Mogae instructs Africa on how to get it right

Speaking as guest lecturer at the memorial lecture of Professor Claude Ake, the former president, in his paper, entitled, "Doom to Boom: Re-engineering the Political Economy of Rivers State for Citizens Prosperity: Lessons from Botswana, bemoaned "the high level of corruption", which he saw as "the biggest challenge confronting African development."

Mogae said those seeking to lead nations of the continent, including Nigeria, should be driven by "a burning desire" to enhance the collective good.