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To encourage good governance in Africa, Mo Ibrahim, the Sudanese-British telecoms tycoon, since 2007 has endowed a $5m prize each year for an African President who governs well and retires when his term is up. For seven years of the 12 years since this prize began, no worthy recipient has been identified. Since the era of decolonization and independence of African countries till date, only an infinitesimal few of about 5% out of more than 200 past leaders of Africa have governed their countries with clear, established and undisputed legacies of sustained relevance. Yet, our Presidents speak so loftily …