natives were a primitive tribal people subsisting on hunting. Asiatics were mostly Indians looking for business opportunities, and Arabs looking for slaves.

Answer 2

It's Called Colonization! They wanted all the gold, oil and jewlels for themselves, frequently Causing wars and genocide on the people of Africa. In house and tribal warfare did not help matters very much. None of them has any intentions of Helping Africa Sustain itself, but rather rape and rob it further of resources and People. It is estimated that amost 50 million Africans were stolen during slavery and less than 1/2 of them survived the Middle Passage...They were distributed as Slaves in the Americas and Carribean Islands...Those that prospered from the Slave Trade grew rich and some of those Companies are still in exsistence. The United States Stock Market is based on the Slave trade, sugar and rum as Commodities......From what I have been reading South Africa is about as bad as it was Before Nelson Mandela took office.