George Tower,- It seems that your knowledge of one unsatisfactory African pilot is clouding your vision. One could think of a good few non Africans worth worrying about as well.
The fact is that the continent has a good quantity of highly competant and professional African pilots at all levels. Amongst the major carriers , Kenya Airways, Ethiopian, Air Malawi. Air Tanzania, Ghana Airways and a good number of others demonstrate high standards of pilot performance. Kenya. which has the most thriving civil aviation industry north of the Limpopo, also has second ( RegionAir) and third tier operators, all largely flown by Africans, and very successfully so. Competance and ability is not the preserve of any racial group,and nor is the desire for Porsches, status etc.