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ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - African experts and the United Nations looked at why Africa is losing its best scientists to the West, in an international conference in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
Around 60,000 doctors, engineers and technologists left the continent between 1985 and 1990, with around 20,000 currently leaving each year, say the organizers, the Economic Commission for Africa and the International Migrations Organisation. The three-day conference began yesterday.
Delegates assessed the impact of "African brain drain" on the continent, a subject of concern here. Last November, Senegalese President Abdou Diouf, a Muslim, called for "vigorous scientific policies" to be put in place across the continent to stem the exodus of promising young scientists abroad. The conference also notably discussed ways of improving local education systems in Africa that could help plug the brain drain
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