"This is a very major geopolitical development [which] will be for Africans a great growth opportunity," Hale said.
Hale also projected that at the current rate of imbalanced development, Frankfurt and other European cities would become urban centers for "old women" being cared for by black Africans and Middle Eastern women.
Wald advocated a comprehensive approach that would address Africa's AIDS problems and economic development, as well as the need to build regional military alliances to provide rapid-fire peacekeeping responses.
"What Africa needs more than anything is intellectual capital," Wald said. "It's not that they are dumb people ... but they can learn from our ethos."
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