The numbers are in and indeed they confirm a long held speculation - Africa is sliding and at an awfully terrible speed.
In 2011, to be exact four years ago, the African Development Bank (AfDB) estimated more than 300 million Africans to be in the middle class but current statistics tell a different story.
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