An in-depth, uncompromising analysis of the current situation of Africa’s
youth highlights 4 key factors, leading to a very gloomy prognosis
for the future, unless there is a genuine reversal ofcurrent
policies , which need to be refocused on 2 new “tropisms”:

• The first is to put young people “back at the heart” of politics
  , based on 5 key actions.
• The second is to put:
  employment back at the heart of economic policy, by simultaneously acting on 8 levers.

This sequence of actions will lead to a realparadigm shift
, necessary at the level of economic policy, and
based on the urgency and necessity ofreinforced economic integration
at a relevant level, overcoming current linguistic
and monetary prejudices.

The involvement of civil society, and in particular of young people
, will be decisive for the success of this ambitious
and necessary mutation…