Africa mustn’t leave its youth in the lurch

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Africa mustn’t leave its youth in the lurch
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For African governments — and their international partners — boosting political and socioeconomic engagement among young people is crucial.

With almost 60% of its population under the age of 25, Africa is the world’s youngest region. Yet young people are often left behind. They face inadequate economic opportunities and may be socially or politically excluded.

And yet, the median age of African leaders is 62, older than the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development median. In South Africa’s general election, held in May, 46% of the nine million eligible voters who did not register to vote were aged 20 to 29, according to the Electoral Commission of South Africa.

The index, which uses merged data from the Afrobarometer surveys, covers 12 countries: Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It also offers at least three broad messages that should guide policymaking. But limited freedom is not the only impediment to political and socioeconomic engagement among young people. African countries’ enduring failure to build robust, diversified economies that are insulated against commodity-price volatility is also hampering progress.After Malawi launched its first commercial mining operations, the proportion of disengaged youth fell from 68% in 2008 to 45% in 2012. But, in 2014, mining operations were suspended in response to declining global uranium prices.

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