Ambassador Martin Kimani pushed back against viewing Africa’s youth boom as an inherent threat, framing it instead as an opportunity for economic takeoff. If young countries can get the policy environment right, they are entering territory when all that work caring for and educating children pays off. This “demographic dividend” is the same engine that fueled the East Asian financial tigers.
Read all the key takeaways from Episode 3 of “World’s Toughest Job,” a podcast co-produced by Foreign Policy and the United Nations Foundation: Can the Next Secretary-General Deliver for the Future?