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Rise of the retail mall

The growth of the retail market across the continent has been something to behold. Here at home, malls are coming up at a dizzying speed, but what effects do they have? SHEILA KIMANI explores

Africa is on a quest to break the third world ‘sluggish economic development’ curse and with countries like Kenya working towards achieving their millennium development goals, citizens can only hope for better quality of life.

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