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...lawlessness. These negative associations with Africa were much on the minds of people at the summit in Cape Town. "We are fighting an image problem," said Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese-born cell-phone magnate who has created a multi-million-dollar prize to reward good political governance in Africa. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an ex-Finance Minister in Nigeria known for fighting corruption, likewise lamented that the private sector "still sees Africa as a financial basket case, which it's not ... We need to focus on what's going right...
...search for Paul D. Wolfowitz’s successor as president of the World Bank, Harvard graduates are taking center stage. At least four people with Harvard ties—Robert B. Zoellick, R. Glenn Hubbard, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ’77, and Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61—have garnered media speculation as candidates for the post, and Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Jr., a graduate of the Business School, is heading up the search process. Wolfowitz announced he would resign earlier this month after a protracted scandal...
...associated with Opus Dei, Silas Agbim couldn't be more different from the fanatical albino monk who goes on an international murder spree in the book The Da Vinci Code. Agbim is a slight, unassuming Nigerian immigrant in his 60s who lives quietly in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his wife Ngozi. But as the release of The Da Vinci Code film version approaches, the Agbims, who have been supernumeraries--members of Opus Dei who live outside its residences--for almost 30 years, have been speaking out about their experiences in the organization. Silas (the real one) says he doesn't mind...
...Ngozi, a retired college professor also in her 60s, applies the same approach to the charitable works she says her affiliation with Opus Dei has inspired her to take on. Recently she initiated a book-collection project for a library in Nigeria. "We're not sending trashy things," she explains. "We got 1,500 solid books." The Agbims say this type of focus has helped bring them closer to God. "You are not a monk," says Silas. "It is in the workplace that God expects you to show him your skills, to do your bit and serve...
...through. At some stage, someone will believe in you and give you a go." That is a powerful mantra for the 21st century. Perhaps we could all be heroes if we practiced it. Veronica Daly Derryinver, Ireland I appreciated TIME's recognizing Nigeria's first female Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a hero for her efforts to fix the country's chaotic finances and clean up corruption. But many Nigerians would also love to see tribute paid to people like Gani Fawehinmi, Nigeria's most renowned human-rights lawyer and campaigner. Or the late Afro-beat band leader, saxophonist...