The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.

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

There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

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.

Dictators cause the world’s worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.