Esther Igbinedion
By 2035, the UN projects it will be home to close to 25 million peoplethe largest population centre in an emerging megapolis that could house as many as 51 million people on the West African coast.
How will Lagos keep up
Only a little over 70 years ago, Africa accounted for only 10 of the global population, now the continent is hurtling towards 25 (midcentury) or as much as 40 (by the 2100s) of people on earth.
A long way to go to meet adequate infrastructure needs. Chart by Tomisin Bamidele TechCabalInsights.
Theres really nothing more to add to the wellestablished conversation that we cannot startup or digitise our way out of the rut other than to say that there is an unyielding limit beyond which the infrastructure needs of the continent cannot be leapfrogged.
Take the growth of African cities as one example.
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