KEY FACTS ABOUT AFRICA

350 MILLION PEOPLE IN

AFRICA LIVE IN POVERTY

http://africafacts.net/povertyinafrica/

THE AVERAGE POOR PERSON IN

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA IS ESTIMATED

TO LIVE ON JUST $.70 A DAY

http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/07/23_africa.html

OUT A POPULATION OF

APPROXIMATELY 1 BILLION

PEOPLE, 40% ARE BELOW THE

AGE OF 15

http://africafacts.net/povertyinafrica/

YOUTH MAKE UP AS MUCH AS 36%

OF THE TOTAL WORKING-AGE

POPULATION AND THREE IN FIVE OF

AFRICA'S UNEMPLOYED ARE YOUTH.

The World Bank's Youth and Unemployment in Africa: The Potential, The Problem, The Promise report, released in December 2008

ALL TEN OF THE POOREST

COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD ARE

LOCATED IN AFRICA

http://africafacts.net/povertyinafrica/

MORE THAN HALF OF ALL

DIAMONDS IN THE WORLD COME

FROM AFRICA

http://africafacts.net/povertyinafrica/

NATURAL RESOURCES IN AFRICA.. Source: Calculations from British

and US Geological Services data

IN MANY AFRICAN STATES, MORE

THAN HALF OF THE POPULATION IS

UNDER THE AGE OF 25.

http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/07/23_africa.html

AFRICA IS THE POOREST AND MOST

UNDERDEVELOPED OF ALL OF THE

CONTINENTS, DESPITE ITS WEALTH

OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/07/23_africa.html

MORE THAN 17 MILLION PEOPLE IN SUB-

SAHARAN AFRICA HAVE DIED OF AIDS, AND

EXPERTS ESTIMATE THAT AT LEAST 25 MILLION

MORE PEOPLE IN AFRICA ARE HIV-POSITIVE

http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/07/23_africa.html

APPROXIMATELY 90% OF ALL CASES

OF MALARIA WORLDWIDE OCCUR IN

AFRICA, AND 3,000 AFRICAN

CHILDREN DIE EACH DAY FROM ITS

EFFECTS

http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/07/23_africa.html

BETWEEN 12 AND 14

MILLION AFRICAN CHILDREN HAVE

BEEN ORPHANED BY HIV/AIDS

http://www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/facts/africa.html

NEARLY 2 MILLION CHILDREN

UNDER 14 YEARS OLD ARE HIV

POSITIVE

http://www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/facts/africa.html

AFRICA PLAYS A MARGINAL ROLE IN THE

GLOBAL ECONOMY. WHILE IN 2006 WORLD

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (WGDP)

TOTALLED US$ 58,6.TRILLION, SUB-SAHARAN

AFRICA ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY 2% OF THE

TOTAL

Source: 2008 World Development Indicators, World Bank, April 2008

43% OF CHILDREN IN SUB-SAHARAN

AFRICA DO NOT HAVE SAFE,

ACCESSIBLE DRINKING WATER

http://www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/facts/africa.html

64% OF CHILDREN IN SUB-SAHARAN

AFRICA DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE

SANITATION

http://www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/facts/africa.html

ONE IN SIX AFRICAN CHILDREN DIES

BEFORE THE AGE OF FIVE. MOST OF

THESE DEATHS COULD BE

PREVENTED

http://www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/facts/africa.html

184 MILLION PEOPLE – 33% OF THE

AFRICAN POPULATION – SUFFER

FROM MALNUTRITION

http://www.causes.com/causes/538529-extreme-poverty-in-africa-hunger-hiv-aids-and-death-in-africa/actions/1440676

LESS THAN ONE PERSON OUT OF

FIVE HAS ELECTRICITY.

http://www.causes.com/causes/538529-extreme-poverty-in-africa-hunger-hiv-aids-and-death-in-africa/actions/1440676

OUT OF 1000 INHABITANTS 15 HAVE

A TELEPHONE LINE, AND 7,8 OUT OF

1000 PEOPLE SURF ON INTERNET.

http://www.causes.com/causes/538529-extreme-poverty-in-africa-hunger-hiv-aids-and-death-in-africa/actions/1440676

THERE ARE MORE THAN 200 MILLION

YOUTH IN AFRICA, COMPRISING OVER 20

PERCENT OF THE CONTINENT’S

POPULATION. BESIDES, YOUNG PEOPLE

MAKE UP ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF TOTAL

UNEMPLOYMENT IN AFRICA.

http://www.afdb.org

AFRICA PRESENTS THE HIGHEST

PROPORTION OF ILLITERATE YOUTH

IN THE WORLD, ESTIMATED AT

ABOUT 25 PERCENT

http://www.afdb.org

WE MUST DO SOMETHING TO CHANGE TO THE

AFRICAN STORY……

JOIN US AT THE 3RD AFRICA GOVERNANCE,

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT CONVENTION

2012 THEME: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE WEALTH AND JOB CREATION

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICA

AUGUST 5 – 9, 2012, SAROVA WHITESANDS To register contact:

Eunice Njenga

+254-02-2610799, 2445555

0725403770

enjenga@kim.ac.ke

www.kim.ac.ke