Africa's Defining Challenge - Creating Jobs for the Youth

opinion

Africa has the youngest population in the world, and it's growing fast. By 2055, the continent's youth population (aged 15-24), is expected to be more than double the 2015 total of 226 million. Yet the continent remains stubbornly inhospitable - politically, economically, and socially - to young people.

African governments' efforts to address this will be the single most important factor determining whether the continent prospers or suffers in the coming decades.

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