Africa’s School-to-Work Gap: Why 60% of Youth Are Neither Employed Nor in Training
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60% of African youth aged 15-24 are not in employment, education, or training. BETAR maps the structural drivers of the continent’s school-to-work gap.
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Africa’s Language of Instruction Crisis: Why Teaching Children to Read in the Wrong Language Drives Learning Poverty
Africa’s learning poverty crisis is partly a language problem. Teaching 200 million children to read in a language they don’t speak at home drives school failure, grade repetition, and dropout — and it’s a policy choice, not an inevitability.
Africa’s Film Festival Circuit: The Economics Behind the Red Carpet
Africa hosts 30+ international film festivals annually, but the commercial economics are rarely examined. BETAR maps FESPACO’s operating costs, filmmaker submission fees, co-production market deal flow, and whether the circuit generates real ROI for filmmakers.
Africa’s Documentary Economy: Who Pays, How Much, and Who Owns the Film
Africa’s documentary sector has never been systematically mapped by economics. BETAR tracks commissioning fees, co-production fund grants, and the filmmaker income model from development to delivery.
Africa Q1 2026 Funding Review: $532M, 41 Deals, and the New Shape of African Capital
African startups raised $532 million across 41 deals in Q1 2026 — but 59% was debt, not equity. BETAR’s quarterly tracker reveals what the numbers actually say about Africa’s venture economy.
The Corridor Race: How Africa’s Payment Networks Are Fighting to Own Cross-Border Money Movement
Africa’s cross-border payments market is fragmenting into competing corridors — Moniepoint, MTN MoMo, Wise, and EAC passporting all racing to own the pan-African payments layer.
Africa’s Qualifications Recognition Disaster: Five Years of ACQF and Fewer Than 10 Countries Have Implemented It
Africa’s Qualifications Recognition Disaster: Five Years of ACQF and Fewer Than 10 Countries Have Implemented It Africa’s Qualifications Recognition Disaster: Five Years of ACQF and Fewer Than 10 Countries Have…
Africa’s Curriculum Trap: University Degrees Are Being Designed for Jobs That No Longer Exist
Africa’s Curriculum Trap: University Degrees Are Being Designed for Jobs That No Longer Exist Africa’s Curriculum Trap: University Degrees Are Being Designed for Jobs That No Longer Exist The continent’s…
The Graduation-to-Emigration Pipeline: How UK, Canada, and Gulf Employers Are Recruiting Africa’s Graduates
The Graduation-to-Emigration Pipeline: How UK, Canada, and Gulf Employers Are Recruiting Africa’s Graduates The Graduation-to-Emigration Pipeline How UK, Canada, and Gulf employers are recruiting Africa’s graduates before they enter the…
Africa Exam Bottleneck: How WAEC and KCSE Are Gatekeeping the Wrong Talent
Africa Exam Bottleneck: How WAEC and KCSE Are Gatekeeping the Wrong Talent Africa Exam Bottleneck: How WAEC and KCSE Are Gatekeeping the Wrong Talent The continent’s most powerful credential was…
