除了富饶的自然资源禀赋，非洲还拥有有利的人口结构（迅速增长的人口意味着它很快就能拥有世界上最庞大的劳动力大军）和很高的城市化率。
Beyond its massive natural-resource endowments, the continent has a favorable demographic profile (its rapidly growing population means that it will soon have the world’s largest workforce) and high urbanization rates.