Obama's Message of Hope Rings True in Call For Africa to Flourish...

Yet there is one place in the world where it appeared to remain undimmed on Saturday. The spirit of 2008 was shining in Kenya as the country embraced its “son of the soil” on his first visit since reaching the White House. Nairobi gave Obama its adulation. In return, the man who embodied the American dream offered a vision of the African dream. Whereas previous US presidents have offered charity and aid, Obama told a summit of entrepreneurs in Nairobi that Africa’s time had come as a place of innovation, with young people, and especially women, poised to transform the continent. “I wanted to be here because Africa is on the move,” he said. “This continent needs to be a future hub of global growth, not just African growth.