The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'

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.

In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.

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

Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.

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

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.