The following article was recently published in a special supplement (May 10, 2012) titled “Emerging World Order” of the Financial Times. It is a must read for all thinking Pakistanis.
by Peter Shadbolt
If the African continent were to have its own modem-day Statue of Liberty, then Lady Liberty would probably be brandishing a mobile phone rather than a torch. No other device has changed the lives of so many people so rapidly. Where it once took 15 years or more to get a landline, in counties like Nigeria cheap, instant communication is changing the economic and political landscape.
For Dambisa Moyo, Zambian-born economist and vocal critic of African dependence on Western aid, the change Africa needs in the 21st century may come less through foreign direct investments and massive resources deals as through the humble Chinese knock-off mobile phone. Read more »
