撒哈拉以南非洲拥有许多先行者所不具备的多样化增长路径：增加值农业和农用工业、矿产资源、石化、持久品和消费品制造、旅游和娱乐，以及新兴的信息技术业。
Sub-Saharan Africa has paths for diversified growth that many of the trailblazers did not: value-added agriculture and agro industry, the processing of mineral resources, petrochemical complexes, manufacturing of durable and consumer goods, tourism and entertainment, and an emerging information-technology sector.