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A Generational Opportunity to Leapfrog.
Most demographically dynamic region in the world. By 2050, 1 in every 4 people in the world will be African and the continent’s workforce will total 1 billion. Over the next decade, 74% of global population growth of 18-23 years olds will be in 10 countries – 9 of which are in Africa.
The digital transformation of education will drive exponential gains in the access and affordability of learning in Africa, helping to combat demand for quality education that outstrips supply.
Radical improvements in learning outcomes will be seen through personalized, adaptive and data-driven learning solutions that can help offset extreme teacher challenges and increases in learning poverty.
Skills-focused, competency-based learning – combined with the emergence of faster, cheaper, more relevant pathways to employment – creates unprecedented opportunities to connect learning to jobs.
As the global distributed workforce becomes a reality, new models of education and learning in Africa can develop a talent pipeline for the world.