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Originally published by Capital Newstop
November 27, 2025
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China offers blueprint for Africa’s rise – China Daily

With Africa projected to account for 25 percent of the world's population by 2050 and 35 percent by 2100, the continent's future will hinge on urgent and large-scale investment in education. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke..
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Economist Jeffrey Sachs stated that Africa could double its current growth rate for the next 40 years by adopting China's development strategy, which he considers the best model for sustained high growth.
- Sachs projects Africa to achieve 8 to 10 percent per year growth, approximately twice the current rate.
- The continent's future depends on urgent and large-scale investment in education, including universal digital access for students, to leverage Africa's burgeoning population, projected to be 25 percent of the world's population by 2050.
- China's rapid development demonstrates that large-scale, late development is possible, with 1.4 billion people becoming part of a high-income, technologically dynamic economy within 40 years, leading in areas such as innovation with Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou topping global innovation clusters.
- Sachs emphasized that making Africa's demographic surge a "demographic dividend" requires a highly educated young population, urging immediate and substantial investment in education.
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