Africa's Own Silicon Valley

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In many ways, Africa might be returning to its pre-colonial, pre-Atlantic slave trade percentage of world population. One of the challenges for African economies is that as the population gets much bigger, can they distribute resources in ways that feel more equal? The government hopes that this 14 billion dollar undertaking will attract 250,000 residents. They say the city will be described as Africa's own Silicon Valley.

The United Nations says humanity has reached 8 billion, but Western nations are worried about population decline. Africa isn’t, though. The continent is about to shape the rest of the century.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro and Cristian Ayala, and edited by Sean Rameswaram who also hosted.

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