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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)

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

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)

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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