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C: Industry

Another area where we lack "giants."

Maybe our perspective is too small. Maybe we lack discipline and determination. Maybe we lack greed. Maybe we lack the madness necessary to become Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie.

Africa is not the problem because this is the continent of minerals and other resources. If you dam River Nile and River Congo, imagine the electricity that you could generate.

We need to create an environment with a diversity of professionals. The mistake we are making today is rewarding the top cream very highly and neglecting the mid-level professionals. The result is that Africa's technical experts migrate, "Brain drain." Leaving behind managers and manual workers, not exactly the best setting to technological advancement. These managers will tell you to your face, "We can do without you and your degree." That's the problem: who wants to "do"? You want to excel? Kenya can "do" without it's educated people but it cannot excel without them.

I saw one exceptional professional burn himself out and commit suicide. Maybe Africans have not mastered the art of personal management (time management, work vs play vs rest - holidays, etc). I think mzungus are ahead of us on this one. If women prove to difficult for a mzungus career, he divorces and spends time with langas. How many mzungu CEOs do you see in F1 and F2 and Hotel Lala Salama during the week? These guys are very focussed on their goals.

Lack of individuals with sufficient effective drive.