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The program highlighted that while NbS are often seen as 'win-win', they can cause socio-economic disruptions, such as loss of employment in extractive industries or displacement of communities without formal land tenure. Participants explored the Climate Investment Fund’s Just Transition Planning Toolbox and identified strategies to mitigate negative impacts, including livelihood diversification, re-skilling, and social protection measures. 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Uganda's ClinicPesa project uses a \"medical mobile bank\" to enable low-income women to save and access loans for medical expenses, while Kenya's Lea Mama initiative employs a value-based care (VBC) approach that prioritises health outcomes over fee-for-service models to reduce costs and improve the quality of care.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000057#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Women in agriculture face systemic invisibility in financial systems and are often excluded by male gatekeepers. However, evidence shows that when provided with financing, women demonstrate a higher repayment rate than men, particularly when they possess collateral.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000057#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and AI present both opportunities and risks for women's financial inclusion. 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Using the International Futures (ifs) model, the author presents a 'Demographics and Health' scenario where targeted investments in contraceptives, maternal health, and WASH infrastructure lead to a smaller, wealthier, and better-educated population by 2050, reducing extreme poverty by 48 million people.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000339#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Africa is characterised by a significant population momentum compared to other regions; its population is projected to grow from 1.5 billion in 2023 to 2.6 billion by 2050, with a total fertility rate (tfr) declining to 2.8 births per woman.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000339#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'first demographic dividend' occurs when the working-age population (15-64) grows more rapidly than the dependent population. Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to enter this window of opportunity in 2053 and peak in 2078, whereas the MENA region will peak in 2035.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000339#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Urbanisation in Africa is primarily driven by rural poverty ('push' factors) rather than industrial job opportunities ('pull' factors), leading to a rise in informal settlements and inadequate service delivery. By 2030, six megacities—Cairo, Lagos, Kinshasa, Johannesburg, Luanda, and Dar es Salaam—will each exceed 10 million inhabitants.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000339#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Sub-Saharan Africa faces a 'double burden of disease', managing both persistent infectious diseases and a rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and hypertension, with the epidemiological transition to NCD-driven mortality expected by 2033.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000339#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A modelled 'Demographics and Health' scenario, involving increased contraceptive use and improved WASH infrastructure, would result in 139 million fewer people in Africa by 2050 and 715 million fewer by 2100 compared to the 'Current Path' forecast.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000339#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Demographics and Health' scenario would increase Africa's average GDP per capita by US$387 by 2050, reduce the number of extremely poor Africans by 48 million, and result in an economy US$143 billion larger than the Current Path forecast.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000339#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document identifies three distinct demographic phases in Africa: early-transition (e.g., Niger, Chad, Somalia) with high fertility; mid-transition (e.g., Kenya, Ghana, Senegal) with moderate fertility decline; and late/post-transition (e.g., Tunisia, Algeria, South Africa) with near or below replacement-level fertility.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000339#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To harness the demographic dividend, African countries must move beyond health and education to focus on large-scale employment generation, vocational training, and sound governance to avoid a youthful population becoming a liability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000339#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["urbanization","Climate-smart agriculture","climate change adaptation","carbon dioxide emissions","trade policy"],"geography_discussed":["Netherlands","Nigeria","Tunisia","Rwanda","Mauritius","Central African Republic"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["forecasting","scenario analysis","policy assessment"]},{"id":"issafri-000956","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-000956","title":"Advancing youth-led peacebuilding through digital technologies in Africa","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2025","source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/pages/1762252900988-policy-brief-203.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines how African youth are transforming peacebuilding through AI and digital tools, shifting from passive consumers to active knowledge creators. 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It argues that while 'water wars' are rare, the failure to integrate grassroots concerns into national strategies can exacerbate local tensions and undermine regional stability. The brief highlights how armed conflict destroys infrastructure and how climate-induced scarcity can reduce altruism and increase in-group bias. 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Additionally, the International Renewable Energy Agency projects that appropriate investment policies could increase jobs in the African renewable energy industry to 4 million by 2030, compared to 247,000 in 2019.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000134#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Renewable energy projects have demonstrated significant job creation capacity: Morocco's Noor Solar Complex generated approximately 1,000 construction jobs and 60 permanent roles, while South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) is estimated to have created over 40,000 jobs and attracted USD 14 billion in investment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000134#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Sustainable agriculture and waste management offer substantial employment paths for youth. In Nigeria, the largest number of climate-smart agriculture jobs in Africa are projected by 2030. In the waste sector, remediation and recycling are projected to create 197,000 African jobs by 2030, with specific initiatives like LAWMA in Lagos creating 25,000 green jobs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000134#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Green infrastructure and industrial parks are emerging as employment drivers; for example, the Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia, the continent's first eco-industrial park, has created over 60,000 jobs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000134#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Financial barriers, specifically the lack of affordable capital and currency volatility, severely limit green technology adoption. The devaluation of currencies in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria against the US dollar has deterred private investment; for instance, the Nigerian naira lost over 40% of its value against the US dollar in 2016.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000134#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a persistent gap between policy formulation and implementation. In Nigeria, the Renewable Energy Master Plan (REMP) target to generate 10% of electricity from renewable sources by 2025 has largely not been met due to a regulatory framework that fails to support grid integration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000134#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Addressing the skills gap through vocational training and digital literacy is critical. 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