The purpose of this book is to focus attention on the urgent need for accurate, comprehensive and pertinent information for businessmen, managers, politicians, diplomats, financial institutions, academics, students and journalists about the rapidly changing place of the African Continent of the 21st century, which today more than ever is a 'must' for investment. The book begins with five main chapters of a macro-historical and economic nature on the basis of the authors many years of experience working in Africa with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on various types of economic Aid projects.