Andrew Mwenda: Let's take a new look at African aid

good stuff. pity nobody will listen.

Why can't TED organize a debate between some of these corrupt African leaders, the world bank, and some of these thinkers African thinkers? It would be interesting.

I've recently found crops from Kenya in my local supermarket, living this far north I really appreciate these imports during the winter. There's a good market here, go for it!

There is nothing like a free lunch. Aid is a tool used by the west to undermine Africa. Mwenda is spot on. The world is more competitive than cooperative.

Great speech.
He highlights a problem, how it occurred and provides possible solutions. Encourages wealth creation rather than distribution.

Oi....am Ugandan, if you dnt bliv da $1.70 can be allocated to every person, ask me, i provide you with data to back it up, there those whoere not even catered for in the budget

Good eloquence...poorly constructed facts. I guess, Mwenda is driven by the ambition to give Africa a better face...he says only six countries are in civil war, he doesn't say that many are bedridden with bad leadership, corruption. He also contradicts himself. For instance, he says, sending someone to school will not create wealth. But he goes ahead to say that knowledge is an important part of wealth creation. I have no doubt that his speaking engagement is organized as a result of aid!

Foreign Aid is largely bad for Africa....resist the criticism as much as you want. I bet you are of northern european extraction

what he is saying is that you do not get the entire picture of Africa here in the west. The issues are more complex than 'oh those poor people' and it is a beautiful continent, with intelligent people. The culture is difrent, but people want the same ops, we just have criminal business men as our leaders

Andrew Mwenda is spot on, the zombification of Africa is a plan by the west to keep the African people from developing the natural resources in the manner they choose to, Imaging if African countries came together and had total control of their resources, from extracting to fabricating and selling to the rest of the world, Europe, Asia, North America would go broke in one year.