Leading African countries in global skills ranking

The need for skilled workers around the world has increased as the global labor market demands more tech-savvy professionals.

According to Coursera’s sixth annual report Global Skills Report There will be approximately 3.4 million job vacancies worldwide in 2024, with many positions in certain fields remaining unfilled, hence there is a need for training institutions that prepare learners to meet this demand.

Speaking of which, Kursra CEO Jeff Maggioncalda explained that the report, which highlights countries' rankings in skills training, comes from the organization's learning community of over 148 million learners and 7,000 institutional clients, as well as content from 325 of the world's leading universities and industry partners.

The Global Skills Report 2024 has ranked African countries, showing the performance of learners in each country overall in the areas of business, technology and data science.

According to the report, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) recorded the lowest growth (12%), demonstrating that governments across the region need to improve access to learning resources to overcome barriers to online learning.

However, North American countries saw a 61% increase in enrollment in Professional Certificates compared to the previous year, with learners more likely to prefer courses such as data analytics, cybersecurity and project management.

While Nigeria ranks 105th globally, it ranks 12th in SSA with 26% business skills, 1% technical skills and 1% data science.

The report noted that countries in SSA need to focus on developing a skilled youth workforce, given the low number of skilled workers in the region.