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Africa's economy: waiting for take-off?

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Tonight: is Africa ready for economic take-off? Africa is the continent of untapped potential. So where better to relaunch the world economy? Emerging economic giants like China have long recognised the potential, and it could equally be argued that France, Britain, Belgium, Portugal and Italy recognised it generations ago. Tonight we're examining what happens next for Africa.

  • François NDENGWE, Founder, African Advisory Board
  • Henri-Bernard SOLIGNAC-LECOMTE, Head of Africa, Europe & Middle-East, OECD Development Center
  • Jean-Claude BERTHELEMY, Professor of economics, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne

Programme prepared by Anastassia Metral and Yi Song.

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