"Taking a New Look at Africa"-Andrew Mwenda

At TED Global Andrew Mwenda "...argued that aid makes objects of the poor -- they become passive recipients of charity rather than active participants in their own economic betterment...Too much of the aid from rich nations, he says, goes to the worst African countries to fuel war and government abuse. Such money not only never gets to its intended recipients, Africa's truly needy it actually plays a part in making their lives worse..."