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Der Spiegel | A Giant Awakens: Inside Africa's Economic Upsurge

In roughly a decade, Africa has gone from being labeled "the hopeless continent" to enjoying an unprecedented boom. In a three-part series, SPIEGEL explores this transformation -- its drivers, winners and losers -- and asks if it can last.

Well, we will see if it survives the coming resource glut from the Chinese slowdown. I think most of it will, as even some resource-poor countries have boomed e.g Ethiopia, no "Live Aid" needed now. Mark you, most of the continent remains very poor and semi-dysfunctional, but it's a start.