George Ayittey, Professor of Economics at American University, Washington, DC July 24, 2005: Professor George Ayittey, distinguished economist from the American University in Washington, DC, discusses ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: George B. N. Ayittey is a President for the Free Africa Foundation with eight videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1990 Forum as a Visiting Professor ...

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George Ayittey: Free media, civil groups, are secrets of the country's success These factors can ensure free, fair and peaceful elections across Africa, he says Unlike their Western counterparts, ...

Africa's progress in the last century has been limited by war, disease and corruption, according to economist and activist George Ayittey from Ghana, who heads the Washington-based Free Africa ...

Leaders of wealthy nations will discuss debt relief and aid to Africa at the G8 summit. But George Ayittey, a professor of economics at American University, says that Africa's salvation doesn't lie in ...

GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Leaders of the world’s richest nations toasted their own beneficence. Africa advocates praised the leaders’ commitment to provide more aid. Live 8 impresarios Bono and Bob ...

In an effort to bolster struggling nations, G8 finance ministers have agreed to cancel the $40 billion debt that 18 countries owe to the World Bank, IMF and African Development Bank. Two development ...

As a young man growing up in colonial-era Ghana, George Ayittey would confirm what he observed or how he felt with his mother. What he noticed was an intrinsic connection between women like his mother ...

George Ayittey of American University of Washington was an indefatigable opponent of Rawlings - his person, his government and his ways of doing things. Quite simply, he regarded Rawlings’ governments ...

Courtney Joyner is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. While Americans weigh arguments made by those promoting programs such as “Medicare for All” and the Green New Deal, ...

Ghanaian economist George Ayittey lashes out against corrupt African leaders. He calls on a young, fast "cheetah generation" to take back the continent from complacent bureaucrats he calls hippos. For ...