Ghana: 8th African Population Confab Opens in Uganda

19 November 2019

Entebbe — The 8th African Population Conference, the largest scientific gathering on population issues on the continent, opened here in Entebbe in Uganda on Monday, with a call by Uganda President Yoweri Museveni for African governments to invest in skills training for its people to become "the engine of economic growth."

The President whose speech was read by his Vice Edward Ssekande, said Africa's bulging population bracket of 15-64 constituted the potential labour force for the continent and must be given the innovative skills and education for the continent to realise the demographic dividend for sustainable economic growth.

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