Africa reaching out to African-Americans for investment

The South Africa Deputy Minister of International Relations Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim recently visited the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce to talk to potential investors about the ways his country and the African continent are flourishing with democratic and technological breakthroughs.

“To the so-called developed world, Africa is no longer a region of chaos and poverty to be propped up with aid while its mineral resources are extracted and shipped abroad to create wealth elsewhere, he said. “With 60 percent of the world’s yet to be cultivated arable land, the perceived basket case promises to become a breadbasket.”

“Between now and 2015, seven of the 10 fastest growing economies will be in Africa,” he said.

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