A study carried out recently has shown that Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest year-on-year average growth rate for people enrolling for professional courses, with Nigeria ranking third globally.
The study by Coursera, a United States-based training and skills company, shows that the region has been experiencing exponential enrolment growth for professional certificate courses growing at an average of 80% in the past few years.
According to the report, University World News reported that Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has enrolled 142,000 learners, behind the United States with 1.3 million and India with 654,000 enrolments. The report also noted that Africans are most likely to invest in technology skills like web development and user experience and data science skills like geo-visualisation or data visualisation software.
Apart from Nigeria, other countries in the region have also recorded significant growth in enrolment figures. Cameroon, for example, leads in enrolling for technology courses, while those from Zambia lead in seeking studies in data science skills.
|Business Insider Africa
