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 ilivyotaarifiwa katika utangulizi wa ebook, "mwanzoni mwa milenia mpya, ilihisi kana kwamba bara la Afrika kwa msingi liliandikwa na jumuiya ya kimataifa... takwimu za hivi karibuni zinadokeza kwamba uchumi wenye kukua haraka zaidi duniani uko katika Afrika ya Kusini mwa Jangwa la Sahara."