About the Author

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JAKE BRIGHT is a writer, consultant, and Whitehead Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association focusing on global finance, business, and Africa's transformation. He contributes as an editor and independently for publications including Fortune, The Financial Times This Is Africa, Bloomberg LP, and U.S. News & World Report. Bright speaks frequently on international business topics in media and thought leadership forums.

AUBREY HRUBY is an advisor to investors and companies doing business in Africa.  In her decade of working across 20 plus African countries as the former Managing Director of the Whitaker Group and through her own companies, she helped to facilitate over $2 billion in investment and capital to the region. She is a Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center and speaks regularly on African business issues.