With an emerging middle class and new leaders, Africa's future presents significant promise.
Africa may not be on the radar of Americans who are busy working, raising kids, serving their communities, or simply wondering what tomorrow might hold. Yet, with an emerging middle class and new leaders, the continent’s future presents significant promise. The summer edition of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute addresses tomorrow’s Africa. A wide-ranging set of authors and articles examines the forces transforming the continent and the realities that stand in Africa’s way, including health care challenges, education limitations, and political strife.
The list of contributors includes leaders and innovators from across the continent, such as Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, First Lady of Namibia Madame Monica Geingos, and ONE’s Nachilala Nkombo. The issue also features interviews with three people who have had a marked impact on Africa: President and Mrs. Bush and Bob Geldof, the founder of the Live Aid that concerts that have benefited Africa. Contributors with an African expertise also include The Economist’s Africa Editor Jonathan Rosenthal, and the Bush Institute’s Holly Kuzmich, Natalie Gonnella-Platts, Brittney Bain, and Crystal Cazier.
As Sir Bob says, to ignore Africa is to ignore 2050.
