Abstract

Economic poverty remains an endemic problem that has persistently befallen most developing countries of Africa. This has resulted into decadences in the social, cultural, moral, political, intellectual, religious and economic aspects of African people. African societies are largely underdeveloped, due to poverty and corruption. Intellectual openness is lacking in most African countries. By intellectual openness, one depicts openness to new possibilities. Karl Popper’s advocacy for openness of society, critical approach, democracy as a framework, piecemeal engineering, detest for blueprints are essential ingredients for ameliorating Africa’s predicaments. This paper maintains that Popper’s position, that openness is the foundation for new discoveries and further solutions, is a first aid treatment for Africa. This paper examines Popper’s ideas on intellectual openness and its relevance to Africa.