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Writing by Sam Denby
Editing by Alexander Williard
Animation by Josh Sherrington
Sound by Graham Haerther
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[1] imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDPDPC@WEO/AFQ/CHN
[2] statista.com/statistics/1223543/urbanization-rate-in-africa-by-country
[3] statista.com/statistics/274511/life-expectancy-in-africa/; data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?locations=CN
[4] population.un.org/wpp/DataQuery
[5] populationpyramid.net/africa/2020
[6] data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.SEC.ENRR.FE?locations=ZG-DZ-CV-DJ-EG-LY-MA-TN; data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.SEC.ENRR.FE?locations=CN
[7] economist.com/special-report/2020/03/26/migration-is-helping-africa-in-many-ways
[8] statista.com/statistics/1231600/number-of-emigrants-from-africa
[9] https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2021/03/15/keep-remittances-flowing-to-africa/
[10] economist.com/special-report/2020/03/26/africa-is-changing-so-rapidly-it-is-becoming-hard-to-ignore
[11] economist.com/special-report/2020/03/26/africas-population-will-double-by-2050
[12] http://www.agenta-project.eu/Jacomo/upload/media/popnet_winter_2014_final-5.pdf

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