Educational Revolution-The Key to African Leadership and Emancipation

Am passionate about education; both self and formal education. I believe that ignorance is the greatest prison that one can ever be in. Unfortunately, Africa has not progressed in education to the level of competing with the western world. This my friends is the key to the advancement of the first world. Yes we live in the information age but africa, with the exceptions of a few countries which i can number on one hand, is still in the dark ages.
When i recently visited zambia i was somewhat shocked at the level at which zambians have access to the internet. I can safely say 95% of the people dont have computers or internet access in their homes. Now why make a big fuss about this? Well, the internet is the embodiment of the information age; in this age information is literally at our finger tips. But how many Africans have access to this information? How many Africans have access to knowledge and information period?
Let's take a quick poll. How many public or private libraries are in your neighborhood? How many of them have free internet access? Right now as I speak I have access to 3 public libraries with just about anybook or internet access I want. All these within a 7 minute driving radius. I also have internet access in my home at a very affordable rate. Now that's living in the information age. Dont even talk about book stores.
What's my point? We need to improve our access to information in Africa. Information is knowledge and knowledge is power. Self-education cannot happen in the absence of readily available information. Our governments have to advocate for this and make it a possibility for every African. They owe us at least this much!

Now, What about formal education? For starters let me say not even the 1st world has it all down-packed and we can spend an hour talking about that. However, let me draw your attention to some of the major positives and suggest somewhat of a change in the african education system.
Firstly, if we are going to raise leaders in every sphere of human existence we must stop preparing people for exams and prepare them for life and leadership. Our education system must have the capacity to indentify students passion; help them set attainable goals and point them to the subjects that would better prepare them for their life's work.
Secondly, if we are serious about raising Leaders then we must teach leadership principles as a core subject in our curriculum from nursery to university.
Is this a pipe dream or something attainable? Now I think we can do it though am aware of some of the obstacles we may face. Let's talk! Lets inform each other but above all let's ACT.
Your comments please!