Carlos Lopes is Professor at Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and Visiting Professor at Sciences Po in Paris, France.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Reflecting on Africa's Contemporary Dynamics.- Chapter 2: Changing Politics.- Chapter 3: Respecting Diversity.- Chapter 4: Understanding Policy Space.- Chapter 5: Structural Transformation through Industrialisation.- Chapter 6: Increasing Agricultural Productivity.- Chapter 7: Revisiting the Social Contract.- Chapter 8: Adjusting to Climate Change.- Chapter 9: Inserting Agency in the Relations with China.- Chapter 10: Conclusions.