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Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:20 AM
To: Malanding Jaiteh
Subject: FYI
New effort to reverse Africa's brain
drain
James Njoroge
A new initiative has been launched in a
bid to help reverse Africa's brain
drain by encouraging Africans who are
currently living outside the continent
to return home with their skills.
'Africa Recruit' will organise
employment events such as job fairs in
their country of residence for Africans
living abroad, and has linked up with
FindajobinAfrica.com ? a database of
African professionals ? to help
mobilise the skills of African
professionals living outside the
continent.
The initiative is the brainchild of the
Commonwealth Business Council (CBC), a
private sector organisation that aims
to bridge businesses and governments in
Commonwealth countries.
"Africa's economic development requires
that the historical brain drain be
reversed into a brain gain," says Funto
Akingube of Africa Recruit. "We must
make use of the scientific and
managerial skills of Africans in the
diaspora."
The New Partnership for Africa
Development (NEPAD) has already
endorsed the initiative as a practical
attempt to fill the skills gap in
Africa's workforce, and thus help
improve political, social and economic
conditions on the continent.
"To ensure that Africa's natural
resource is translated into wealth, its
human capital base must be established
and sustained," said Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur, chair of the NEPAD Business
Group at the inauguration of Africa
Recruit in London last week. "The
launch of CBC AfricaRecruit is a timely
step in the right direction,"
The inauguration event, which was
attended by more than 3,500 African
professionals, provided a forum for
exchange between African leaders, the
corporate sector and representatives
from the diaspora. Similar events will
be held in Paris, New York and in
Africa this year.
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Chandra Giri, PhD.
Senior Scientist
SAIC, EROS Data Center
Sioux Falls, SD 57198
USA
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