Is it the western media?
Well, reading Sahara Reporters which is certainly not run by westerners last time I checked, I came across this interesting story of the son of the Equatorial Guinea's dictator.
He has commissioned a yacht to the tune of $380 million, almost three times more than his resource-rich country spends annually on health and education programs combined, according to the story.
I can dwell on the senseless misuse of resources in African countries for as long as I'm allowed but I suppose it would be for naught. Instead, let me talk about three things I would love to read on any given day about any African country.
1. The African government, without much fanfare, has announced that a significant portion of national spending will be on population-wide health education, preventive medicine, family planning and counseling. Doctors, nurses, managers will be from their country, with ramped up education and training to boost the health workforce.
2. The African government, without much fanfare, will lay out a plan for private-public sector relationships for infrastructure building, i.e electricity grid, roads and rail systems, water supply, IT systems, and smart urban development. This plan will not include international aid, and will rely on a local workforce.
3. The African government, will detail a plan for all children to be educated for 12 years at no additional out-of-pocket costs to their families; and a plan to improve the quality of college education for graduates who will continue to build upon the health, and infrastructure efforts mentioned above.
This list could be much longer of course,but I've forced myself to restrict it to three. The details could be much longer but I think for starters, on any given day, it would be a miracle to read this about any country on the continent.
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