How will Africa's youth population drive global growth? | World ...
2023年8月16日 · Africa is a continent teeming with youthful energy and untapped potential, boasting the world’s youngest population with more than 60% of the continent's population under the age of 25. This burgeoning youth population is projected to grow even further, as Africa's population is expected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050 , up from 1.4 billion today.
Africa's population growth will triple by 2050 | World Economic …
2020年1月13日 · Africa’s urban population is expected to nearly triple by 2050, to 1.34 billion. Coupled with a high rate of urban primacy in African countries (whereby one city is multiple times bigger than the next nearest) and the high number of mega cities, enormous stress is going to be placed on the physical, political, economic and societal ...
Why Africa's youth hold the key to its development potential
2022年9月19日 · This growth tends to be viewed as a strain on almost all developmental capabilities. Today, more than 60% of Africa’s population is under the age of 25. By 2030, young Africans are expected to constitute 42% of global youth. For any policymaker this is obviously seen as a challenge: more mouths to feed, more bodies to keep healthy, millions ...
15 facts about the Indian diaspora in Africa
2015年6月25日 · 3. Large populations are also found in Mauritius, where they number an estimated 715,000, or 60% of the population, and Reunion, at 220,000 or a third of the population. East Africa is also home to a large number of Diaspora Indians. In Kenya, people of Indian descent number about 100,000, in Tanzania, they come to about 90,000, and Uganda ...
Africa is the world leader in digital and mobile banking | World ...
2023年11月21日 · Today, 48% of Africa’s population uses banking services, according to the African Digital Banking Transformation Report 2023. While this still means that around half of the population is unbanked and cash remains the dominant form of payment, digital banking continues to expand at pace across the continent.
Bill Gates has a warning about population growth
2018年9月19日 · “Population growth in Africa is a challenge,” Gates told reporters in a telephone briefing about the report’s findings. Image: Gates Foundation It found that poverty in Africa is increasingly concentrated in a few countries, which also have among the fastest-growing populations in the world.
The world’s 10 youngest populations are all in Africa
2016年5月9日 · Africa’s youthful population is often touted as a major advantage for the continent. An increasing working-age population is a major opportunity for economic growth in Africa. The World Bank estimates that this demographic dividend could generate 11-15% GDP growth between 2011 and 2030.
How Africa's fintech boom can boost inclusive healthcare
2023年6月19日 · This growth is partly fuelled by increased mobile phone adoption and expanding network coverage, coupled with a young and rapidly urbanizing population. Africa is the frontrunner in mobile money innovation and adoption, accounting for almost 70% of the world’s $1 trillion mobile money market.
African cities will double in population by 2050. Here are 4 ways to ...
2018年6月27日 · Africa’s 1.1 billion citizens will likely double in number by 2050, and more than 80% of that increase will occur in cities, especially slums. The implications of this turbo-charged growth are hard to fathom. Consider how Lagos - already Africa’s largest city - is predicted to expand by an astonishing 77 people every hour between now and 2030.
Empower Africa’s youth to create jobs, growth and peace
2024年1月9日 · The United Nations projects that sub-Saharan Africa will account for more than half of the growth of the world’s population between 2022 and 2050. That means that by 2050, one out of every four people on earth, and more than a third of the world’s young people (between the ages of 15 and 24), are expected to be African.