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Well skilled African youth could be a potential beneficial talent pool. Yet, African education systems struggle to keep pace with changing requirements and learner demands. (Benson Ibeabuchi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ACFTA

Africa’s youth are the world’s future skills base but there’s a critical need for skills development

Currently, 11 million African youth join the labour market each year, but only 3.7 million jobs are generated

  • Njeri Mwagiru
8 min read
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

How business can help transform education and leadership in Africa

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

  • Gbenga Oyebode
5 min read