Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum is on a mission to build about 46,000 schools in his country, which has one of lowest literacy rates in the world — and a population expected to nearly triple by 2050.
“Success is very slow,” Bazoum acknowledged in an interview with the Washington Examiner. “We're still at the beginning stages of this activity. So it will take some time. And, we need more resources.”
“On condition that we really focus on education and development of young people by providing them with the skills they need,” Bazoum said. “But if you have a lot of people that are uneducated, they constitute a danger. Seen from that angle, the future of Africa is not bright because if the population is not educated, the population is not an asset for Africa. Rather, it can be a handicap for Africa.
With that in mind, education would seem like a high-value sector for countries keen to support African development or cultivate influence on the continent. The world’s global heavyweights, including China and the United States, recognize Africa has a major economic and geopolitical frontier — but there persists a paradoxical lack of investment in African education, at least in comparison to other forms of engagement.
“For the Nigerien government, education and vocational training are also two priorities to develop human capital. To this end, France is financing several actions in Niger,” a French official said.
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