Special report | Migration
Migration is helping Africa in many ways
It is good for development and democracy, as well as helping people improve their lives
“WHAT’S NIGERIA’S second city?” asks Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an irrepressible economist and former finance minister of Nigeria, before chuckling: “London!” She is exaggerating (about 200,000 people who were born in Nigeria live in Britain) but she has a point: one of the most powerful trends shaping Africa, and the wider world, is migration. There are three different types: to the West, within Africa and from countryside to city. All are helping make the continent richer and better educated.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “Young, bright and on the move”
From the March 28th 2020 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the edition