African leaders have failed their people through a lack of foresight and strategic thinking. But, if those leaders can understand how they can bring their nations into the race to the top of economic prosperity, their people will benefit.

This month our host of the Unleash Africa podcast, John Akhile, author of ​Unleashed: a New Paradigm of African Trade with the World​, discusses job creation, exporting, hard currency, and the often overlooked opportunity in the cell phone and handset industries.

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