Digital skills in East Africa

Abstract

This chapter analyses how digital skills affect jobs and productivity in East Africa (Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda). First, the chapter outlines the region’s overall educational outcomes, occupational structures and migration trends. Second, it analyses the supply of, demand for and provision of digital skills. Third, the chapter discusses the expansion of Internet access and digital education, country-specific skill provision and regional integration of digital skills development as priority policy recommendations.

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