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Cover story: Africa’s demographic dilemma: What jobs will there be for the continent’s youth?
Business Intelligence
- News and deals around Africa
Opinion
- What does the next World Bank president need to learn?
- Air links: How Africa can pilot a new route to prosperity
Cover story: Demographic dilemma
- As Africa’s population rises, will there be enough jobs for its young people?
- In numbers: Sixty years of demographic change
Special report: Women on the board
- Women gain ground in Africa’s boardrooms
- Women in the boardroom in data
- Interview: ‘Women did not have a proper place in business life,’ says Lynda Aphing-Kouassi
Special report: Nigeria’s election
- Buhari leaves a stricken economy
- Nigeria in numbers
- How Nigerian startups could do more for democracy
Features
- Africa’s entertainment and media industry is at a crossroads
- Interview: ‘Shows made in Africa, by Africans, get watched around the world,’ says Ben Amadsun, Director of Content, MEA, Netflix
- World Bank shakeup raises hopes and heated debate
- Are African stock exchanges fit for purpose?
- Can Islamic finance ride on the coattails of green bonds?
- Dark times may lie ahead for South Africa’s banks
- What you need to know about Africa’s debt distress
- Time for Africa to feed itself – outcomes of the Dakar 2 summit
- Southern Africa blackouts raise doubts over hydro’s future role
- Can Italy expand its natural gas ties with Libya?
Countryfiles
- ‘Hustler Fund’ offers hope to 19m Kenyans
- Should China be blamed for Zambia’s debt talks holdup?
- Guinea’s junta seems set to backtrack on mining pledges
Editor’s view
- How far do shares need to fall before women’s rights improve?
