A ‘new deal’ for Africa: Is this the best chance for a generation?

Four bright African ladies (left to right: Gladys Asare, Rita Mensah, Shelia Asamoah and Augustina Mensah) showcase their fashionable clothing for sale at Kwame Nkrumah Circle Market, Accra, Ghana on August 13, 2015. Image courtesy of Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment, some rights reserved, (CC BY-NC 4.0). Every year, heads of states and governments gather for global summits, an essential part of the ebb and flow of international diplomacy. The Paris summit attended by African leaders in May 2021 promised to be one of those rare ones—a summit about changing Africa, not chan…

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