Though benefiting from little media coverage over the past years, several large areas in Africa have seemed to break free from the vicious circles of poverty and have been posting outstanding growth rates for many consecutive years. While economists often shrugged before, looking at high African growth rates, expecting them to collapse at the next political crisis, a handful of countries have been resisting crises and building their wealth and infrastructural resilience throughout instability phases, paving the way for long-term growth.