Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.

In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

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 are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how much blood ends up on their hands. They are master deceivers and talented manipulators who cannot be trusted to change.

What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.

Africa is poor because she is not free.