Jon Halverson, with the U.S. African Development Program in Tanzania, talks about the emerging middle class in that country and the potential for economic growth in Africa, on Sat., Feb. 16, 2008.

William Massawe, who manages a Tanzanian business consulting firm that receives money from ADF, talks about the need for more small and medium-sized businesses to close the gap between the lower class merchants and the giant industry firms, on Monday, Feb. 18, 2008.

Flotea Massawe, a married mother of five, demonstrates how she started her textile and accessory business in her living room, and is now filling orders of between 15,000 and 25,000 products for Macy's and Hallmark, on Monday, Feb. 18, 2008.

Videos by Jon Ward. Production by Chris McGonigal

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