Over 40% of the people in sub-Saharan Africa live below the international poverty line of US1 per day. Africa’s share of world trade has plummeted, accounting for less than 2% and more than 140 million young Africans are illiterate, the continent has entered the 21st century still confronted by the hard realities of deep-rooted poverty, death from curable diseases, illiteracy, international marginalization and general underdevelopment, with little prospects for growth and development” - Mbeki