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Macron is making another big play for Africa, this time for its startups

Macron is making another big play for Africa, this time for its startups

Paris France has had a long centuries-long relationship with Africa—in particular with the countries it colonized until the early 1960s. Those countries, mainly in West and Central Africa and also in North Africa, are home to more than 120 million people. Unlike Britain, the other major colonizer of Africa, France’s post-colonial ties have remained firm,…