Africa Reimagined

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Under chapter headings such as ' Sources of Africa' s cultural fragility' , ' Thinking differently about African institutions' , and ' Liberating human capital' , Hlumelo Biko shows how, twenty years in, this century could yet become Africa' s century, as many believe and some hope. Africa Reimagined is a thoughtful analysis of Africa' s past, present and future, a sobering assessment of where it stands today, and where it needs to go, at once unnervingly candid and inspiring. Imagine if in the year 2040, forty of Africa' s fifty-five nations have chosen to join together in a Pan-African government structure modelled on Swiss decentralised federalism. A merger between Ethiopian Airways, Air Mauritius, Air Kenya, Nigerian carrier Air Peace and South African Airways has transformed air travel. Africa is now home to the world' s largest mining company in the form of a rejuvenated Anglo American, the company having returned to its African home base powered by a massive investment from Africa' s new sovereign wealth fund. Africa rolls out the world' s largest solar plants in the Sahara and Kalahari deserts. These projects are underwritten by a new insurance network based in Mauritius and modelled on Lloyd' s of London. Rural employment has risen thanks to a focus on subsistence farmers, who have a shared service model that allows them world-class access to price-sensitive information, equipment financing, reasonably priced input costs and training techniques. A pipedream? Hlumelo Biko says no.