If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

Across Africa there is what I call a colonialist mentality or orthodoxy. Orthodoxy in the sense that a lot of things have gone wrong in Africa in the post-colonial period. And time and time again, any time something went wrong, the leadership claims that it was never their fault.

There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China.

Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective.

Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore.