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The Connected Generation with Nike Anani


Jul 24, 2020

Africa boasts of a population of 1.2billion, of which 80% is below the age of 38. Projecting ahead, our population is set to double to 2.5billion by 2050. The implication of this is that we will increasingly see a younger workforce.. With increasing life expectancies, we can expect more incidents of “young” people managing older subordinates.

 

Therein lies a challenge for young African leaders: Our culture is rich in elder-dominance, whereby older people are to be accorded respect by virtue of their age, and are not to be questioned. How do these young people then assert their leadership in business? Further, many young lack confidence about their leadership capability as they feel they do not have legitimate authority to lead. Many young feel that they do not have sufficient war stories to earn their stripes. How can NextGens lead effectively?

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