In Africa, there is a large deposit of human and material resources. The aforementioned has ultimately led to the desperate scramble for Africa by the West, America, and China.

This time it is an economic scramble, unlike the previous one in the 19th century, which was all about partitioning and ‘sharing’ of countries on the continent by European powers. During this period, Africa was largely unexplored and considered as the dark continent. 

Today, Africa is no longer a ‘dark continent.’ From South Africa to Nigeria, Egypt to Kenya, and many parts of Africa, we witness vast technological advancement throughout the continent. 

One of the critical problems facing Africa is population explosion. Africa has a population of 1.36 billion people in 2021, and it is estimated to hit 2.5 billion people by 2050. It has the second-largest population in the world after Asia. Fortunately, the African continent has a large youthful population.

The flipside of the coin here is that many youths are unemployed, leaving a large pool of untapped experts who graduate from universities and have no jobs. So the opportunity here is that Africans can acquire skills that will enable them to get local and international employment opportunities.

Meanwhile, in the developed countries, there has been a rapid decline in the population. The Washington Post wrote recently that the Census Bureau reported that in the last decade, the U.S. population grew at its slowest rate since the Great Depression and the second-slowest rate for any ten years since the nation’s founding. The trend in population growth is present across Europe, Japan, and China. 

For China, the one-child policy was introduced in 1979 to reduce the growth of its population. Presently, China is battling a severe decline in its people. Japan has one of the most aged populations in the world. A good number of its people are over 100-years-old, and they will account for more than 40% of the population by 2040. 

According to Eurostat’s demographic projections, Europe’s working-age population (aged between 20 and 64 years) will be declining by 0.4% every year between now and 2040, a decline that has already started in 2010. Severe population decline is happening in Japan.

Interestingly, as the working and general population in developed countries continue to decline, millions of jobs exist, especially in the IT sector. However, there are few or no hands to meet the demand. So which labour force will take over these jobs since the population in developed countries is shifting towards the aging population?

Where else than Africa? Africa is undoubtedly the final frontier for untapped experts. Yet, across Africa, experienced Senior Experts in different fields can meet the rising demand for skilled labor in developed nations.

Specifically, in IT, there are uncountable Senior Software Experts in Africa, and there are more who are ready to be trained to become junior IT Experts to fill the gap.

A startup like Zwarttech connects Senior IT Experts in Africa to international jobs. Moreover, the access to global work opportunities provided through Zwarttech will boost their economic status as they earn more than the average software developer within their local economy. Hence, if you need Senior IT Experts who will help develop, improve or manage your systems, reach out to ZwartTech.

In terms of producing quality IT Talent, there is the ZwartAcademy to do that. The Academy trains underserved African youth between the ages of 15 and 22 in Software Development & CyberSecurity skills for six months. Upon completing the training, they join Zwarttech for a one-year internship where they will work on practical software development projects to acquire relevant experiences. Afterward, they become junior developers and can access the job market from an early age.

Africa is at a vantage point to revolutionize the world, especially with its human resources. It is, therefore, the final frontier for untapped Senior IT Experts due to the declining population in developed countries, the growing number of jobs in the West, and Africa’s rising youthful population. Hence, by exploring human resources, people will fit into these roles, boost their economic standings, and better their communities. 

Musa Suleiman
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