As stated in the ebook introduction, "At the start of the new millennium, it felt as though the African continent was essentially written off by the international community... recent statistics suggest that nine of the fastest-growing economies in the world are in Sub-Saharan Africa."
Kama ilivyosemwa katika utangulizi wa kitabu-pepe kicho, "Katika mwanzo wa mileniam mpya, ilionekana kama bara la Afrika lilikuwa limeachwa na jumuiya ya kimataifa.... takwimu za hivi karibuni zinaonyesha kuwa uchumi wa nchi nane unaokua kwa kasi zaidi duniani uko katika eneo la Kusini mwa Jangwa la Sahara."