Point on Africa

Like other continents, Africa has its problems and one of the major ones is perception. Unless you have been to Africa and are independent enough observe events in isolation, you will most likely approach the continent with a mind list of negativities.

There are many good stories in Africa and with the fast growth of mobile technology in the continent, more and more positive news of innovation and development are being reported. A number of countries keep recording fast, economic growth and a few can even report it in 2 digits.

Politically Africa is slowly becoming intolerant to ineffective and brutal regimes. Old and long time dictators in North Africa have fallen, forcefully removed from power by resilient protests. Egyptians continue to fight for complete reforms even after the resignation of Hosni Mubarak.

We can look forward to more of such welcome news from Africa in 2012. Cape Verde is already a trail blazer in some key areas as this journalist from BBC recently found out; An African good news story

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