More than 4 decades of maintaining liberalized regimes has led to staggering levels of unemployment and continued reliance on primary agricultural commodities and mining, with very little by way of value-added activities. In a post-pandemic world, there are concerted efforts in many countries to localize supply chains through shoring productive capacity. Africa should not be left behind. Africa has attempted industrialization before but it ended abysmally. Any attempts to reindustrialize should be propped up by more than sentiments and ideology. Episode 13 discusses some of the options available to better the odds of success for Africa.

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Signature Music: Dano Songs ( Feelings of Sunlight)