Greg Mills

Olusegun Obasanjo

Jeffrey Herbst

Dickie Davis

Sub-Saharan Africa faces three big inter-related challenges over the next generation. It will double its population to two billion by 2045. By then more than half of Africans will be living in cities. And this group of mostly young people will be connected with each other and the world through mobile devices. Properly harnessed and planned for, this is a tremendously positive force for change. Without economic growth and jobs, it could prove a political and social catastrophe. Old systems of patronage and of muddling through will no longer work because of these population increases. Instead, if leaders want to continue in power, they will have to promote economic growth in a more dynamic manner. Making Africa Work is a first-hand account and handbook of how to ensure growth beyond commodities and create jobs in the continent.

A Handbook

Making Africa Work

Nzeogwu

My Command

Akin L. Mabogunje

"It is a concerned attempt to search for solutions to national problems through discussion."--prelim.

Elements of Development

Peter O. Olugbenro

Why You Exist

Manṣūr Khālid

Speeches and selections from speeches given by Obasanjo from the 1980s to present.

A Tribute to General Olusegun Obasanjo

Africa Through the Eyes of a Patriot

Hailemariam Desalegn

Emily van der Merwe

In 1960, the GDP per capita of Southeast Asian countries was nearly half of that of Africa. By 1986 the gap had closed and today the trend is reversed, with more than half of the world's poorest now living in sub Saharan Africa. Why has Asia developed while Africa lagged? The Asian Aspiration chronicles the stories of explosive growth and changing fortunes: the leaders, events and policy choices that lifted a billion people out of abject poverty within a single generation, the largest such shift in human history. The relevance of Asia's example comes as Africa is facing a population boom, which can either lead to crisis or prosperity, and as Asia is again transforming, this time out of low-cost manufacturing into hi-tech, leaving a void that is Africa's for the taking. Far from the optimistic determinism of "Africa Rising," this book calls for unprecedented pragmatism in the pursuit of African success.

Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia -- and What It Should Avoid

The Asian Aspiration

Olusegun Obasanjo

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