No one can really picture an African as a businessman. In order to change the current situation, it would be helpful if the aid organizations were to…

- James Shikwati

The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to…

- James Shikwati

Development aid is one of the reasons for Africa's problems. If the West were to cancel these payments, normal Africans wouldn't even notice. Only th…

- James Shikwati

In the industrial nations, there's a sense that Africa would go under without development aid. But believe me, Africa existed before you Europeans ca…

- James Shikwati

Because it's unacceptable that the aid worker's chauffeur only speaks his own tribal language, an applicant is needed who also speaks English fluentl…

- James Shikwati

Africa must take the first steps into modernity on its own. There must be a change in mentality. We have to stop perceiving ourselves as beggars.

- James Shikwati

Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent.

- James Shikwati

Africa is always only portrayed as a continent of suffering, but most figures are vastly exaggerated.

- James Shikwati

AIDS is big business, maybe Africa's biggest business. There's nothing else that can generate as much aid money as shocking figures on AIDS. AIDS is …

- James Shikwati