Ghanaian media power house Anita Erskine recently caught up Ghanaian sports sensation Pops Mensah-Bonsu at the Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Ghana. Mensah-Bonsu is one of only three players of Ghanaian decent to play in the NBA and he is determined to pay it forward by investing time and resources in young people. Pops highlights that by 2040 Africa will have a population of 2.5bn people, half of which will be under the age of 21, he stresses that youth play the biggest and most critical role in Africa Rising.