Eastern Africa Private Sector

New Partnership for Africa’s Development 24/25th June 2004

AfricaRecruit/Findajobinafrica.com

ADVANCING HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

Background…

• Few would dispute that shortage of skills is a critical constraint on investment, job creation and improved public services.

• Approximately 40% of all African professionals have left the continent's shores over the decades (80-100,000/yr) approximately 3.8 millions Africans live outside Africa - mainly in Europe and North America

• The lack of available managerial, technical and professional skills is a very practical constraint on investment and growth. “Without the right skills, the jobs, wealth and improved social services envisaged by NEPAD cannot be created”. The Labour market is a calibration index of national development

In many ways, the loss of skills could be counted as Africa's foreign

assistance to the developed world!

USA

Europe

Middle East

Canada

Asia

UK

Ugandan- Agricultural Economist 10+yrs

Rwandan -

Economist 10+yrs

Ethiopian- Investment banker

6+yrs Kenyan-Marketing & Int’l Business 10+yrs

Ugandan-Management 10+yrs

Kenyan- Corporate

Strategy 10+yrs

Tanzanian -Telecomm Engineer 8 yrs

Sudanese- Systems/Network Analyst 7yrs

Intellectual flight-The United Nations calls brain drain one of the greatest threats to economic development in sub-Saharan Africa.

Africa’s greatest offshore asset…

• The power of the Diaspora over 12billion US$ a year

• Beware of the seed vs. fruit mentality

• AfricaRecruit snap survey of 173 African Diaspora

•Approximately 75% had postgraduate qualifications

•54% left Africa for career and professional developments

•67% would like to return to Africa within the next 0-5 years

Achieving the balance - turning the tide

AfricaRecruitBuilding

framework

Findajobinafrica facilitating access

Human Capital

RetainAttract & reclaim

Principles of managing demand and capacity1. Use predictions to anticipate human resource needs

2. Identify and manage the constraint in the skills flow e.g to minimise the push and pull factorsPush from within such as rigid government employment system; professional isolation;tribal/ethnic discriminatory appointmentsPull from abroad career opportunities/development and dual nationalities

3. Resolve capacity problems at the appropriate point in the system• role extension, multi-skilling• New ways working e.g. sabbaticals;volunteers;interims etc• Innovative technology

4 Reduce all unnecessary obstacles e.g free flow of labourencourage dual nationality; facilitate highly skilled or skillsin short supply

5. Match capacity and demand areas

What is the Process...

“Skills underpin all of NEPAD objectives” good governance; more investment and better services all require excellent technical, professional and management skills”

• Skills Mapping - using innovative technology

• Communication programme on/offline - seminars; road shows and outreach www.findajobinafrica.com

• Channel and Direct - Strategic alliances with various Organisations both private and public sectors; management/recruitment consultants; professional bodies and the African Diaspora organisations and associations

• Transfer - within Africa

• Build on the skills in quality and quantity - Valued asset

• Retain

Access - online and offline

Access

Africans based locally/regional

Africans in the Diaspora

Repatriate e.g of success Ugandan head a department in NPA

Ethiopia, Kenya and other parts of Africa 0-20+yrs exp

Expatriates

• Misconceptions

• Negative information

• Lack/poor information

• No meeting point

• Fear of the Unknown

• Local-Regional-Global

Treat skills premium-good skills-good investment- investment in people

www.findajobinafrica.comOver I million hits/month

35,000 CV’s

Framework..

Africa Human Resources Society

Human Resources Networks and Seminar

Review changes

Dissemination

Vision

AfricaRecruit

Understanding the HR

perspectives

Understand the structures and

systems

Identifying best practices

RecruitBuild skillsTransfer skills

Harnessing…

INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL

Entrepreneur

SME’s

Job creation

Service industry

Quality of life

Trade

CooperationGlobal links

Mutual partnership

Private sectorMentorship

Best practices

Transfer

Productivity

Public sector

Infrastructure

Good governance

National development

Investment

Transfer of resources

The Role of the Private Sector

• Job creation

• Building the leaders and entrepreneurs for tomorrow

• Small-Medium size business to service the needs

• Attracting investment

President Bush secured G-8 Leaders' agreement on an innovative action plan to apply the power of entrepreneurship and the private sector to the challenge of poverty alleviation.

(White House Press Release after G-8 meeting June 2004)

“You will never solve the problem with the mindset that created

it”

Albert Einstein

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