It may be hard to imagine that population growth in Africa could do anything but exacerbate the continents current issues with food shortages and infectious disease. But according to Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, Africa’s high population growth may propel Africa’s economy forward.
The continent has a young median age of 19.7 and the predicted population growth rate hints that this median may stay low for years to come.
