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Are you really characterizing Nigeria's notoriously kleptocratic bureaucratic system as "relatively competent", while self-styled Singapore of Africa Rwanda is

Are you really characterizing Nigeria's notoriously kleptocratic bureaucratic system as "relatively competent", while self-styled Singapore of Africa Rwanda is a "basket case"? Most observers would reverse those labels.

bilbo0s 2y ago
I think the example would have been better if they had put Ghana in the place of Nigeria. I have no idea how anyone did an analysis of the stability of African nations, and came out of it thinking Nigeria was an example to hold up as some kind of gold standard? It reinforces my belief that we Westerners, as a group, know very little about the African continent.
- alephnerd 2y ago
  > they had put Ghana in the place of Nigeria Absolutely not. > reinforces my belief that we Westerners, as a group, know very little about the African continent Or normies like you only listen to BTP Adviser funded submarine articles.
alephnerd 2y ago
> Singapore of Africa Rwanda is a "basket case" They spent dozens of millions of dollars on PR to make themselves the "Singapore of Africa". I've documented this on HN previously [0][1]. Most notably, 20-25% of Rwanda's GDP remains Aid driven unlike their closest peer Uganda who now has 15% of GDP derived from ICT and an additional 10% from Finance. Yet Uganda doesn't beat their drum despite also being a personalist dictatorship. Museveni is a dick (and I went to school with some opposition members of his), but I will hand it to his administration - they concentrate on administrative capacity to a certain extent. > Nigeria's notoriously kleptocratic bureaucratic system They are not the most efficient, but the Nigerian Civil Service has drastically reformed over the past 15 years. Daniel "Dan" Roggers has been instrumental in this change [2], specifically by revamping the Nigerian Civil Service in the early 2010s as part of a World Bank bailout (he's now helping Lithuania and other Baltic States). [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38147110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38147110 [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847829 [2] - https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/d/daniel-oliver-rogger https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/d/daniel-oliver-ro...

bilbo0s 2y ago

I think the example would have been better if they had put Ghana in the place of Nigeria. I have no idea how anyone did an analysis of the stability of African nations, and came out of it thinking Nigeria was an example to hold up as some kind of gold standard? It reinforces my belief that we Westerners, as a group, know very little about the African continent.

alephnerd 2y ago
> they had put Ghana in the place of Nigeria Absolutely not. > reinforces my belief that we Westerners, as a group, know very little about the African continent Or normies like you only listen to BTP Adviser funded submarine articles.

alephnerd 2y ago

> Singapore of Africa Rwanda is a "basket case" They spent dozens of millions of dollars on PR to make themselves the "Singapore of Africa". I've documented this on HN previously [0][1]. Most notably, 20-25% of Rwanda's GDP remains Aid driven unlike their closest peer Uganda who now has 15% of GDP derived from ICT and an additional 10% from Finance. Yet Uganda doesn't beat their drum despite also being a personalist dictatorship. Museveni is a dick (and I went to school with some opposition members of his), but I will hand it to his administration - they concentrate on administrative capacity to a certain extent. > Nigeria's notoriously kleptocratic bureaucratic system They are not the most efficient, but the Nigerian Civil Service has drastically reformed over the past 15 years. Daniel "Dan" Roggers has been instrumental in this change [2], specifically by revamping the Nigerian Civil Service in the early 2010s as part of a World Bank bailout (he's now helping Lithuania and other Baltic States). [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38147110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38147110 [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847829 [2] - https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/d/daniel-oliver-rogger https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/d/daniel-oliver-ro...