Africa’s emerging leaders launch 2020 vision for growth

A diverse group of young emerging leaders from all across Africa and the diaspora has come together to promote a unified vision for the continent and devise ways to move it forward.

Dubbed Africa 2.0, the advocacy group recently met in Mombasa, Kenya, to bring together some 250 young businessmen, social entrepreneurs and opinion leaders from nearly 40 African countries to work toward a strategy that could help the continent leapfrog and accelerate its development.

The move comes as Africa undergoes a period of economic transformation, becoming increasingly attractive to international investors — last year, the continent’s economy grew by nearly 5% while six of the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world are currently from Africa.

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