Our raison d'etre
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Education is critical for human capital development.
By 2050
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Engineers have better employment opportunities and resource economies need skilled engineers.
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Only 2 physicians per 10,000 people. There is a shortage of 1.5 million skilled health workers in Africa.
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1/4 of the world's working age population will be African - larger than China.
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Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest share of engineering graduates in the world.
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Africa has the lowest physician-to-population ratio in the world.
UNESCO and 2013 Ibrahim Forum Facts & Figures
"If you educate a man, you simply educate an individual,
but, if you educate a woman you educate a nation." Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey