The Race for Africa's Capital City
It has become increasingly clear to me that we are involved in a race for prominence in greater Africa. Top contenders are Egypt, Libya, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Ethiopia (given the location of the Africa Union HQ). While some are on top of the list for Africa, others are more content establishing themselves as regional blocks. The force of finance and the power of capitalism are possible influences given the size of some of our markets. And therefore the long march to States Hood seems to be on. Like America of old, growth is fueled in some parts by a gold rush in some countries, iron ore in others and the push for infrastructure like roads and railways in others. Contenders are judged using a variety of criterion from security to access to waterways. While the Americans seemed to have less to fight against (the crown and George for that Matter), we have in our midst several crowns (An English one, A French one, A Portuguese one, A Spanish one...