âInto Africa' â from troubled continent to a land of opportunities
It was the continent that made headlines for all the wrong reasons: the great famine in Ethiopia and HIV pandemic in 1980s, the Rwandan genocide in 1990s, and the Somalian civil war in 2000’s grabbed headlines. By mid-2000 some of the African economies were on the brink, and sustained campaigning by international charities and global super stars compelled the G8 countries to write off nearly $40b of debt, providing much needed relief to 14 African countries.
Nearly a decade