The continent’s demographic surge will drive much of the globe’s workforce growth, Samia Suluhu Hassan has told SPIEF
One quarter of the world’s population will be African by mid-century, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Friday.
Speaking at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, Hassan highlighted Africa’s growing demographic and economic weight.
“By 2050, one in four human beings on this planet will be African,” she said in her opening remarks. “Africa will be the only…
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