Abdoulaye Ndiaye: ‘Africa’s real challenge is not debt, but jobs’

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Abdoulaye Ndiaye, the first winner of the Africa NextGen Economist Prize, highlights that Africa's main challenge is not debt but job creation. He emphasizes the importance of startups and AI but notes they alone cannot create the millions of jobs needed on the continent.

The first winner of the Africa NextGen Economist Prize argues that startups and AI matter – but cannot by themselves create the tens of millions of jobs Africa needs.