re: What will it take for African countries to experience the same growth as China?

I think part of the issue is we are talking about over 50 different countries. There are some success stories over the last 20 years. Look at Ethiopia... they are one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

One of the factors is that Africa becomes ground zero for Islamic expansion. Its not just tribal wars breaking out, its groups that are ideological driven.

I think it has less to do with IQ than it does ideology. Judeo-Christian belief is the seed of modern Western style democracy. You do not get the latter without the former. Just because Europe and increasingly the US has abandoned much of that belief does not mean it was not critical to establishment of sustained good governance.