Nigeria: Time to Unleash African Economic Potentials

24 September 2015
analysis

Olusanya, Sheriff a social commentator, in this piece, examines the African economic strength and gives reasons why the continent must unleash its potentials for growth.

The African continent is blessed with immense wealth. Indeed there are vast human, material and mineral resources in this part of the world. With a population of about 950 million people and a collective GDP of $978 Billion as at 2006; the continent is unarguably the largest emerging market in the world. In his book titled Africa Rising, Prof Vijay Mahajan noted that; "when an Irish beer has become African, and when the future growth of a brand rests on expanding sales on the African continent rather than in Ireland, there is clearly something shifting in the world."

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