Africa has the youngest population in the world with more than 400 million young people aged between the ages of 15 to 35 years. Such a youthful population calls for an increase of investment in economic and social development factors, in order to improve the development index of African nations. Aya Chebbi, the African Union Youth Envoy talks about the role of youth in some of the flagship projects of the African Union and the need for the continent to harness the demographic dividend of the greatest asset, the youth.