01/10/2023
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 13% of the world’s working age population; a number that is set to increase to more than 17% by 2030, the world’s second largest after Asia.
With more than 60% of its population under the age of 25, Sub-Saharan Africa is already the world’s youngest region today –
and, by 2030, will be home to more than one-quarter of the world’s total under-25 population.
Over this period, the region is projected to expand the size of its workforce by more than the rest of the world combined, as its young population, the best- educated and globally connected the continent has ever had, enters the world of work.
By leveraging this demographic opportunity, SubSaharan Africa has the potential to unleash new economic possibilities created by future industries and labour markets, dramatically raising labour productivity and per capita incomes,
diversifying its economy, and becoming an engine for stable economic growth, high-skilled talent and job creation
for decades to come.
Today, however, Sub- Saharan Africa is far removed from making optimal use of
its human capital potential and under-prepared for the impending disruption to jobs and skills
brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Rise up Africa!
