The titles have become even more positive ever since, with its March 2013 issue talking about ‘Aspiring Africa’. Let me quote the introductory paragraph from the latter just to give you the flavour and a sense of the changing times. “CELEBRATIONS are in order on the poorest continent… Life expectancy rose by a tenth in the past decade and foreign direct investment has tripled.
Consumer spending will almost double in the next ten years; the number of countries with average incomes above $ per person a year will grow from less than half of Africa’s 55 states to three-quarters.”  6  BIS central bankers’ speeches  How times have changed! How very sporting of The Economist to recognise and celebrate this changing sentiment towards Africa.