Financial, Institutional & Societal Costs

Thursday, 20 June 2013

African countries get little return from their investment in higher education, since too many graduates leave or fail to return home at the end of their studies. "In light of a dwindling professional sector, African institutions are increasingly dependent on foreign expertise. To fill the human resource and skills gap, Africa employs up to 150,000 expatriate professionals at a cost of US$4 billion a year." International Development research Centre only have 5 or fewer, e.g. in Malawi there is only 2.2 doctors to every 100,000 people". BBC