This is similar to the story a few days ago about West Virginia spending $5 million on Cisco routers it did not need. In general government tend to be overcharg

This is similar to the story a few days ago about West Virginia spending $5 million on Cisco routers it did not need. In general government tend to be overcharged. This is not unique to Africa. Also some of the cost is justified. Getting government contracts requires paperwork and meeting conditions that add to the cost of the contract. Also government payment cycles are different. So the contractor has to build in some margin for delayed payments. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5283160 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5283160