Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2012

Report | January 5, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa's Youth Bulge: A Demographic Dividend or Disaster?

By: Julius Agbor, Olumide Taiwo and Jessica Smith

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Sub-Saharan Africa's Youth Bulge: A Demographic Dividend or Disaster?

Julius Agbor

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Olumide Taiwo

and Jessica Smith analyze the implications of the growing youth population in Sub-Saharan Africa. They emphasize that African governments must heed the example set by the youth-led Arab Spring and push for greater inclusion of young people into their economies to avoid political instability in their own countries. 



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