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corruption in africa – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:05:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg corruption in africa – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 Cheetahs vs. Hippos for Africa’s future http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/cheetahs-vs-hippos-for-africas-future http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/cheetahs-vs-hippos-for-africas-future#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:12:04 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=4521 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.

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/cheetahs-vs-hippos-for-africas-future/feed 3 Party Politics and Internal Democracy in Africa- Implication for Development http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/party-politics-and-internal-democracy-in-africa-implication-for-development http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/party-politics-and-internal-democracy-in-africa-implication-for-development#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:33:07 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9473 Politics is a neutral game anchored in the body polity of political parties which serve as the platforms upon which political aspirants seeking for elective positions canvass for the support of the electorate. Therefore, political parties must be viable in terms of sound-minded men and women who are politically schooled in the game of politics. …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/party-politics-and-internal-democracy-in-africa-implication-for-development/feed 8 Why Politicians Don’t Deliver Electoral Promises http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/why-politicians-don%e2%80%99t-deliver-electoral-promises http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/why-politicians-don%e2%80%99t-deliver-electoral-promises#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:34:49 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=7768 In case you do not have enough time to read this brief piece, the answer to the question raised above is: corruption. Yes, sounds familiar? I am talking about politicians in developing countries. In general terms, politicians in developed nations are not angels but they are structurally constrained to corner public monies to build private …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/why-politicians-don%e2%80%99t-deliver-electoral-promises/feed 1 Can the Global Fund Weather The Corruption Storm? http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/corruption-gobal-malaria-hiv-fund Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:40:33 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=6520 By Sarah Boseley Germany, Ireland and Sweden have suspended payments to the Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and Malaria over the corrupt use of grants by African countries. Could the media storm trigger a domino effect among donors that could severely undermine the fund’s capacity to help the poor? Until a few days ago, …

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]]> Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Want to Help Africa? Do Business There http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/ngozi-okonjo-iweala-want-to-africa-do-business Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:17:29 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=5677 As the first female Finance Minister in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attacked corruption to make the country more desirable for foreign investment and job creation. Now as a director of the World Bank and head of the Makeda Fund, she works for change in all of Africa

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]]> Multi-National Corporations play it ‘dirty’ in Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/multi-national-corporations-corruption-africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/multi-national-corporations-corruption-africa#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:27:43 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=4443 Corruption is a worldwide problem. For convenience sake, it has been widely associated with developing countries  for the most part. It would be dishonest on my part to defend the developing world against charges of corruption. But the story is never complete when we only call the developing country like Ghana or Nigeria corrupt. That …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/multi-national-corporations-corruption-africa/feed 4 World is getting more corrupt; Check who made the cut http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/world-is-more-corrupt-check-who-are-the-leaders http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/world-is-more-corrupt-check-who-are-the-leaders#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:54:40 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=4312 The world is considered a more corrupt place now than it was three years ago, a poll suggests.

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/world-is-more-corrupt-check-who-are-the-leaders/feed 1 Malian officials in trouble: Global Fund suspends malaria http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/malian-officials-in-alliance-with-mosquitoe-global-fund-suspends-malaria Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:11:41 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=4282 While global campaigns are gathering momentum to raise funds for malaria research and prevention, Malian officials have their own plan. Read on

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]]> Nigeria’s Adamu banned for three years http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/nigerias-adamu-banned-fifa-corruption Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:45:10 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=3567 Banfo Agrey Nigeria‘s Amos Adamu has been suspended from all footballing activity by Fifa’s Ethics Committee for three years and fined $10,000. Tahiti’s Reynald Temarii was suspended for one year and fined $5,000 by the committee. The move follows allegations that the pair asked for money in return for voting on World Cup hosting rights. …

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]]> ‘God, let crude oil dry up’ http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/nigerian-oil-god-crude-oil-dry-up Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:53:02 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=3217 A chief Executive Officer and 'Man of God" calls upon God to let Nigeria oil dry up

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