Africa may be able to draw lessons from India’s expansion of tertiary education, which generated a human capital base with highly developed STEM expertise. India even “exported” many of its best scientists and technologists, although this was seen at the time as evidence of a “brain drain.” But in the interconnected world of the late 20th and early 21st century, the brain drain is turning into a gain. Though the African diaspora is also connected to its homeland and it already contributes to science, technology and innovation trends on the continent, a key challenge is to better tap this resource - 2016 Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VII (Picture: University of Ghana students listen to their political science professor, Dr. Evans Aggrey-Darkoh in Accra, Ghana on October 14, 2015)