Economist and businessman, Dr Kofi Amoah, has implored the new breed of African leaders to emulate the strategy of the Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan) in order to break away from the continent’s dependency on the west which has not yielded many benefits to Africa. The Asian Tigers, according to Dr Amoah had fine trade and bilateral agreements with the west but ultimately the Asians only implemented what was in the best interest of their citizens. That is what he says has brought so much success to many of Asian countries. He said, the establishment of the IMFs, World Banks among others is part of a grand plan to maintain a stranglehold of Africa by the west. Dr Amoah says only a concerted effort to unite and unify the African continent, harnessing the natural resources of the countries therein to create strong economies can bring real and meaningful economic progress.
