The bright continent : breaking rules and making change in modern Africa / Dayo Olopade.

A Nigerian-American journalist attempts to dispel the warring, impoverished, and pitiful images of Africa so prevalent in the media with the joyful and innovative country she knows by highlighting the commercial opportunities and technological innovations to be found there.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olopade, Dayo (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]
Boston : [2014]
Subjects:
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Social conditions > 21st century.
Physical Description:272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Breaking rules and making change in modern Africa.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Orientation : why the world needs a new map of Africa
  • Kanju : walking the fine line between genius and crime
  • Fail states : how bad borders made bad neighbors
  • Stuff we don't want : the mistakes that make do-gooding worse
  • The family map : how Africans rely on the original social network
  • The technology map : leapfrogs and lessons from Africa's digital moment
  • The commercial map : how to buy; and sell; a better future in Africa
  • The natural map : why Africa will feed, fuel, and shape the world
  • The youth map : harvesting Africa's demographic dividend
  • Two publics : Who's in charge, anyway?