Surprise: Inside Africa's Great Economic Leap

In corporate boardrooms and global-investment seminars, more CEOs and business leaders are talking about Africa. That much was evident at a recent New York Stock Exchange investor conference, where along with references to Africa as the â??new Asiaâ? or â??home of the next Googleâ? there were forward outlooks by Wall Street analysts, representatives of the continentâ??s 29 stock exchanges, and presentations on Africaâ??s tech industry, now claiming mobile-banking innovations outpacing the United States and Europe.