WHEN the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched its latest regional economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa in Johannesburg recently, Africa director Antoinette Sayeh gave a public briefing that included a long-term forecast of enormous importance: "By 2035, the number of sub-Saharan Africans reaching working age (15-64) will exceed that of the rest of the world combined." Africa’s big demographic transition was a main topic in the fund’s last regional outlook...
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