Africa

Up and coming: here's why Africa has the potential to boost global growth

A Chinese engineer and a local construction worker work on a section of the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway (SGR) in Emali, Kenya October 10, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) tasked with the construction work at a cost of 3.8 billion U.S. dollars is due for completion in mid-2017. REUTERS/Noor Khamis  - D1AERZDORFAA

China is not the only emerging market to realize the benefit of increased African engagement Image: REUTERS/Noor Khamis

Isaac Kwaku Fokuo
Founder and Principal, Botho Emerging Markets Group
Akinyi Ochieng
Esther Ocloo Fellow, Botho Emerging Markets Group
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