Africa Skills Week: Skills Supply Needs To Match Demand

Africa’s population is growing rapidly, and so is the quantity of education it receives – but the quality of its education is lagging. And the skills Africans learn do not always match the skills needed on the continent. These were central messages coming out of panel discussions at the inaugural Africa Skills Week (ASW), which […]

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Africa Skills Week: Africa’s Mindset Around TVET ‘Has To Change’

For Africa to realise its immense potential – and address the anticipated doubling of its youth workforce to 1.6-billion people by 2050 – technical and vocational education and training (TVET) must be championed, delegates to the first-ever Africa Skills Week (ASW) conference heard today. ASW takes place in Accra from 14 to 18 October 2024. […]

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