{"product_id":"the-africa-century-why-the-most-underestimated-continent-is-the-future","title":"The Africa Century: Why the Most Underestimated Continent Is the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAfrica is not rising. It is arriving — and the world is not ready.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor decades, Africa was dismissed as the \"hopeless continent\": a land of famine, conflict, and dependency. That narrative is dead. Today, Africa is the world's youngest, fastest-urbanising continent, home to the largest free-trade area since the WTO, and the new frontier for Chinese investment, American competition, and global capital.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Africa Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Nicholas Holt demolishes the old clichés and delivers the definitive account of how the most underestimated continent is becoming the most consequential. From Lagos's tech hubs to Ethiopia's industrial parks, from the Sahel's counter-terrorism wars to the African Continental Free Trade Area's trillion-dollar promise, Holt traces the forces that will make Africa the defining geopolitical story of the coming decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInside, you will discover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy Africa's demographic dividend — one billion young people by 2050 — is either a miracle or a time bomb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow China's infrastructure-for-debt strategy is reshaping the continent's political economy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe truth about the resource curse: which countries escaped it, which didn't, and why\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNigeria's contradictions: Africa's largest economy, and its most fragile giant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClimate change as Africa's existential challenge — and the geopolitical leverage it creates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhy this book matters now:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe decisions made in African capitals over the next decade will determine everything from global commodity prices to migration flows, from supply chain security to the balance of power between China and the West. Investors who understand Africa early will profit. Those who ignore it will be left behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the analytical depth of an institutional investor and the storytelling craft of a foreign correspondent, Nicholas Holt has written the indispensable guide to the continent that will shape the twenty-first century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NICHOLAS HOLT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45455094907056,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/71ghMCdrnvL._SL1360.jpg?v=1784111512","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/the-africa-century-why-the-most-underestimated-continent-is-the-future","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}