Africa has to fight against problems of both developed, semi-developed and developing countries, e.g. food and energy development, political instability, high polluting technologies related to industries and domestic fuel burning conversion,
growing traffic reduction, health diseases, etc..
For example, when I sold my car and used a bicycle as a primary mode of transport, the motor
traffic levels in my area didn't noticeably change, but I had to deal with the increased vulnerability, increased exposure to crappy UK weather (which is the same when you
grow your own veg),
reduction in mobility and increased fatigue.