The Covid-19 pandemic has compounded the learning crisis in Africa by severely limiting access to education. By early April 2020 the crisis had left more than 20-million pre-primary, 160-million primary, 56-million secondary, and 8-million tertiary level pupils out of school with no access to continued learning and teaching facilities across the continent.
Our people are the most important resource we have. In the next 15 years 450-million young Africans will be looking to either find or create a job for themselves. Will they be able to build a career in one of the emerging sectors? Will they have the right skills and competences to meet the evolving demands of the labour market? The answer is yes — if we act now...
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