Charles Robertson: Africa’s next boom

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. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading th