Gbenga Oyebode

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Gbenga Oyebode

Gbenga Oyebode is chairman of the African Philanthropy Forum. This was his keynote address at the Trialogue Business in Society Conference

Students sit crammed up to five at desks meant for two, in overcrowded classes of up to 125 students, at a primary school in Kaya, a town hosting tens of thousands of displaced people in Centre-Nord region, Burkina Faso. Only 62.5% of children in sub-Saharan Africa complete primary school, compared with 86.4% in the world. (© 2020 Lauren Seibert/Human Rights Watch)

AFRICA DAY 2023

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Only 62.5% of children in sub-Saharan Africa complete primary school, compared with 86.4% in the world

Gbenga Oyebode