Mon, 17 Jan 2011 Feature Article

Why Africa Is 25 Years Behind The Developed World.....

Well, age is not the only issue to talk about, it means something.

WHY AFRICA IS 25 YEARS BEHIND THE DEVELOPED WORLD.....

AFRICAN LEADERS
Abdulai Wade (Senegal) age 83
Hosni Mubarak ( Egypt ) age 82
Robert Mugabe ( Zimbabwe ) age 86
Hifikepunye Pohamba ( Namibia ) age 74
Rupiah Banda ( Zambia ) age 73
Mwai Kibaki ( Kenya ) age 71
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ( Liberia ) age 75
Colonel Gaddafi (Libya) age 68
Jacob Zuma (South Africa) age 68
José Eduardo dos Santos age 68
Bingu Wa Mutharika (Malawi) age 76
John Evans Atta-Mills age 67
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Average Age: 75.6 ~ Approximately 76 years
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THE FIRST WORLD
Barrack Obama (USA) age 48
David Cameron (UK) age 43
Dimitri Medvedev (Russia) age 45
Stephen Harper (Canada) age 51
Julia Gillard (Australia) age 49
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) age 55
Luis Zapatero (Spain) age 49
Jose Socrates (Portugal) age 53
Angela Merkel ( Germany ) age 56
Herman Van Rompuy ( Belgium ) age 62
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Average Age: 51.1 ~ Approximately 51 years
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DIFFERENCE:---- 25 years

GUYS AND LADIES, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS OLD SQUAD..... ?????????

THIS OLD SQUAD

THIS YOUNG SQUAD

This Author has published 74 articles on modernghana.comColumn: Appiah Kusi Adomako, Esq

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Nyevile, Italy | 1/17/2011 10:49:00 PM

Looking at the age group of the leadership of all the African countries as compared to the age group of the other world leaders, we can easily conclude why Africa is still behind progress. All the leaders of Africa have outlived their usefulness and have no technological wisdom and knowledge; they are very far behind the modern administrative technics, hence problems upon problems. It is a high time new constitutional reforms are made in all the African countries to eliminate those old men in th...

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