SME's - in Africa the skills challenge grows
SME's - in Africa the skills challenge grows
Very few if any countries in Africa have been doing artisan training, and South Africa stopped doing this training properly when they changed the system to a "learnership" system.
Engineers are a rare site in our universites in most African countries, and HR is extremely popular. In South Africa we are producing HR graduates in abundance, followed by Social Science students and very little else. Or at least very little of value to the business community.
Quantas Airways recently removed 30 staff in one exercise from the SAA maintenance company. This is of enormous impact on our own ability to maintain aircraft.
The drain is also not limited to whites only. Black artisans are leaving as quickly.
The continent's educational institutions, outside of South Africa, are delivering too few quality students. The one place that was still delivering quality graduates was Zimababwe, but until oder and democracy is restored here, we have no idea if the sole bastion of African educational excellence is still capable.
The Soth African universities still have the capacity and capability, but the students lack the passion and desire to excell at math and accounting, and hence the abundance of HR graduates.
This has to lead the issues in Africa which govern our future success!
Rob Smorfitt
SMEs in Africa the skills challenge grows - To learn more about this author, visit Dr. Rob Smorfitt's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
The global trend for skills to migrate from developing to developed countries is presenting major problems for the African continent. Unlike the Far East countries like China for example, who are producing 600 000 engineers per annum, Africa is lagging very far behind.
Very few if any countries in Africa have been doing artisan training, and South Africa stopped doing this training properly when they changed the system to a "learnership" system.
Engineers are a rare site in our universites in most African countries, and HR is extremely popular. In South Africa we are producing HR graduates in abundance, followed by Social Science students and very little else. Or at least very little of value to the business community.
Quantas Airways recently removed 30 staff in one exercise from the SAA maintenance company. This is of enormous impact on our own ability to maintain aircraft.
The drain is also not limited to whites only. Black artisans are leaving as quickly.
The continent's educational institutions, outside of South Africa, are delivering too few quality students. The one place that was still delivering quality graduates was Zimababwe, but until oder and democracy is restored here, we have no idea if the sole bastion of African educational excellence is still capable.
The Soth African universities still have the capacity and capability, but the students lack the passion and desire to excell at math and accounting, and hence the abundance of HR graduates.
This has to lead the issues in Africa which govern our future success!
Rob Smorfitt
SMEs in Africa the skills challenge grows - To learn more about this author, visit Dr. Rob Smorfitt's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
 | |
 |
No article feedback found. |
| |
Leave Your Feedback |
 | |
| |||
John AlexanderJohn has taught keyword research and SEO skills to small groups of business owners and Webmasters from over 80 different countries world wide since 2002. John is also the Director of Search Engine Academy ; Co-director of Training at Search Engine Workshops offering live, SEO Workshops with his partner SEO educator Robin Nobles, author of the very first comprehensive online search engine marketing courses at SEO Training Online and the SEO Workshop Resource Center. I look forward to hearing from you! - Visit John Alexander's Website |
|||
Anne BarrAnne Barr has over 26 years experience in sales and marketing, six years as a franchisee. She has assisted over 367 business owners and purchasers to achieve their goals in career change, transition and exit strategy. She holds the designation of Certified Franchise Executive from the International Franchise Association, Certified Business Intermediary from the International Business Brokers Association and Board Certified Broker from the Texas Association of Business Brokers. Anne is active in professional organizations, networking groups and volunteers for non-profit entities. As owner/operator of four successful businesses, Anne has proven people skills and enjoys helping clients find the right "fit" in business ownership. Visit www.FranchiseOpportunitySpecialist.com for more information about me and my company. - Visit Anne Barr's Website |
|||
Cheryl MatthynssensCheryl is a life skills coach, licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and a 20 year entrepreneur. Cheryl's dedication to achieving a life of balance led to her expanding her teaching from the simple managing of life's daily challenges to adding financial well being as well. A direct marketer with DrinkACT, she is gaining ground in the online community with her concepts of making sure business owners, entreprenuers and employees have well rounded life styles. She opened up a small affiliate site - The Balance Guide- to help others find resources for mental and emotional well being. Visit Cheryl's blog to see more of the diversity beyond business she has began offering online at www.thebalanceguide.blogspot.com - Visit Cheryl Matthynssens's Website |
|||
John BrennanJohn Brennan Ed.D. Dr. Brennan is President of Interpersonal Development, LLC, a training and development firm. Interpersonal Development has provided sales training and coaching to more than 3,000 sales reps from over 100 companies. A native of Australia, Dr. Brennan received his doctorate from the University of Rochester. His dissertation researched the effectiveness of Behavioral Modeling Technology in training people in interpersonal skills. While he has spent most of his career designing or delivering training, he was also a Vice-President of Sales of a training and development franchise with operations in 25 markets. Dr. Brennan has designed and delivered sales training in North America, Asia, Europe, Australia and the Middle East. He has been a guest speaker at numerous national and regional professional conferences. When Microsoft wanted Best Practices articles on sales for their web site, they called Dr. Brennan. The results are at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX011387391033.aspx His firm’s clients have included Volvo, The Prudential, Merrill Lynch, Eastman Kodak, Gannett, Equifax Europe, the Economist Group and countless small businesses. - Visit John Brennan's Website |
|||
David AchesonDavid Acheson is the founder of DCJA Consultancy. DCJA Consultancy is a management consultancy business specialising in B2B sales consultancy. They offer bespoke and packaged sales consultancy including Sales Optimisation Review, Interim Sales Management, Sales & Marketing Review, 1:1 Sales & Management Staff Analysis, Management Training, Solution Sales Training, Creation of New Pay Plan, KPI's, run Customer Feedback Campaigns, assist with Recruitment, Coaching, Appraisals and set up Strategic Marketing Campaigns. David spent his early career in accountancy and then moved into sales in 1982, working in Office Equipment, IT, Advertising, Training, Outsourcing and Consultancy. He has held many Senior Positions in SMBs and Global Organisations including Head of Sales Operations & Head of Business Development. His knowledge, skills and great experience of the Sales Industry has led to David making keynote speeches and running educational sessions to key businesses through organisations including The Chamber of Commerce and Business Link. - Visit David Acheson's Website |
|||
|
To learn more about the Evan Elite Author Program please contact us. | |||
 | |
|  |
Subscribe to Dr. Rob's articles
 |
|
SME, SMB, SMME, all the debate and info - A resource on SME, SMB and SMME.
|
|
 |
 | |
|
| |
 | |||||||
|
 | ||
|
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
| ||
 |
| Have you written articles that would be of value to entrepreneurs? Become an expert on our site by publishing them! Expose yourself to a wide audience, drive more traffic to your website and get more sales! Click Here for details. |
|
|
 |
| Modeling the Masters: Learn the true secrets behind Walt Disney's business success factors & grow your company! Video produced by Phanta Media |
|
|
 |
"Learn straight from Evan how you can Make a Full Time Income (And More) from a Website"
Click Here To Learn More |
|
|
|
|
Get advice & tips from famous business owners, new articles by entrepreneur experts, my latest website updates, & special sneak peaks at what's to come!
|
|
|
 Free Marketing Plan Template Mental Imagery EQ Coaching Report Why New Businesses Fail Green Realestate CSS Template |
|
 | ||
 |
Top 50 Marketing Blogs
Top Marketing Blogs of 2010 | |
 |
The Top 10 Guy Kawasaki Posts
Best Posts for Entrepreneurs | |
| ||
 | ||||
| ||||
|
| ||||
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Email us your ideas on how to make our website more valuable! Thank you Sharon from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for your suggestions to make the newsletter look like the website and profile younger entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs!
|
|
|
| ||||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||