Ozwald Boateng Steps in as Guest Editor for a Leading Issue of New African

LONDON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

The leading pan-African current affairs magazine, New African, has just published its May edition, guest edited by the internationally renowned Ghanaian designer Ozwald Boateng, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and founder of the Made in Africa Foundation.

This new issue looks at a Future Made in Africa and, in a 60 page supplement, celebrates the Organisation of African Unity's (now the AU's) golden jubilee. It has a strong focus on infrastructure, which reflects the work of the Made in Africa foundation - a $400m fund to finance feasibility studies to fast-track infrastructure investment throughout Africa.

Editorial contributors include Tony Blair, President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson, Tony Elumelu, Mo Ibrahim, David Adjaye, Jay Naidoo, Omar Bongo Ondimba, Minna Salami, Swaady Martin-Leke, and Kandeh Yumkella and Babatunde Fashola.

In its "Trailblazers under 50" feature, New African presents its selection of 50 Africans under the age of 50, who are breaking ground and raising hopes for Africa's future.  The list includes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alex Wek, Didier Drogba, Hadeel Ibrahim, David Rudisha, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Juliana Totich, P-Square, Dambisa Moyo and its very own readers.

In his introductory article "Why our future should be made in Africa". Boateng insists "If the world is to get beyond boom and bust, it requires African creators, farmers, workers, industrialists and leaders to be given the tools and opportunities to play their part for the good of all".

Omar Ben Yedder, publisher of New African magazine, commented: "Ozwald Boateng has done a fantastic job and this really is a collector's item - one which we hope will be read and studied in schools and universities across Africa. It was a true learning experience working on this issue".

The May 2013 issue is available on newsstands and local vendors now.

Made In Africa Foundation

The Made In Africa Foundation is a charitable organisation, established to support strategic infrastructure projects and create sustainable solutions to some of Africa's most pressing problems. It works to support technical feasibility studies, to kick start key infrastructure developments and to engage the African diaspora in innovative fund-raising activities. The Foundation was founded in 2011 by international designer Ozwald Boateng OBE, and Nigerian businessman Kola Aluko, and is supported by Atlantic Energy.