Africa’s infrastructure boom faces 57% construction talent gap – PMI report

Sub-Saharan Africa’s construction sector is entering one of its most consequential periods. At the centre of this transformation is the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), a continent-wide initiative designed to close critical infrastructure gaps by 2040 through more than 400 priority projects spanning energy, transport, ICT, and transboundary water systems.


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