George Ayittey discusses 'Cheetahs and Hippos' at the TED Global "Africa the Next Chapter" conference that took place in Arusha Tanzania.
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Just like any project, the African Programme must be project managed in order to succeed but you need a champion. George Ayittey is right on "The governments in Africa are the problem". These lazy, slow, ornery, "Hippos" are not interested in a future for all due to ignorance. They dictate and call it tradition.
Past and present African rulers seemed to have one thing in common, ineptitude! They are usually clueless, too stupid, too tainted by the past, unaware of technology, over-burdened by dependents, turned-on by their power and the freedoms of abuse over others it affords.
It is testimony to the enduring (and utterly non-rational) power of social norms that the African duty to respect the elders continues when those elders have so utterly failed to build on its incredible wealth. Who are the programme champions? That is key to Africa's success or failure.
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