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Daily Archives: 22. April 2014
Booming but fragile new middle class in Africa
The article in the Financial Times from last weekend ( April 19/20, http://www.ft.com/intl/indepth/the-fragile-middle) mentions how Africa has effectively developed a new middle class numbering 115m in 1980, reaching 326m in the past years. But only 14% (44m) have only firmly … Continue reading
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