Sometimes I think it would be a better idea to let any educated African (or any African for that matter) immigrate to any country he wants. In the first world,

Sometimes I think it would be a better idea to let any educated African (or any African for that matter) immigrate to any country he wants. In the first world, programmers (and most other professionals) are more productive and earn more. They can then send home some of the money they earn, which results in a net-positive effect of emmigration. Currently the barrier to this solution are the immigration controls inspired by irrational fear (rationalized by unquestioned assumptions and generalizations). Fixing African institutions to a point where they can compete with the rest of the world will take decades or even a century or two. The process could be accelerated by returning expatriates.