Africa: Are Graduates Prepared for the Job Market? Rethinking Africa's University Model

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Across Africa, students arrive on campuses full of hope that a university degree will improve their lives. The reality is far less certain.

In 2014, a British Council study estimated Nigeria's graduate unemployment at 23.1%. In Kenya, it takes an average of five years for a graduate to find a job. Yet business leaders frequently say there are jobs - just a lack of skilled talent to do them. How can this be?

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