North Africa hit by brain drain of ICT graduates
According to a the World Bank’s
World Development Report 2021: Data for better lives, the main cause of migration of ICT professionals from North African countries such as Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, is economic, since the loss of talent is being linked to the huge wage gaps that exist between high- and low-income countries.
“Given salary differentials of five to 10 times between data scientists in low- and high-income countries, it is estimated that workers with these skills in low-income countries are 33% more likely to migrate than workers from high-income countries,” stated the report.