Most well-intentioned corruption busting remedies in Africa fail because the root causes of corruption on the continent are often poorly understood.
INTRODUCTION: COLONIAL ROOTS OF CORRUPTION
Post-independence African countries inherited deeply corrupt institutions, laws and values from colonial and apartheid governments. In the majority of African former colonies, the colonial elite centralized political, economic and civic power, exclusively reserving top jobs in the public and private sector, as well as education only to fellow colonials.
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