Luanda is changing fast. A few years after the end of a devastating civil war, cranes are crowding the skyline of Angola's capital. Derelict buildings are being spruced up, smart new houses and office blocks are sprouting. Roads are being patched up, which may ease the city's maddening traffic jams. Last year Angola's economy grew by an estimated 15.5%, the fastest on the continent. But the rest of Africa has also been doing well: a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that Africa's economy grew by almost 5% last year, and is expected to do even better this year and next. At the World Economic Forum's annual get-together this month on Africa, the mood was un-usually bullish. Is Africa, often dubbed the hopeless continent, finally taking off?
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