Mapi Gloricien lies in his mother’s arms in a hospital in Kinshasa, among the fastest-growing cities on Earth. Just days old, he’s one of an estimated 4.5 million children expected to be born in the ...

Africa must make urgent strategic shifts to harness its demographic dividend, says businessman Phuthuma Nhleko in MTN’s ...

Global population has increased tremendously in the last six decades with Africa taking centre stage as a major contributor to the global population growth rate. Africa’s population in 1950 stood at ...

Where is Africa heading? The question has occupied Jakkie Cilliers for years. He is the founder and chairman of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), a research and analysis centre in Pretoria ...

The world's population is on a steady rise, with the United Nations predicting it to peak at around 10 billion in the mid-2080s. As such, it's no shocker that new mega-cities are sprouting up across ...

The world's population growth tells two stories: in many countries populations are aging, while in others, populations are getting younger. Projections show most countries will likely see shrinking ...

Africa is entering 2026 with one of the strongest regional growth profiles in the world, but the headline number hides a ...