By Ayodamola Owoseye
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Booming population will become a problem for Africa by 2050 if the continent does not begin to seriously promote family planning, a report has warned.
This warning was contained in the Goalkeeper data report released by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation ahead of the Goalkeepers event in New York.
It showed that African population is beginning to overstretch the low infrastructural facilities in the continent, leading to mass migration to European countries.
The Goalkeepers report is released annually by the foundation to measure progress towards UN poverty reducing goals in 2030 based on assessment of 18 indicators.
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Also in the report, Alex Ezeh, visiting Fellow, Centre for Global Development, said Africa needs to bring back talks about population control because most women in sub-Saharan Africa have an average of 0.7 more children than they want.
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