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From Richard Attias
Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.
Africa's informal economy is one of the most innovative and inventive environments in the world. Yet it is an environment with little regulation in which workers are often exposed to hard conditions and live without a safety net.
What the Olympics and other mega-events have shown is that the significant investment required to host an international games successfully has the power to transform a region, and even a nation.
The cost of infrastructure development to host a mega-event can be offset against economic growth over future decades.
Even an unsuccessful Olympic bid can be the source of change within a city if organizers adhere to their vision.
In the organization of any major sporting event or the planning of a building, long-term thinking is key.
Global sports tournaments have a range of benefits that go far beyond the games themselves. They can transform the image of a country or a region. They bring people together and reveal new possibilities to a nation's youth.
Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success.
Africa's agricultural sector has enormous scope for development, which would benefit both the continent's economy and its people.
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