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Evolving in tandem with this exponential population growth is a rate of urbanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa that is unmatched in the rest of the world. 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 ...
For decades, development reports have called out African countries for their unsustainable demographic growth. 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.
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.
They largely move to neighbouring countries. Between 2015 and 2017, for example, the number of African international migrants living within the region jumped from 16 million to around 19 million. Within the same period, there was only a moderate increase in the number of Africans moving outside the continent, from around 16 million to 17 million.
The result is sprawling, fragmented and hyper-informal cities. Not surprisingly, African cities are remarkably expensive to live in. According to the World Bank, African cities are 29% more expensive overall than non-African cities with similar income levels.
Joe Myers. Niger is Africa’s, and the world’s, youngest country with a median age of just 14.8 - exactly half the global figure of 29.6 years. And all ten of the world’s youngest countries are in Africa, as seen in this chart based on United Nations data. Image: United Nations. As The Economist reports, the average birth rate for a woman ...
The diaspora’s contribution to economic growth in Africa. With more than 70% of the African continent lacking internet access, digital literacy is one of the main developmental challenges on the continent. Despite this, the continent has seen the emergence of technological innovations – in sectors such as agriculture, healthcare and fintech ...
The top 10. Niger is set to have the world’s youngest population in 2020, with a median age of just 15.2-years-old. The West African country has the world’s highest birth rate, with every woman having an average of 7.2 children over the course of her lifetime. As a result, the country’s population is set to nearly triple by 2050.
Listen to the article. The African Union (AU) has been made a permanent member of the G20, in a move that has been broadly welcomed for giving the continent an important voice on key global issues. The G20 represents around 85% of global GDP and 75% of global trade, as well as two-thirds of the world’s population, prior to the AU joining.
African population served by off-grid renewable energy between 2009-2019. Image: IRENA Nearly 60 million people in Africa already have electricity access through off-grid solutions, according to IRENA data, and the number is likely to increase substantially as more African countries seek ways to fulfil their energy access targets.