We must insist on inclusion of Ugandan engineers to promote industrialisation
Thursday April 01 2021
In the World Bank’s Science, Technology and Skills for Africa’s Report of March 2014 on improving the quality of engineering education and training in Africa, it was keenly noted that sub-Saharan Africa seriously lacks engineering capacity and relies heavily on imported expertise for two reasons insufficient output from training institutions, and poor quality education and lack of practical experience among graduates. Yet Africa also has pressing development needs that require engineers.
The report highlighted a number of reasons why the countries needed to put together their own pool of engineers among which included factors like infrastructure needing to be built in step with the region’s economic growth trajectory, including roads, bridges, buildings, airports, and harbours, industrial development should be accelerated, especially in manufacturing, so that the region be