As African countries continue to fight for a place in the global arena, it is paramount that they reflect on the history of successful countries and businesses to help guide them to economic success.

In this episode, our host John Akhile, author of Unleashed: A New Paradigm of African Trade with the World, offers the notion that African leaders need to take the blueprint that has already been laid out for them to avoid the pitfalls that have plagued other countries in the past, and instead, focus on building the private sector on their quest for prosperity.

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