Cells reproduce aggressively when they sense danger. Poor people breed the most because they know they have no hope except in their offsprings. That is how universe operate. Those that are self-assured like you don't see the sense and urgency of procreation.
Humans are known as the wise species -
homo sapiens because we can reason, strategize, anticipate our doom and act upon abstract ideas. If I'm stuck in a hole does it make sense to just dig deeper? I have a 10 acre shamba do I breed with reckless abandon in full knowledge that my offspring will be left with land to small to support even subsistence farming after subdivision? I live in a hellish urban slum not knowing where the next meal is going to come from, do I pop two kids with a Njeri in a shack? It is pure negligence I tell you. Majority of our population are either unemployed, underemployed, precariously employed - meaning they can be fired any moment or the source of their livelihood are unstable. Breeding should be the last thing on their mind. If we stabilize our population at 5 million we will as prosperous as Norway Even our ukabila will magically resolve itself. Tis the runaway population that is the elephant in the room.
That is why best way to fight population growth is to fight poverty. When women know their offspring will survive - they will stop procreating. But in war situation - women give birth as soon as their small kids die from infant mortality. If they were assured their kid would live for 100yrs - they will not want more than 1 or 2.
It's paradox of life - because more kids - lead to even deeper poverty - and more kids - until that cycle is broken.
Foundation of life - at cell level - is reproduction - cell subdividing and growing - seem almost the only job it does.
BS! That is the patronizing propaganda Western charities - Gates and his ilk propagate, eti let us fight poverty so we can fight population growth, how will poverty stop when your sabotaging yourself? Mwafrika should not be coddled anymore, they need straight talk.