Is Africa ready for emerging opportunities?

Despite Africa being documented as the cradle of humanity, for more than a century the continent has been treated as the least developed among the seven continents. This is because of several historical factors including the slave trade and colonisation which led to the massive plunder of its human and natural resources. 

For more than half of the century, Africa has been presented as an incapable continent that requires aid without which it cannot survive.

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