Meeting Africa's demand for skills : the role of regional centers of excellence : Répondre à la demande en compétences de l'Afrique : le rôle des centres d'excellence régionaux (Francês)

The key messages in this brief are as follows: 1) Africa has experienced strong economic growth despite recent global downturns. There has been a resurgence of traditional sectors such as agriculture and the extractive industries, and promising new sectors...  Exibir mais + The key messages in this brief are as follows: 1) Africa has experienced strong economic growth despite recent global downturns. There has been a resurgence of traditional sectors such as agriculture and the extractive industries, and promising new sectors have emerged such as Information and Communications Technology (ICT); 2) African economies urgently need highly skilled technicians, engineers, medical workers, agricultural scientists and researchers to fuel these booming sectors. Barely 10 percent of jobs in these areas are currently filled by African science and engineering graduates; 3) Higher education, particularly in science and technology, holds the potential to be absolutely transformative for Africa, because it can equip young people with critical knowledge and skills that are in short supply on the continent; 4) Regional "centers of excellence" offer an optimal and cost-effective way to build and sustain excellence in higher education in Africa because they foster regional specialization, concentrate limited toplevel faculty, and generate knowledge spillovers; and 5) The Africa Centers of Excellence initiative, currently being prepared by the World Bank in collaboration with the Association of African Universities, is an innovative regional response to making higher education more relevant to development.  Exibir menos -

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