President Mahama urges Africa to act on rapid youth population growth

President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated the need for African governments to urgently address the challenges posed by the continent’s rapidly growing youth population.

He warned that Africa’s demographic surge could become a ticking time bomb if governments fail to create enough jobs for the millions of young people entering the labour market each year.

Speaking during a panel discussion at a Public-Private Partnership Dialogue in Japan, as part of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, President Mahama stressed that traditional sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing alone could not absorb the rising workforce.

He identified the creative industry, renewable energy, and digital startups as emerging areas capable of generating jobs at a faster rate than the traditional economy, urging governments to channel greater investments into those sectors.

Source: GNA

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