"Africa rising" will remain a children's fairy tale unless governments protect the continent's young people
Africa is the world's youngest continent. About 40% of Africans - some 416m people - are 14 years old or younger, according to a 2012 African Development Bank report. Another 200m between the ages of 15 and 24 live on the continent, according to the OECD, a Paris-based think-tank.
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