by Steuart Pennington

There is a dearth of information on the one hand and the continent is changing so rapidly on the other. It looks like Africa will be the only continent in 2012 to grow faster than it did in 2011, it has less debt than other continents and its diaspora contribute more in foreign capital than the sum of the world’s aid.

As we celebrate Africa day on 25th May, do we understand the extraordinary differences that exist between its countries; between the north and south; east and west; between the large and the small; and between the wealthy and the poor?