Ndidi Nwuneli writes:
Are African countries poor because they are corrupt, or corrupt because they are poor?
When posed with this question, most Africans would recoil in response to the underlying assumption that corruption pervades every corner of the Continent, and that all Africans are corrupt. Clearly, this is not the case. There are many well-documented examples of African countries such as Botswana and Cape Verde that have developed high quality institutions as well as fearless individuals such as John Githongo, who risked his personal safety to promote integrity and accountability at the highest levels of government in Kenya...[more]