I travel extensively in Africa and Asia for work and so am forced to compare progress on both continents. The difference is stark and depressing for Africa. Just compare Thailand and Zambia. Both contries share a similar date of independence, yet Zambia is still very under developed when compared to Thailand. This comparison may be overly simplistic but Africa needs to look at its lack of progress in the past 25 years and ask why. The days of blaming colonialsm etc must surely be drawing to an end.