Sunday, January 6, 2013

Africa: Explaining the rapidly expanding middle class

African middle class family in Lusaka, Zambia. PHOTO/Georgina Smith/The Guardian

By Fred Ojambo

Africa’s middle class is growing at a faster rate than that of its population.

Experts have attributed the growth of the middle class to increased investments in the service sector, the unlocking of the continent’s vast natural resources and sound economic policies countries have been pursuing in the past two decades.

"The liberalization of African economies has resulted in

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