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Africa's cheetas versus hippos
The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it
The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it
Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa -- and calls on the "Cheetah generation" to take back the continent.
The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it
The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it
The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it
Before he hit eighteen, Fred Swaniker had lived in Ghana, Gambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. What he learned from a childhood across Africa was that while good leaders can't make much of a difference in societies with strong institutions, in countries with weak structures, leaders could make or break a country. In a passionate talk the entrepreneur and TED Fellow looks at different generations of African leaders and imagines how to develop the leadership of the future.