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Faces and places
Africa as it looks, and Africans as they speak. Press play on a voice. Every picture a real place, named.
▶Lagos, Nigeria · 2023Aliko Dangote · We will open Africa. With the IFC, on energy, fertiliser and why Africans must lead their own investment. Opens on YouTube.
Kigali, RwandaOne of five countries open to every African without a visa.
TED · 2009Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · The danger of a single story. On how Africa is seen, and how it sees itself.
Hargeisa, SomalilandThe livestock market. A city rebuilt since 1991, largely without a state.
TED · 2014Fred Swaniker · The generation who can fix it. Why one leader matters more where institutions are weak.
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThe light rail, the first in sub-Saharan Africa, opened 2015.
TED · 2007Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala · Do business here. The less-told story of reform and opportunity.
Dakar, SenegalThe capital on the Atlantic.
Lagos, NigeriaFive Cowrie Creek and the mainland bridge.
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