As many know this century has been dubbed the Asian Century. But I want to discuss the current backwater continent that is Africa.
As it stands currently Africa is the second largest continent and populous continent. Population projections currently place that by the year 2050, Africa's population can double by the year 2050, more than half of the world’s population growth between now and 2050 will occur on the continent. By the end of the century Africa can very well be the home to 4.2 billion people second only to that of Asia. This will put Africa’s percent share of the global population from 17% currently to 39% by 2100, while Asia's share of the population is projected to dwindle from 59% in 2020 to 43% in 2100.
Optimism for the Future:
Africa has endless growth opportunities if it can work hard to modernize and industrialize as well as curb low education, poverty, and corruption. 2100 can very well be the year of Africa.
Pessimism for the Future:
I am really excited to see how Africa plays out this century, if the nations make the right choices they can become the future center of the world . As for Somalia, I believe we could play a massive role in the continent’s future, but we are too busy herding camels and circlejerking our qabils.
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As it stands currently Africa is the second largest continent and populous continent. Population projections currently place that by the year 2050, Africa's population can double by the year 2050, more than half of the world’s population growth between now and 2050 will occur on the continent. By the end of the century Africa can very well be the home to 4.2 billion people second only to that of Asia. This will put Africa’s percent share of the global population from 17% currently to 39% by 2100, while Asia's share of the population is projected to dwindle from 59% in 2020 to 43% in 2100.
Optimism for the Future:
Africa has endless growth opportunities if it can work hard to modernize and industrialize as well as curb low education, poverty, and corruption. 2100 can very well be the year of Africa.
- Africa currently has the youngest population in the world, this could help accelerate economic growth due to the disproportionality of economically active individuals to those dependent on aid and care, as well as trade incentives, and consumer incentives.
- Abundance and range of natural resources, holds large percentages of the world metal deposits.
- Africa is home to 60% of the worlds uncultivated arable land, yet Africa still imports food due to bad practices and lack of skill.
- As the west had support developing Asian economies (China, SK, etc) for their own economical gain. These same Asian countries along with the west benefit greatly for the same reason. Export dependent nations will need markets, and Africa has the population.
- African Union, can tie and unite the countries economically fast tracking trade within the nation, building relations, as well as being a supranational organization dwarfing that of the EU. To do so it requires judicial legitimacy.
- Africa sits in one of the best positions for trade and commerce to its north west lies Europe, to its north east is Arabia, and to its East is Asia.
Pessimism for the Future:
- Africa is so far behind any hopes of catching up were lost 70 years ago, as more technically advanced nations leave them behind.
- African nations are far too militarily and politically vulnerable to be able to face up to any other country as it currently stands. There are high chances of exploitation to occur because of this.
- Climate change is predicted to hit the continent the hardest, it could cause the greatest humanitarian crisis in history.
- Population growth may be more of a dagger that curses Africa, population can outpace foreign aid, leading to already weak governments to fail to keep up.
I am really excited to see how Africa plays out this century, if the nations make the right choices they can become the future center of the world . As for Somalia, I believe we could play a massive role in the continent’s future, but we are too busy herding camels and circlejerking our qabils.
Population
Our growing population In 1950, five years after the founding of the United Nations, world population was estimated at around 2.6 billion people. It reached 5 billion in 1987and 6 billion in 1999. In October 2011, the global population was estimated to be 7 billion. A global movement "7 Billion...
How Africa will be affected by climate change
The African continent is more vulnerable than any other region to the world's changing weather patterns.
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