4 July 2016
Purvi Shah, Product Integrity Manager, De Beers
4 July 2016
News headlines about Africa often focus on famine, poverty, drought, war, terrorism, migration, corruption and disease rather than a future full of promise.
Yet, since 2000, there are indications of ‘Africa Rising’, and the narrative is shifting to one where the continent is broadly destined to enjoy a period of mid-to-high economic growth, rising incomes and an emerging middle class as a result of improvements in governance, infrastructure, health and education.