Answer: Africa had a wealth of natural resources.
Explanation:
There were multiple reasons for the Europeans competing to control Africa but chief amongst them is to have access to the untapped raw materials that the continent possessed.
In South Africa and Zimbabwe for instance, there were huge diamond and gold deposits that inspired the British to sue for control of both areas. Another example is King Leopold of Belgium who extracted as much as he could from the Congo before he was stopped by the Belgian government.
