A regional programme for the exchange of African experts

Abstract

This paper focuses on the regional programme for the exchange of African experts. The main objective of this project is to pre-empt the out-migration of skilled manpower from the region by presenting local opportunities to those who would otherwise migrate to practice their professions. The project is designed to implement a set of measures which would help arrest the "brain drain", rectify trained manpower supply imbalances and, in general, assist African countries mitigate their shortages of skilled manpower. The project also makes for the exchange and sharing of expertise and skilled manpower among African countries. Such an exchange is intended to obviate the need for out-of-region experts, whom would otherwise have to be employed at remuneration levels which African countries can ill-afford. A key focus of the project will be assessing perceivable surpluses and shortages of middle- and high-level manpower in African countries with a view to identifying placement opportunities within Africa for skilled Africans so that manpower deficiency in one region could be offset by relative abundance from other regions.