Paint a picture of Africa and its place in the world (800-1200 words)

Attention Africa experts and writers!  Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context invites you to contribute your thoughts on the promise of Africa’s role in the global economy through an essay contest.  The winners will receive a cash prize and travel stipend to join us here for the October 25-26 conference:  Africa’s Turn?: The Promise and Reality of the Global Economy’s “Final Frontier.”

Whether or not you choose to enter the essay contest, we hope you will join us for what is sure to be an interesting two days.  (The conference is free and open to the public.)