Every time we talk about Africa’s future, the conversation seems to revolve around the same themes: investment, industrialisation, manufacturing and economic growth. Across the continent, governments are competing to attract investors, entrepreneurs are scaling businesses, and commentators are describing Africa as the world’s next growth story. As someone who writes about health, I have found myself listening to these conversations differently. The more I thought about it, the more I realised that economic growth and public health are not separate conversations. They are deeply connected. It started with cocoa. Last week, Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire....