{"id":623,"date":"2024-12-16T02:34:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T02:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgeafricaconsulting.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2024-12-16T15:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:22:12","slug":"africas-demographic-will-drive-cargo-volumes-to-the-african-continent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgeafricaconsulting.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/16\/africas-demographic-will-drive-cargo-volumes-to-the-african-continent\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa\u2019s Demographic will Drive Cargo Volumes to the African Continent"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"623\" class=\"elementor elementor-623\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86bca0a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"86bca0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7db0da4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7db0da4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Africa\u2019s Demographic will Drive Cargo Volumes to the African Continent<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0c5347 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"c0c5347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-4010c29 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>December 16, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c537ee elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8c537ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebe6928 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ebe6928\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1683612 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1683612\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cbd672 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cbd672\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeafricaconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Africa-Demographic-will-Drive-Cargo-Volumes-BAC-1024x791.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-669\" alt=\"Africa Demographic will Drive Cargo Volumes - 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Get insights into the growth drivers you can\u2019t afford to ignore.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c3afea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c3afea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-305d54e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"305d54e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Countries of the Sahel are some of the poorest but fertility rates are the highest in the world, an average of 5.6 births per woman in the Sahel countries (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/262884\/countries-with-the-highest-fertility-rates\/#:~:text=With%20a%20fertility%20rate%20of,the%20highest%20in%20the%20world.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">up to 7 in Niger<\/a>) compared to 2.2 in the developed world. Now, what has this got to do with logistics I hear you asking?<\/p><p>Well, not much today but by the end of this century the population of Africa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investec.com\/en_za\/focus\/investing\/demographic-changes-why-africa-is-the-future.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will account for 37% of the global population<\/a>, up from 19% today. Yes, today the Sahel lacks seriously of infrastructures to sustain a rapid population growth, but this cannot be ignored. African youth is an unstoppable force and something will have to give one way or another if nothing is done. It is up to their respective government and the international community to have the courage and the vision to develop the right infrastructures. 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