Phuthuma Nhleko: Africa must rebuild confidence for 2050 growth test

Phuthuma Nhleko: Africa must rebuild confidence for 2050 growth test

Phuthuma Nhleko, the former MTN Group chief who helped turn the telecoms company into a continental powerhouse, says Africa’s biggest obstacle to future growth may be psychological as much as economic.In his new book, The Invisible People: How a Quarter of Humanity Can Thrive in Africa by 2050, Nhleko argues the continent needs what he calls reconstructive surgery on identity, a more confident, shared sense of self that can match the scale of wh…