One innovative President can make all the difference in Africa.
One man, one innovative President can make all the difference in Africa.
Why?
Compared to other part of the world, Africa is the only continent which it’s countries has weak institutions like the judiciary, the Constitution, civil society, and so forth. This may be an advantage on one side and disadvantage on the other side.
When the country has strong institutions, the difference that one good leader can make is limited. But when the country has weak institutions, one good leader can make or break that country.
Look at what happened in Zimbabwe, the country is what it is because it was poorly managed by one bad leader.
Africa would rise or fall because of the quality of one leader.
Today Biden is the President of United States. No matter how good or powerful he may be he is limited compared to the President of United Republic of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli or any other African President. No matter how good Biden may be, he cannot pass a law easily even if that law may benefit Americans. He cannot pass it without congress, without the Senate and other institutions. He is very limited. Leaders from Africa have this advantage, it is easy for them to influence or pass a particular law compared to Biden. They have a power to innovate their countries. To transform. To make a difference or to break the country. Leaders in Africa must not take their positions for granted because destinies of many Africans are on their hands. They have a chance to write their stories and leave unforgettable legacies. Leadership position in Africa is not a place to take for granted or a place to pass time and have your personal record that you were the President. Leadership position in Africa is a sacred position to make a difference.
Africa have been in three generations of leadership, the first happen to be in the 50s and 60s. These are people like Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Julius Nyerere of Tanzania. The Legacy they left is that they brought independence to Africa. They freed us from colonialism. They made a lot of sacrifices for the continent. They were followed by generation two. These are people that brought nothing but havoc to Africa. Think warfare, corruption, human rights abuses. This is the stereotype of the typical African leader that we typically think of Mobutu Sese Seko from Zaire, Sani Abacha from Nigeria and others.
Generation two were replaced by generation three. These are people like the late Nelson Mandela, Paul Kagame and others. These leaders are by no means perfect. But the one thing they have done is that they've cleaned up much of the mess of generation two like to stop the fighting. This is like stabilizer generation. They're much more accountable to the people. They've improved macroeconomic policies. And we're seeing for the first time, Africa is growing, and in fact, as a second fastest growing economic region in the world.
The next is generation four, this is perhaps the generation of leaders that Africa have been waiting for. Innovative leaders. This is the generation that if it is handled properly it is going to transform this continent and make Africa economic superpower. President John Pombe Magufuli and may be the next better than him are type of leaders that Africa is looking forward to.
Fourth generation, need to do two things that previous generations have not done. The first thing they need to do is they need to create prosperity for the continent. Why is prosperity so important? Because none of the previous generations have been able to tackle this issue of poverty. Africa today has the fastest growing population in the world. Africa will have a larger workforce than China by 2050. And have the largest workforce in the world. 1 billion people will need jobs in Africa. So if you don't grow economies fast enough, we're sitting on a ticking time bomb. Without innovative leaders, the entire continent will be in trouble.
From AFRICA IS THE FUTURE.