[African Nations not generating regens anymore]

Hello! No it's pretty much the case in all my saves. My setup is usually all the top European leagues + 10 additional European Leagues and a large database.

Right now i'm playing in Finland and Egypt and Iran still haven't generated a single newgen after 3 seasons.

[Signing 16-18 year old players]

Another case of the game being too UK centric. The rule was made only for the UK but SI decided to apply for everywhere else it in the EU. Which doesn't make sense.

EU clubs are full of 16 and 17yo players poached abroad. PSV U18 have presumably 5 players of this kind:

https://www.transfermarkt.com/psv-eindhoven-u18/startseite/verein/81337

And I can provide more evidence if it helps.

 

I would also add that the new rules shouldn't matter too much because clubs can still pre-agree on a future transfer.