Living in a young country
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In episode three of the series, Amol Rajan is joined by guests from Africa and the Middle East to look at the challenges and opportunities faced by countries with rapidly growing young populations. Will this mean demographic dividend or disaster for states like Nigeria?
GUESTS
Dr Wangui Kimari, Junior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa at the University of Cape Town
Cheta Nwanze, Lead Partner at SBM Intelligence
Meray Maddah, Research Assistant, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Dr. Paul Morland, Author of ‘The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World’
Presenter: Amol Rajan
Producer: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith
Editor: Kirsty Reid
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