LIzwekazi lase-Afrika, okuyilo kuphela elinengxenye yesine yomhlaba ovundile, ligxila kuma-41% wokuthengiselana komhlaba, kwinani eliphelele lokuthengiselana okungu-1 emhlabeni jikelele, ngokusho kombiko wakamuva we-NGO ActionAid International, osukela ekugcineni kwe Meyi 515. Kusukela ngonyaka ka-2014, ngaphezu kwama-2000 wokuthengiselana okukhulu kubhaliwe, endaweni ephelele yamahektha ayizigidi ezingama-1, kuphikisana ne-NGO, eyacacisa ukuthi kungenzeka futhi ukuthi iningi kokutholwa okuphakathi noma okukhulu kusasele kuze kube namuhla kungabhalwanga futhi kungabalwa. Lo mbiko onamakhasi angamashumi amabili, osihloko sithi Heist on Land: How the World is Opening the Way for Corporate Land Grabs, uveza ubukhulu balesi simo esisongela hhayi nje ukusinda kwezigidi. abantu emhlabeni wonke, kodwa futhi nemvelo, amahlathi nezinhlobo zezilwane ezisengozini.
I-NGO yaba nentshisekelo enkulu e-Afrika, ngoba leli zwekazi seliphenduke into eheha amazwe amaningi, izimali zempesheni kanye namaqembu amakhulu okudla kwezolimo asethole, ngokubambisana kohulumeni basekhaya, izigidi amahektha omhlaba olimekayo.