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The path to greater productivity and prosperity in Africa

The McKinsey Podcast

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The Importance of Culture in the African Economy

There's 840 million hectares of untapped agricultural land on the continent. We really need to figure out how to enhance the productivity of our current operations, he says. Agriculture is one of the lowest productivity sectors across the continent. If we match what the Indian economy or the Indian agricultural sector went through between 80s and 90s, it could potentially add 200 billion to the African economy by 2030.

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