TAG: Africa
This segment of OBG Talk – aired in collaboration with K24 TV – quizzed Prof. Noah Midamba, Vice Chancellor and CEO, KCA University, on some of the key priorities for reform in Kenya's education sector, including improving graduate employability, expanding ICT usage and ensuring teaching and curriculum standards for private universities.
Gabon’s economy has reached a critical juncture in 2016, with the drop in global oil prices having increased the need for and urgency of economic diversification, while reducing the availability of public financing to back the transformation. Under the now seven-year-old economic strategy, the Emerging Gabon Strategic Plan, the government has hastened efforts to expand the scope of economic activity, focusing on financial services, tourism and agriculture.
Hydrocarbons remain the mainstay of Algeria’s economy, although following the drop in oil prices since mid-2014, the government is hastening efforts to encourage investment in other sectors, with a particular focus on industry and agriculture. While foreign reserve and government debt levels are under pressure, both appear set to remain reasonably comfortable over the near future.