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The good news on Africa's youthful demographicsWe all know that Africa is the youngest continent in the world in terms of its population demographics. With 300 million youngsters (63%) under the age of 25 years, Africa represents over 30% of the world's youth. In fact, of a population of 1.2 billion people, 42% of Africans are younger than 15 years and 21% are between 15 and 24 years old. In 20 years' time, 500 million of Africa's population will be under 25 years old. Those are significant stats and Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, secretary general UCLG Africa, believes that Africa's youth bulge is an opportunity to transform the continent, and where Africa's “renewal and renaissance will come from”. All eyes were also on the United States last week as the new administration faced its first AGOA summit with African leaders to discuss trade: AGOA, first approved in May 2000, provides duty-free access for more than 6,000 items exported from eligible sub-Saharan African countries. Today we launch a new column, Africa Achiever, to focus on those individuals doing interesting things on the African continent in the media and marketing industry. Our first #AfricaAchiever is co-founder of OMG Digital in Ghana, Jesse Arhin Ghansah. And click through to the Digital Marketing Focus trend report PDF, now live. To subscribe yourself or colleagues to the daily or weekly Africa newsletters which focus on media and marketing and general business-to-business news from the continent, click here.Have a great week! Louise Marsland Africa Editor: Bizcommunity.comComment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news".![Biz](https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/sprite/social/biz_24.png) | Weekly top stories |
| ![Africa's youth bulge is an opportunity to transform the continent](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405943-300x156.jpg) | [Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi] The persistence of conflicts and wars on the continent continues to fuel uncertainty for the resolve of African leaders to strive and propose a better life for the youth and future generations... read |
| ![Trump administration's first African Growth and Opportunity Act forum](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405387-300x156.jpg) | [Worku Gachou] This week, some 40 African finance and trade ministers, along with US government officials meet for the first time since Trump was elected, at the annual AGOA trade forum... read |
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| | ![#AfricaAchiever OMG Digital aims to reach Africa's millennials](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/406081.jpg) | Louise Marsland Our Africa Achiever this month is co-founder of OMG Digital in Ghana, Jesse Arhin Ghansah... read | | ![Rwandan entrepreneurs offer free app development training](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405972-120x120.jpg) | Code for Good aims to bring technology to youth in order to improve academic outcomes... read | | ![Police raid Congolese radio station for report on new tax](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405946-120x120.jpg) | Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should thoroughly and credibly investigate an August 5 police raid on Radio Télévision Chrétienne (RTC), return all seized equipment... read | | ![Egypt's Mosawer launches online photography platform](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405933-120x120.jpg) | Tom Jackson Egyptian startup Mosawer has launched what it claims to be the MENA region's first comprehensive platform allowing photographers and videographers to manage their workflow and gain exposure... read | | ![Challenges with being a PR agency exclusively to SMEs](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405853-120x120.jpg?2) | Thoriso Kolobe Thoriso Kolobe lists several challenges her PR agency faced by offering its services exclusively to SMEs... read | | ![Mozilla and fact-checker engine join fight on fake news](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405894-120x120.jpg?2) | Mozilla, the non-profit which runs the Firefox internet browser, said it was launching a drive against "fake news"... read | | ![Ghana gets SAP Africa Code Week](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405889.jpg) | Africa Code Week (ACW), which started in 2015 to equip parents, teachers and educators with the coding skills and teaching materials they need to train children and youth in their immediate communities, arrived back in Ghana this week... read | | ![Pamro confirms conference speakers](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405843-120x120.jpg?2) | The Pan African Media Research Organisation (Pamro) has confirmed the speakers for the 18th All Africa Media Research Conference... read | | ![Digital transformation must be driven from the top to ensure success](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405641-120x120.jpg?2) | Richard Mullins Businesses that succeed in the digital age will be those that drive digital transformation from the top as a strategic imperative... read | | ![Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, at Google for Nigeria event in Lagos.](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405787-120x120.jpg) | Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor Google is committed to preparing 10 million people for the jobs of the future in the next five years, making the internet work better for everyone in Africa... read | | ![Why we chose 9Mobile as our new name - CEO](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405786-120x120.jpg) | Nigeria's telecommunications company, formerly known as Etisalat Nigeria, has launched its new brand identity - 9mobile, with the unveiling of a new name and logo... read | | ![Aliko Dangote speaking during the Afreximbank annual general meeting in Kigali, Rwanda.](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405785-120x120.jpg) | The ups and downs of building a pan-African business: in conversation with Aliko Dangote... read | | ![Digital economy gets a boost with SACS installation](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405783-120x120.jpg) | Watershed moment for African internet: installation of first direct subsea link between Africa and South America begins in Angola... read | | ![#Loeries2017: What the hell happened to women in leadership? Facebook's Nunu Ntshingila comments...](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405779-120x120.jpg?2) | Jessica Tennant Something Facebook Africa's regional director, Nunu Ntshingila finds interesting having spent much time in advertising is that despite there being no shortage of women in the industry, there don't seem to be nearly enough in leadership roles... read | | ![iflix raises $133m funding for expansion](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405731-120x120.jpg) | iflix has secured additional $133 million funding, led by Hearst, following on its successful global rollout of its service in emerging markets, including Africa... read | | ![Nzola Swasisa. 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Image: Alphaspirit © -](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/404968-120x120.jpg?2) | Leigh Andrews A social media crisis is the worst nightmare for many companies, but often happens with the click of a button. Don't panic, though - rather take a deep breath and read up on Mike Stopforth's tips to take the 'cry' out of crisis... read | | ![Gender intelligent design: What brands, product designers and customer services need to know](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405499.jpg) | Issued by Kantar TNS Women are from Venus and men are from Mars, or so say the tired tropes. Yet, at a time where gender roles are in flux, brands should be designing to gender differences... read | | | ![Is it time for your brand to evolve?](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/404876-120x120.jpg?2) | Jessica Edgson All brands eventually need to evolve as the world changes, but to different degrees and at different paces. How do you know your brand is ready? read | | ![Digital and technology no longer just a marketing channel](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/404913-120x120.jpg?4) | Bradley Elliott Bradley Elliott discuss how digital agencies and business consultancies can no longer afford to operate in isolation, with more and more companies demanding multiple functions in a single solution... read | | ![Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Robert Iger says two new streaming television services represent a "strategic shift" for the media-entertainment giant.](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405839-120x120.jpg?2) | NEW YORK - Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it is launching two new streaming television services including one for its ESPN-branded sports channel, while ending its deal with Netflix as it shifts towards direct content distribution... read | | ![Facebook's new professional video service called Watch is touted as a new platform for creators.](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405841-120x120.jpg?2) | SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is rolling out a new video service offering professionally produced shows in a challenge to rivals such as YouTube, and potentially to streaming providers like Netflix... read | | More International | |
| ![Pixabay via](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/404881-120x120.jpg?2) | Rising rice production is one of the few positives of Nigeria's recession, which is the West African country's worst in 25 years. Today about 5.7 million tonnes of rice are being produced every year... read | | ![antoine penda via](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/404850-120x120.jpg?2) | Umberto Bacchi A new technique using artificial intelligence to predict where deforestation is most likely to occur could help the DRC preserve its shrinking rainforest and cut carbon emissions, researchers have said... read | | ![Collaboration to see Africa promoted at CEMS China Tourism Series](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/404867-120x120.jpg?2) | CEMS is collaborating with Africa Tourism Partners to facilitate the participation of African travel and tourism sectors in the CEMS China Tourism Series to take place in November... read | | ![Cyril Azobu, advisory partner and mining leader at PwC Nigeria.](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405489-120x120.jpg?2) | Several important developments in the Nigerian mining sector in the last year bode well for the industry's future... read | | ![Kristóf Fenyvesi](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405448-120x120.jpg?2) | Juanita Pienaar Open Design's Steam Symposium speaker, Kristóf Fenyvesi elaborates on why the integration of art and design to traditional Stem subjects (maths, science and technology) is so important, why South African youth can benefit from the Steam Symposium and his vision for the future of 'Steam education'. read | | ![Waste-to-energy programmes key in the sustainable circular economy](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405515-120x120.jpg?2) | Webb Meko The business case for transforming waste to address critical energy shortages is mounting... read | | ![Airbus Little Engineers initiative comes to Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405303.jpg) | The Airbus Foundation has launched Airbus Little Engineer (ALE) robotics programme in Africa, aiming to reach at least 3,000 learners. Initial workshops will be held together with local stakeholders in Kenya and Nigeria later this year... read | | ![Photo by Rikki Chan via Unsplash](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405239-120x120.jpg?2) | Trevor Hill Ever-increasing urbanisation and the subsequent demand for development of cities is the catalyst needed to bridge both the greatest challenges and most creative solutions for a future of the automotive sector... read | | ![Leaders in the local plastics and packaging industries participate in a panel discussion chaired by Douw Steyn, sustainability director at Plastics|SA.](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405221-120x120.png?2) | Attended by approximately 200 delegates from nine African states and a further 10 countries from other continents, the inaugural African Marine Waste Conference recently took place in PE... read | | ![PublicDomainPictures via](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405670-120x120.jpg?2) | Isaiah Esipisu Over the past year, herders in Kenya's Rift Valley have lost thousands of animals to worsening drought, causing them to switch to farming. Chillies are a safe bet for farmers... read | | ![Alison Burrell via](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405514-120x120.jpg?2) | Elita Chikwati Zimbabwe and SA have lost over one million chickens to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, it has been learnt. The disease hit the two countries recently, threatening the livelihood and food security status of... read | | ![WHO Nigeria/L. Ozor](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405895-120x120.jpg?2) | The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that around 8,500 people are infected with malaria in the conflict-ravaged Borno state of Nigeria every week... read | |
| ![Nominees unveiled for 2017 AFRIMA Awards](https://biz-file.com/c/1708/405852-120x120.png?2) | The nominee's list for the 2017 AFRIMA Awards were announced by officials of the African Union Commission, and 13-man jury of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) on Tuesday, 8 August at the Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja in Lagos, Nigeria. read | |
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