Out of Africa: Good News

Growing economies, growing exports and perhaps most significantly, the fastest growth in cell phones and internet on any continent -- that's the news out of Africa that's not about AIDS, UN abuses or government corruption.

I particularly like the idea of the spread of communication tools that are difficult for authoritarian government to control. Despots try hard to control the media, and these alternative new media are a major threat to them.

Read more at Outside the Beltway. (h/t Instapundit)