Africa is increasingly divergent. Straight-line projections and simplistic ‘rise-and-fall' economics have never served the continent well. These have undermined the basic understanding of such a large and diversified continent for decades.
What goes up, must come down. Many thought this was the story of African growth and development following the end of the commodity boom that rallied economies from the early 2000s until 2013. But in 2018, Africa will once again be home to six of the world's 10 fastest growing economies.
