There is intense competition by external powers to influence affairs in Africa and exploit its resources. The continent continues to be trapped in unviable fragmented markets and weak supply chains prompted by European containment investment models that focused on spheres of influence at independence, cold war era legacy, value systems driven by foreign policies, and the current fear of...
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