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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