Comments on: Does Africa have any good leaders?

By: No Thanks

No Thanks — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:01:57 +0000

Perhaps not, but at least there’s a group of influential Africans who seem to be willing to say so – implicitly at any rate.

By: Keith Shaw

Keith Shaw — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:05:58 +0000

The answer to your Question short and sweet
NO

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:54:41 +0000

NO…all corrupt and greedy..this has been the problem for years..and it wont change because they dont care about each other..only about themselves..this sadly is the global opinion.

By: beatrice ngumo

beatrice ngumo — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:23:04 +0000

of course the are no good leaders in africa and their will never be so long as majority of the people dont know their rights and dont know how to demand for whats due to them…..
african leaders will always take advantage of the poor and of the majority who r yet to wake up and realize they are exploited and abused daily by our leaders who have no remorse or excuses for what they do…
we need to get a generation that is able to say no and fight the current systems selflessly……
like some said….they r yet to be born……

By: Chuksagwu

Chuksagwu — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:22:59 +0000

I would gladly bet my best shirt on a debate like this.There was hardly any African leader who retired last year whom the adjective’good’ could be honestly used to describe.In fairness to them,they may have shown flashes of good leadership here and there but when it mattered most, they more often than not back the wrong horse. Sit-tight leaders can’t be called good, those who rig themselves into office or back militants to massacre minorities are more evil than good.Having said this it is important to also say that Africa is never in short supply of good leaders but these hardly survive the suffocating political waters of the continent,the vice-like grip of the ruling party (PDP) in Nigeria is a classic example.Hopefully a few who are currently in office would chart a new course.

By: Pete Hodge

Pete Hodge — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:33:34 +0000

The reality is, there are few good leaders in Africa. Most are totally corrupt. But then one only has to look at our so called ‘leaders’ to see corruption is not just the way of the thrid world.

By: Dennis Junior

Dennis Junior — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:14:11 +0000

Does that mean there are no good leaders in Africa?

That is simply not true…But, there are always going to be times in Africa, when the bad leaders will simply do the betting of the population…

=Dennis Junior=

By: Ronald Almeida

Ronald Almeida — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:45:08 +0000

It is true our greatest enemies are usually within our own borders.

By: ransford arthur jr

ransford arthur jr — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:35:28 +0000

In ghana there’s a popular saying that goes like ‘the beautiful ones are not yet born; because the ugly ones are refusing to die’. therein lies the problem with our leaders- if we can call them that. Its simply a case of too many old men with old mentalities and worse, it gets passed on.

By: Dennis Junior

Dennis Junior — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:43:18 +0000

In Africa, no they don’t have that many good leaders at this time….And, its’ sad that it is occurring…

~Dennis Junior~