When your economy is subject to the whims of Libya and Nigeria and Venezuela, you have a problem.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen it, they are disgusted, and they want an alternative.
I felt Nigeria didn't have to succumb to the image of being a corrupt country; we didn't have to let the economy stagnate.
The infrastructure, institutions and social fabric of Venezuela are deteriorating, and people realize the Chavez government has been the problem, not the solution.
This has a lot to do with the unrest in Nigeria, but also with the production loss after the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the decline in Iraq since the 2003 war, and the decline in Venezuelan output since 2002.
This economy is not getting better and the president's policies are the reason.
You cannot solve the economy in this country by creating government jobs.
Africa needs access to markets.
We find that no matter what country we're in, if we hit the right economic notes and appeal to the mass market, we're able to build the business very, very rapidly.
Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa.
The only situation that I can't be in favour of is the lack of respect to human rights in Venezuela.