Africa Rising

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Africa Rising

Africa is a resource-rich continent. ... In 2017, the African Development Bank reported Africa to be the world's second-fastest growing economy, and estimates that average growth will rebound to 3.4% in 2017, while growth is expected to increase by 4.3% in 2018.

Massive China investing and natural resources.  The population is very young compared with first world countries.

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