Nairobi, Nov. 8 -- Power that has nowhere to go does not disappear, it just waits. Let me give you a few cases.

I recently met a senior Nigerian Finance ministry official at a workshop who told me about a delegation of American businessmen that wanted a meeting with him as they were undertaking a transaction that needed government approval. They wanted it immediately, as people do when they assume their time is worth more than yours. They were pushy. They were used to doors opening.

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