Africa First! by Jakkie Cilliers - 9781776191130

Jonathan Ball Publishers SA

Africa First!Igniting a Growth Revolution\nAuthor(s): Jakkie Cilliers\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA, South Africa\nImprint: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA\nISBN-13: 9781776191130, 978-1776191130\nSynopsis\n'A roadmap that could turn Africa's potential into prosperity.' - President Cyril Ramaphosa\n\nWhat stops Africa, with its abundant natural resources, from capitalising on its boundless potential?\n\nAfrica analyst Jakkie Cilliers uses 11 scenarios to unpack, in concrete terms, how the continent can ignite a growth revolution that will take millions out of poverty and into employment.\n\nAfrica urgently needs much more rapid economic growth. Cilliers identifies and models fundamental transitions required in agriculture, education, demographics, manufacturing and governance and shows how these changes can be brought about.\n\nThe challenges the continent faces - competing in a globalised world, delivering health care and education, feeding growing populatio.