In less than 3 generations, 41% of the world’s youth will be African

Sudanese billionaire, Mo Ibrahim’s foundation recently released a report on African youths titled,African Youths: Fulfilling the Potential.The report contains several interesting facts on Africa’s youthful population. Check them out below:

In less than 3 generations, 41% of the world’s youth will be African

By 2035, Africa’s labour force will be larger than China’s

At the end of the century, Africa will have the lowest dependency ratio in the world

Young Africans are more literate than their parents, but more unemployed

By 2050, over 1/4 of the world’s labour force will be African

Between 2010 and 2020, Africa will add 163 million people to its potential labour force

Over the next 10 years, there will be 108 million more school-age children in Africa

Africa spends more on secondary education than the global average

The youngest athlete in the 2012 Olympic Games was a 13 year-old Togolese swimmer

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