In its last full year, Stallion Group raked in $3.72bn in revenues, but that’s small fry compared to what’s next. Vaswani says he is hoping to create investment opportunities to the tune of $9bn by partnering with big international firms to help develop the continent.

“The next two decades may see Africa emerge as a very strong world economy,” Vaswani told Arabian Business recently. “The change will be driven by a growing captive demand, a surging middle class, increasing the willpower of governments to make the region self-sufficient, an improved investment climate that will aid foreign investment and take advantage of natural resources. Africa could potentially see massive capital inflows as the perception of risk gradually diminishes in the coming years.”