Saudi Arabia walks into Burkina Faso with a suitcase full of money. Saudi Arabia We would like to build 200 mosques. Captain Ibrahim Traoré looks at the proposal, looks around the country, then looks back. Two hundred? Brother... we already know where Mecca is. What we are looking for are electricity companies where Burkinabès can work. Saudi Arabia: But this is a generous religious investment, Captain Traoré. Traoré: Excellent. Now make sure the next investment comes with roads, factories, hospitals, irrigation systems, and universities that don't just teach another man's language, but show Burkinabès how to manufacture—and maybe even a power plant. Then, he allegedly hits them with the African development version of: You invest billions in America, the UK, Canada, Australia, and Switzerland, where they already have skyscrapers. But you come to Afrika just to build mosques? How many mosques did you build in America, Canada, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, or the UK?"