وتشير كل هذه العوامل إلى أن أفريقيا من الممكن أن تعاني من انهيار مالي. فقد بلغ الاستثمار في أسهم شركات مثل
Popular equity investments, such as shares in Safaricom, are already trading at unexpectedly low levels. If real estate prices were to fall dramatically, a chain reaction could occur, taking down big and small investors alike, and over time causing wide suffering to ordinary Africans.