Corruption, incompetence, and development, By Uddin Ifeanyi

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Corruption, incompetence, and development, By Uddin Ifeanyi

Since the fight for flag independence in the early 1960s, the African continent has struggled with “development” — both as a reality and in the many ways in which it has tried to make sense of the idea. Because of this, so many years later, we have not managed the transition from our economies’ dependence […]

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