# Africa's next boom

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2013
- Speaker: Charles Robertson
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_robertson_africa_s_next_boom)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The past decade has seen slow and steady economic growth across the continent of Africa. But economist Charles Robertson has a bold thesis: Africa's about to boom. He talks through a few of the indicators -- from rising education levels to expanded global investment (and not just from China) -- that lead him to predict rapid growth for a billion people, sooner than you may think.

## Lectures

1. [Africa's next boom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/charles_robertson_africa_s_next_boom/f3b3c0fd6d9e), 14 min (TED's player)