“ Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa. ”
If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.
~ Mo Ibrahim
People never confess to failure. They should.
Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders.
Many Africans are used to a life where they get up in the morning and don't know what they're going to do that day.