Part of the problem is that he isn't even internally consistent.
Sudan is too large, and should be split up. But also: "Africa can become economically viable only if its plethora of puny economies merge from more than 50 into just a few."
So what needs to happen? Merging Africa into a few gigantic balkanized states with no shared interests (like Sudan), or splitting it up into many small city states, a few of which will be well run?
A few of which will serve as an example for the rest.
But this: "Merging Africa into a few gigantic balkanized states [...] or splitting it up" is part of the reason they're doing badly. Being a battleground for foreign intervention has not allowed much in the way of economic development.
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Part of the problem is that he isn't even internally consistent.
Sudan is too large, and should be split up. But also: "Africa can become economically viable only if its plethora of puny economies merge from more than 50 into just a few."
So what needs to happen? Merging Africa into a few gigantic balkanized states with no shared interests (like Sudan), or splitting it up into many small city states, a few of which will be well run?
"a few of which will be well run?"
A few of which will serve as an example for the rest.
But this: "Merging Africa into a few gigantic balkanized states [...] or splitting it up" is part of the reason they're doing badly. Being a battleground for foreign intervention has not allowed much in the way of economic development.
> A few of which will serve as an example for the rest.
Africa has always had a few well run countries. Why will their example help more in the future than it has in the past?
Speaking in the context of a city-state/small-state fragmentation of the larger African states.