BBC News - Letter from Africa: A brighter future in Dubai?

"In our series of letters from Africa journalists, London-based Ugandan writer Joel Kibazo says he was surprised by the number of Africans he met during a visit to Dubai.

Every so often we all have what I call a "shaking-head moment", when something hits you and your mind can't quite adjust to what you are hearing or seeing.

A couple of weeks ago, I arrived in Dubai on a late flight and having checked into the hotel I decided only a wake-up call would save me from oversleeping and missing my first meeting the next day."

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