{"product_id":"invisible-people-9781776392766","title":"Invisible People","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Phuthuma Nhleko\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Random House South Africa\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: World - African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfrica faces a demographic surge, demanding a pan-African renaissance fueled by bold economic leapfrogging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the next twenty-five years, Africa's population is predicted to double in size to 2.5 billion, so that by 2050 one in four people on earth will be African. How can Africa accommodate and benefit from this huge demographic shift?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Invisible People, former MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko calls for a new African renaissance based on three pillars. The first involves building a confident common identity, rooted in Africa's long and rich history, and celebrating its fundamental contributions to modern civilisation, religion and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second is unleashing the kind of economic development that has so far eluded Africa, by leveraging its significant assets and resources, abandoning outdated and inadequate economic models, and carving a new path grounded in a Pan-African vision and based on technological and economic leapfrogging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe third pillar involves bolstering Africa's geopolitical influence, by redefining its relationship with the US and China, and embracing a strategic path in its own interests, to take its rightful place in world affairs as home to a quarter of humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn insightful and inspiring journey through history, economics and geopolitics, The Invisible People will change the way that people view the future of Africa and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House South Africa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68018018418839,"sku":"9781776392766","price":1488.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781776392766.webp?v=1791412878","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/invisible-people-9781776392766","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}