This is why Africans will never have democracy. Are there lawyers among you? One the first things I was taught in Law at Legon was the the Wolfenden Report. Rights should be enshrined and protected even if it is against the core of ones beliefs. What is wrong with consenting adults, whose actions never negatively affect any material well being or security of the larger population. Gays don't kill me, gays don't rub citizens of any social contract to the state, gays don't violate young women and other vulnerable members of the society. I just met Kwame Appiah at Princeton, a gay intellectual from Africa, who received the National Humanities Award, the highest civilian intellectual and artistic award, from Obama. I guess we will rather dwell on our prejudices, homophobia, and masculinity to bash Africans who choose to be different. What has getting in line help us as a nation. Go ahead, banish homosexuality, and our problems (corruption, poverty, tribalism, ethnic conflicts, etc) will disappear. Majority of Nigerians are not going celebrate their 50th birthday, and we are thinking about gays? Now, I know why some people will do anything to have 70 virgins in heaven after life. Just tired to edit!!!!

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TABLE 3. Foreign science and engineering students in U.S. higher education institutions, by region and selected
country/economy: Fall 2006–fall 2009
Region/country/economy Overall enrollment New enrollment
of citizenship 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009
All regions/countries/economies 232,780 240,130 248,260 258,950 54,520 59,220 63,490 63,620
Asia 157,170 164,750 173,780 183,440 38,190 42,660 46,500 46,100
Bangladesh 1,390 1,320 1,370 1,560 250 290 390 450
China 38,960 41,450 45,620 53,740 8,440 10,670 12,960 16,200
Hong Kong 2,410 2,240 2,090 2,170 520 520 600 600
India 56,280 61,430 65,960 67,800 15,860 17,860 18,280 15,130
Indonesia 2,580 2,330 2,200 2,090 470 460 520 520
Japan 8,570 7,560 6,340 5,370 1,640 1,400 1,200 1,030
Malaysia 2,840 2,840 2,950 3,100 520 580 590 770
Nepal 4,060 4,830 6,050 6,080 1,390 1,500 2,080 1,350
Pakistan 2,430 2,200 1,980 1,910 480 430 390 410
Philippines 970 1,010 1,020 940 190 210 210 150
Singapore 1,480 1,410 1,360 1,410 350 360 340 380
South Korea 18,660 19,410 19,900 19,850 4,250 4,620 4,950 4,940
Sri Lanka 1,480 1,640 1,820 1,880 350 390 440 360
Taiwan 9,000 8,630 8,220 8,120 1,990 1,790 1,780 1,920
Thailand 2,390 2,280 2,140 2,130 410 450 490 490
Vietnam 1,850 2,260 2,770 3,150 560 660 770 820
Middle East 14,430 15,890 16,780 18,550 3,160 3,800 3,750 4,320
Iran 1,630 1,850 2,210 3,160 390 460 550 970
Israel 850 760 700 660 170 120 170 130
Jordan 870 890 920 930 170 200 200 190
Lebanon 1,010 910 850 780 210 180 190 160
Saudi Arabia 3,150 4,550 5,230 6,080 790 1,380 1,120 1,340
Turkey 5,430 5,400 5,160 5,010 1,110 1,120 1,090 1,080
Europe 20,700 19,650 18,630 17,900 4,530 4,360 4,480 4,300
Bulgaria 1,350 1,220 1,040 900 240 200 170 160
France 1,740 1,690 1,630 1,600 460 460 470 510
Germany 2,030 2,080 2,070 1,980 620 580 600 520
Greece 980 890 850 840 180 160 180 190
Italy 1,100 1,120 1,150 1,210 240 250 300 280
Poland 910 870 790 690 160 160 160 110
Romania 1,430 1,260 1,080 950 200 190 170 120
Russia 1,620 1,500 1,410 1,370 300 280 280 290
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Ukraine 700 660 600 570 90 110 100 120
United Kingdom 1,970 1,860 1,800 1,790 470 470 440 470
Africa 13,290 13,060 13,070 13,670 2,740 2,790 3,020 3,280
Egypt 710 730 730 790 170 150 160 170
Ethiopia 590 620 760 830 100 180 220 200
Ghana 1,260 1,210 1,260 1,210 220 290 320 270
Kenya 2,310 2,050 1,930 1,770 520 390 450 360
Nigeria 2,780 2,750 2,680 2,830 520 540 600 700
Central and South America 18,970 18,610 18,070 17,560 3,980 3,660 3,700 3,700
Argentina 880 780 690 590 160 90 110 110
Bahamas 790 740 760 760 180 180 210 190
Brazil 1,540 1,600 1,710 1,780 340 340 410 410
Colombia 2,140 2,130 2,080 2,060 400 430 400 420
Ecuador 710 670 650 620 160 130 130 130
Jamaica 1,520 1,480 1,380 1,270 330 290 270 250
Mexico 3,190 3,270 3,280 3,260 780 690 730 700
Peru 1,110 1,070 1,000 910 200 190 170 170
Trinidad and Tobago 1,380 1,260 1,120 990 280 220 210 190
Venezuela 1,270 1,190 1,150 1,150 230 230 220 230
North America 7,130 7,010 6,890 6,820 1,700 1,660 1,790 1,690
Canada 6,960 6,860 6,740 6,690 1,660 1,630 1,750 1,650
Oceania 1,060 1,070 1,010 990 210 240 240 240
Australia 600 620 600 610 130 170 160 170
Unknown 30 80 30 20 0 60 0 0

Africans from Nigeria (89.1 percent), Ghana (85.9 percent), Botswana (84.7 percent), and Malawi (83 percent) were the most likely to report having a high school degree or higher. Those born in Cape Verde (44.8 percent) and Mauritania (60.8 percent) were the least likely to report having completed a high school education.

Nobody should gloat about it. Firstly, they constitute a very small segment of the population making it statistically insignificant. Secondly, most Africans here are children of elites who can afford to send their wards abroad while they close their eyes to the chronic educational problems at home. Still, I want to say, BRAVO Nigeria!!!!!!! Yes, you are far better than the perception accorded to you.

What is wrong with Africans? STOP COMPARING!!!!
It is about how rich a country is, or how big it is, or how much resources it has. It is how the nation keeps it social contract. What should citizens expect from their country? Here are my some of tentative points.
Is the country able to deliver to its population aspirations such as:
Reduction of poverty
Access to basic health care
Access to education
Protection of the most vulnerable-women and children
Basic infrastructure for comfort and critical situations
Freedom from fear
Security
Minority protection
Civil liberties
Responsive elected officials
Fair share of distribution of resources with sensitivity to the most vulnerable
Efficient public official
Progressive attainment to an equitable society where the rich is adjusted and the poor secured
Ethnic harmony

If any country, be it Ghana or Nigeria, want to win the bragging rights, so be it, but show me the money. Yes US is a great nation, I live here. Personally, I will bat for Norway anytime "t" for putting its citizens first. It is not about Ghana or Nigeria!!! We being pissed on by a few elites who taking billions of dollars of our money, and we fighting about which country is better. I don't which is is sad: any attempt to jump at criticisms or our moral blindness about what is going on. Perhaps, nationality overrides anything. HOW SAD

I never knew Nigerians believe in LIVING GODS. BIRTHDAY?? Who gives a F@$K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on guys, Do you really know about IMF and World Bank protocol? It is always a forgone conclusion that a European will head IMF, and an American will head World Bank. What is wrong in campaigning for Sachs, who is the most popular American advocate for Africa among the economists in world? No matter how much we want Ngozi to win, it will not happen: it is such an important position for America to give up that informal right. You guys should be realistic. Has anybody checked on Sachs resume?

Come on guys, Do you really know IMF and World Bank protocol? It is always a forgone conclusion than a European will head IMF and an American will head World Bank. What is wrong in campaigning for Sachs, who is the most popular American advocate for Africa among the economists in world. No matter how much we want Ngozi to win, it is such an important position for America to give up that informal right. You guys should be realistic. Has anybody check on Sachs resume?

I do not have any problem supporting Ms Ngozi for World Bank. I believe she MAY turn out to be a great advocate. Sachs, in my opinion, is a better choice because of what he has done on the ground and his academic work (Check his writings)on how to solve poverty in Africa. He really has a grasp on issues on development in Africa. Yes, I from Ghana, and yes, I choose Sachs over any developmental economist from Ghana. Wake up guys. this is not about pride, nationality,or ego. We have pressing problems in Africa, and I am willing to support someone from Jupiter, if that person is the best choice. What has any elite from Africa done for us lately. WAKE UP

Londoner, Don't quit. It is always frustrating, especially from someone from Ghana who does not see eye to eye with you. The bulletin board needs you. I only critize those that I really respect.

Please don't quite. We need your calming, some times not what someone from Ghana will agree. We need your voice

It does not matter how many students get first class. In US, most universities use what is called a straight line formula: 25 percent of the class is given a grade of A. So, twenty five percent of students from an Ivy League university and a very low class college will be the same. A college is rather judge by the quality of students admitted, prestige of faculty members, and the rigor of courses offered. Professors in Africa are very stiff on grades. Anytime I write a recommendation for a student, I make sure to include note stated that the grading system in Africa is very different. I have seen a lot of students with a second lower from Africa who really do very well in America.