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Colin Coleman
Colin Coleman

IAI - Thought Leadership - Colin Coleman

Colin Coleman

Member of Boards, former Goldman Sachs CEO Sub-Saharan Africa

In the best case high economic growth scenario, the gap between Africa’s rising share of world population and low share of global GDP will remain dangerously elevated in the next century. Should Africa’s economy falter, the consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate. If Africa fails, the world will be at risk. Still, Africa promises to be the last frontier of global growth.