Edited sentence: Geldof has often been criticised by those who are better educated than he on the subject of African economies, and the tyrannies of various despotic leaders.It can be persuasively argued that Geldof's misinformed and naive concentration on 'aid' is to the detriment of the viability of these economies.It could be argued that Geldof's real aim is self-aggrandisement; if this is true, it is certainly very successful