Sub-Saharan Africa

The world's youngest region and the one that will supply most of the next generation of workers. Sub-Saharan Africa spans forty-nine countries with little in common beyond that label: stable middle-income democracies, fast-urbanising giants, and a Sahel belt where state authority is retreating. Mobile-first economies, a continental free-trade area and a scramble over critical minerals are rewriting how the region connects to the world.