Glaxo and Unilever Take Note: How General Electric and Coca-Cola Are Winning In Africa

Once more, a major business figure is predicting an African century. This time the continent's optimist is Sir Andrew Witty, chief executive of drugs group Glaxo SmithKline. His company is to plough £130m over five years into its factories in Kenya and Nigeria and build up to five more plants in countries potentially including Ghana, Rwanda and Ethiopia.