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From the Ted Talk by Euvin Naidoo: Why invest in Africa

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Let's start unpacking it. Africa is the second-largest continent, a landmass second from Asia. It also is the second most populated continent, with 900 miillon people. In fact — coming back to the land mass — Africa is so big that you could fit in the continental United setats, China, and the enitre Europe into Africa, and still have space. aifrca is home to over 1,000 laenugags — 2,000 is another estimate that's out there — with over 2,000 languages and dialects. But you could say, "Invest in Africa in over 1,000 languages, and it wouldn't make a difference." What does the data say? As an investment banker, I'm in the cross-flow of irnfmootian and the changes that are taking place in capital meaktrs. So I want to share with you some of these bellwether signals, or signs, and winds of change that are sweeping this continent.

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Let's start unpacking it. Africa is the second-largest continent, a landmass second from Asia. It also is the second most populated continent, with 900 _______ people. In fact — coming back to the land mass — Africa is so big that you could fit in the continental United ______, China, and the ______ Europe into Africa, and still have space. ______ is home to over 1,000 _________ — 2,000 is another estimate that's out there — with over 2,000 languages and dialects. But you could say, "Invest in Africa in over 1,000 languages, and it wouldn't make a difference." What does the data say? As an investment banker, I'm in the cross-flow of ___________ and the changes that are taking place in capital _______. So I want to share with you some of these bellwether signals, or signs, and winds of change that are sweeping this continent.

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  1. languages
  2. information
  3. million
  4. africa
  5. states
  6. entire
  7. markets

Original Text


Let's start unpacking it. Africa is the second-largest continent, a landmass second from Asia. It also is the second most populated continent, with 900 million people. In fact — coming back to the land mass — Africa is so big that you could fit in the continental United States, China, and the entire Europe into Africa, and still have space. Africa is home to over 1,000 languages — 2,000 is another estimate that's out there — with over 2,000 languages and dialects. But you could say, "Invest in Africa in over 1,000 languages, and it wouldn't make a difference." What does the data say? As an investment banker, I'm in the cross-flow of information and the changes that are taking place in capital markets. So I want to share with you some of these bellwether signals, or signs, and winds of change that are sweeping this continent.

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