Bridging Africa‘s developmental deficits has been the central question facing the continent‘s leaders, policy makers and people at large for decades. No less than any other part of the world, Africa aspires to stability, prosperity and rising living standards. Over the past three decades, Africa has seen glimpses of what might be possible. Multi-party elections, high economic growth rates, large foreign investments, technological revolutions and growing optimism have replaced the old view of Africa as 'The Hopeless Continent‘ with one of 'Africa Rising.‘

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