The opportunity
A quarter of humanity.
Africa is the youngest continent on Earth. Within a generation it will be home to more than a quarter of the world’s people and a third of its young. That shift is already underway, and it will reshape the global economy whether or not the rest of the world is paying attention.
What is scarce is not talent or ambition. It is access to capital — and access is a thing that can be changed. Ndezvedu invests in education and entrepreneurship, and keeps the deciding with the people doing the building.
- 1 in 4
- people on Earth will be African by 2050 — up from 1 in 11 in 1960.
- 1 in 3
- young people worldwide will be African by 2050.
- 1.6bn
- Africans of working age by 2050, close to a quarter of the world's workforce.
Projections from the UN Economic Commission for Africa, based on World Population Prospects.
Education
Access to schooling, training, and qualifications that carry real weight.
Entrepreneurship
Capital, mentorship, and networks for people already building businesses.
Empowerment
Decisions sit with the people who live with their consequences. We fund the work, we do not run it.