What were 2 factors within Africa that made it vulnerable to European conquest during the age of imperialism?

Factors;

1) Europeans' technological superiority: Their 2_factors_within_Africa_that_made_it_vulnerable_to_European_conquestconsisted of the Maxim gun (invented in 1884), by which was the world's first ever known automatic machine gun. European countries immediately attained the Maxim, while the repelling Africans were obligated to depend on old fashioned weapons.

2) Europeans had the eligibility to keep control over their empire: Steam engines permitted them (Europeans) to effortlessly travel on bodies of water to institute bases of control deep in the African continent.