Hmm...very interesting post @kiligirl. I think I come at it a bit differently; I don't believe we really should be asking the question of where the private sector can, does, should fit into African infrastructure development and how we might be able to assist public institutions and their partners achieve better results. Rather, I think, we should flip this on its head. Seeing market opportunities in the infrastructure space, we should be developing our plans that are based on sound financial and economic fundamentals that we know will be viable and sustainable over the longer term--generally (though not always for sure), I think, private business is pretty good at allocating financial and other resources. Then we can go to these public institutions and determine how and where the resources they have may fit into our developments. And, it may well be (in many cases and for a variety of reasons), they do not or cannot. And, from my perspective, that is OK!