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Time to demand accountability from the zero-impact aid agencies in Africa
Until our nations start demanding impact from agencies that are accountable, it’s just one more turn to eat, with the gall to present itself as nobly securing sustainable development goals. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK
Who needs aid more? Africa, or the large international population that makes a livelihood out of it? For, as at today, the aid industry is structured primarily to serve the needs of its own employees in winning more aid ‘business’, with scant attention to the impact for beneficiaries.
A starting point in this aberration is the level and quality of work, workflow, and consequently the output at most of the agencies, which could not possibly last inside any business.
