African youth liberating the future
Globally, 52% of the world’s population is under 30. Africa has the youngest population in the world, with 70% of the Sub Saharan population aged under 30.
This is all on the backdrop of the expected population growth of 1,5 billion people by the year 2050, by far most of it happening in Africa. This makes clear that the world’s future rests within the African continent. Whether it is ecologically (60% of uncultivated arable land) or by demography, what will happen in Africa will largely influence what will happen with humanity as a whole.
The possibility clearly exists to catalyse systemic change by building opportunities for African youth through self-liberation and self-organisation, allowing for self-designed models of development, from the bottom-up both personally and collectively.
By asking critical questions, an environment could be created among African youth and various actors, to raise awareness and realisation of this opportunity. It could lead to:
- Mobilising youth to develop an understanding of self that is outside domestic and global narratives.
- Developing pathways for these ideas to permeate broader society by transitioning out of the dominant mechanisms that shape (and inhibit) their lives.
The African continent has deep knowledge about resilience and adaptation in crises to share with the world.
Together with partners, we developed recommendations and experiments to transcend gridlocks in African development practices.
We kinda need a revolution – podcast series
This special series of podcast episodes features guests drawn from a cross generational network of politics, business, research, and educational settings from different regions in Africa. It explores hot-topic issues relating to improving intergenerational collaboration in business and governance.