New York, New York- Bono, frontman of the band U2 and longtime activist for Africa’s development, hopes that US President Barack Obama does a good job in his upcoming visit to Ghana on Saturday.

“The president can facilitate the new, the fresh, and the different,” says the U2 main vocals in an article for the New York Times on Thursday. “Many existing promises are expiring on 2010, some of old age and others of chronic neglect.”

This visit might be able to draw more attention to Africa, as it is currently plagued with corruption and widespread poverty.

“The United States is one of the countries on track to keep its promises, and Mr. Obama has already said he’ll more than build on the impressive Bush legacy,” his article continued. “President Obama plans to return to Africa for the World Cup in 2010. Between now and then he’s got the chance to lead others in building-from the bottom up–on the successes of recent efforts within Africa to learn from the failures. There’s been plenty of both. We’ve witnessed the good, the bad, and the ugly in our fraught relationship with this dynamic continent.”

“If more African nations are going to meet the millennium goals, they are going to need smart partners in business and development,” the article he wrote concluded. “That’s Smart as in sustainable, measurable, accountable, responsive and transparent.”