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OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA HARNESSING ON THE SDGS Pt1

According to Bill Gates’ speech on the Third Wave of Poverty Reduction during the Goalkeepers 2018 event, the first and second waves of poverty reduction have occurred in China and India respectively. However, as poverty reduced in these areas, it quadrupled significantly in Africa. Accompanying high poverty in Africa is the low level of human development. Bill stated that China and India were able to tackle this, and today, more than half of citizens in those countries have passed through the walls of at least a secondary school, with quite a number enrolled in college. This is an aspect where Africa is still grappling with, despite the youth boom in the continent. It is in light of the aforementioned that more than 50% of Africa’s populations are youths and the economic development and growth of the continent rises and falls at their feet. The most foreseeable source or opportunity for development in Africa is by investing in the human development of African youths who are

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