The lucrative, cynical business of ‘saving Africa’

At the Cheetah Index Chido Makunike writes:

For ideologues on either side, Africa provides a great testing ground for their beliefs and pet theories. Various donor organizations stake their very existence on “we are saving Africa” so there is turf to be passionately defended. ‘Saving Africa’ has become a lucrative, high-stakes and sometimes very cynical business. Those involved jealously defend whatever position their particular organization or interest group has locked itself into, regardless of whether that position is ultimately best for the claimed ‘poor, helpless, starving’ African beneficiaries or not...[continue reading]