NEW YORK — Africa’s population is expected to double by 2050, creating what OECD Development Centre Director Mario Pezzini calls “another Africa.”
“Africa is going to have an enormous demographic increase in the years to come. Up until now it has been comparable to the one in India and in China. But from now on it would be unprecedented, in terms of volume and speed,” Pezzini said.
Sustainable investment is necessary to keep pace with the growing population, according to Pezzini. But the question becomes how that investment should take form.