Cameroon: Brain drain hampers public services

Highly qualified Cameroonian graduates are leaving for Europe and North Africa in unprecedented numbers, and unlike in the past no longer feel compelled to return, starving the professional classes of qualified workers, according to experts.

Students often face unemployment upon graduating. (Image: IRIN)

“We have shifted from having a spirit of national solidarity to one of individualism,” said a university student. “It used to be inconceivable that a student would leave for abroad and not return to apply their skills to serve their country, but that is no longer the case.”

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