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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
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