"Egypt plans to introduce a feed-in-tariff law by 2012, which has the potential to create a competitive market and would guarantee that all sources of renewable energy will be competitive with traditional sources of energy. Thus with the government offering electricity generated by renewable sources at a reduced rate, there is potential for electricity to reach poor rural populations....

"The 2010 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AFDB) Group opened on Thursday, 27 May 2010 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The meeting brought over 2000 delegates together in the city of Abidjan, which remains the institution's statutory Headquarters, though the Bank was forced to temporarily relocate to Tunis, Tunisia following outbreaks of violent in Cote d'Ivoire. The meeting had in attendance Governors representing 53 African and 24 non-African shareholders.

The global north has in the last decade clung to elections, free and fair elections, as the number one marker of democratic progress. Problems however arise when categorizing an election as fair, and what happens when the fairly elected leader leads by patronage (that is placing the interests of his or her tribe or clan above everyone else's)?