Africa: Post-Covid-19 – a Chance to Leapfrog Africa’s Development Through Digitalization

[Africa Renewal] Africa recorded remarkable economic growth in the first 15 years of the 21st century, largely because of positive trends in the export of primary commodities, among other factors. However, this narrative of “Africa Rising” was skewed from the onset, as it focused mostly on economic growth based on gross domestic product (GDP), which is overly one-dimensional.