This is the video of a lecture by the South African Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool on South Africa joining BRIC countries as the leading African emerging economy. He discusses South Africa's role as Africa's leading economy and a model for diversified, sustainable emerging markets. This talk was sponsored by Boston University, the Center for Finance, Law and Policy, the African Presidential Center, in cooperation with: the African Studies Center, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and the Global Development Policy Program.