C/H/17. To what extend can it be said that Britain sought to develop its African colonies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

The essay describes the efforts that Britain has put towards developing its African colonies. It is argued that Britain relied very heavily on 'everyone' else to develop Africa, be it the 'white settlers' or the colonies themselves. Although the world wars and the great depression has influenced the amount of effort that Britain could potentially put towards Africa, it is also argued that there were opportunities that Britain just simply did not decide to take such as rescheduling the African debt in 1932.