Africa is a continent on the move, trying to climb from the bottom up. Many regions on the African continent are suffering from extreme climates, environmental degradation, colonial trauma, language barriers, HIV, illiteracy, poverty, famine, artificial borders, dictators and armed conflicts. But at the same time, Africa is also a continent of tremendous unleashed potential of natural resources, human capital and economic activities. For several years in a row now, Africa is the fastest growing region in the roll-out of ICT infrastructure, especially mobile. In FreedomLab’s new study into this continent we sketch a thorough picture on the status quo of many of the aspects of the African growth dynamics. And we’ll discuss the hurdles as well as the tremendous opportunities.