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African employers consistently say they can’t find workers with the skills they need. Most of them are spending less than 0.5% of payroll on training. The gap is of their own making.

Dozens of African EdTech companies have shut down or pivoted since 2022. The companies that survived are training Africa’s workforce in ways the venture-backed startups never could.

African teachers are leaving for the UK, Gulf, and private schools at rates that threaten public education systems continent-wide. The numbers explain why.