The joke is on Africa so long as the continent remains a net consumer
A general view of Dubai's cranes at a construction site in Dubai, UAE on December 18, 2018. The leader of Dubai always insists on the best. The biggest. The greatest. With that mindset you do not have many people to benchmark. PHOTO | REUTERS
The story is told of a founding father of one of the African nations who was on a state visit to Egypt.
He was wearing a three-piece suit and when his host — the then president of Egypt inquired about how he could wear a three-piece suit in the hot Egyptian weather, his answer was that a gentleman is a gentleman regardless of the weather.
