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African population growth could create opportunity or crisis zone

By Joel Gehrke
Published December 27, 2022 9:00am ET
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African population growth could create opportunity or crisis zone
Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum is on a mission to build about 46,000 schools in his country, which has one of lowest literacy rates in the world — and a population expected to nearly triple by 2050. “Success is very slow,” Bazoum acknowledged in an interview with the Washington Examiner. “We’re still at the beginning stages […]

Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum is on a mission to build about 46,000 schools in his country, which has one of lowest literacy rates in the world — and a population expected to nearly triple by 2050.

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