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Amanda Bisong, Policy Leader Fellow, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute

Africans migrate for jobs mostly within the continent: why regional skills partnerships are needed

In 2024, 25.1 million Africans were living in other countries on the continent. Labour migration has long been a defining feature of Africa’s economic landscape.

Migrant workers on the continent are concentrated in certain sectors: agricultural and manufacturing together absorb roughly a fifth of migrant labour. Most migrants hold medium-skilled jobs alongside high and low skilled occupations.

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