Article 3Z0FX The African youth boom: what's worrying Bill Gates | Polly Toynbee

The African youth boom: what's worrying Bill Gates | Polly Toynbee

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Polly Toynbee
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The philanthropist warns that stability in Africa makes a huge difference to the world, and that investing in the health and education of its young people is vital

What worries Bill Gates most? The booming population of Africa looms over his foundation's latest global survey. By the end of this century there will be 4 billion more people on Earth - and 3 billion of these extra souls will be born in Africa. The challenge, he says, is that "Africa must almost quadruple its agricultural productivity to feed itself. That's very daunting."

The philanthropist is torn between sending out a message of hope and a message of fear when I meet him at his foundation's spacious campus in the heart of his hometown, Seattle.

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