Here's a sad anecdotal account of the ills of Africa. Not everything could be blamed on colonialism, though certainly it had a part to play...

The most striking portion was the one on education and economic success. No wonder my own country's leaders recognized now that some of the most talented of our young should be encouraged to be businessmen, entrepeneurs. If everybody took up a government job, who'd drive the economy? Certainly not the public sector alone!