African Primary School Children on their lunch break
Polokwane, South Africa - April 28 2009: African Primary School Children on their lunch break

Africa’s greatest advantage is its youthful population; the youngest in the world, the continent boasts 200m people between the ages of 15 and 24.

And youth think in a different way, breaking down barriers built up by older people, working at traditional companies.

It came as a surprise, admitted Adrien Thominet, chief executive of ECS Group, that the majority of responses to his company’s global NextGen challenge came from Africa.

Mr Thominet is a great proponent of promoting youngsters – and their ideas. ...

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