Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society.
From Mo Ibrahim
Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries.
It is very difficult for any dictator or any incumbent to falsify the results of an election and just get away with it.
Make as much money as you can, but can you please pay your taxes, because this is a major problem.
Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa.
Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door.
The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the U.S. is really disengaging.
Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must all remain vigilant and not get complacent.
Now is the time for Afro-realism: for sound policies based on honest data, aimed at delivering results.
Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populations, financial crises, widening budget deficits, faltering faith in politics and growing social demands, Africa has become the world's last 'New Frontier:' a kind of 'it-continent.'
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