problems facing africa today

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Problems Facing Africa today. Governments are unstable. Population growth 2.9% population growth per year At this rate, populations will double every 23 years. Education Literacy rate is low 170 million adults can neither read nor write 47 million youths are not in school - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Problems Facing Africa today

•Governments are unstable

• Population growth – 2.9% population growth per year– At this rate, populations will double every 23 years

• Education– Literacy rate is low– 170 million adults can neither read nor write– 47 million youths are not in school – An uneducated population means that these

countries will not be able to compete in the world economy

• Aids and other diseases– Aids is killing the young men and women who are

the hope of their country

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