GUY SCOTT – Vice President of Zambia
Is Africa's economic growth being matched by improved governance?
The Interview · BBC World Service
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (open.live.bbc.co.uk) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
At last Sub Saharan Africa has a positive economic story to tell, but is it being matched by improved governance?
Are Africa's leaders making the best use of the current surge in economic growth to tackle endemic poverty?
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Guy Scott, recently appointed vice-president of Zambia. He is a trained scientist, an ex-farmer, and he happens to be the most senior white official in post-colonial Africa.
It is tempting to see him as a symbol of a continent no longer trapped in its past, but is it true?