Africa: The Promise of Africa, Real or Mere Optimism?

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Is Africa rising? Judging by the buzz and optimism of the young business leaders and political trailblazers from across the continent who gathered for the World Economic Forum on Africa earlier this month, the answer is a qualified "yes."

The African Leadership Network is emblematic of a new generation of leaders who brim with sophisticated confidence about Africa's emergence. They are part of the coming elite whose ideas shaped the discussion in Cape Town.

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