East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP)

According to the 2015 World Bank Enterprise Surveys, over 25 percent of the formal firms surveyed in Sub-Saharan Africa identify an inadequately educated workforce as a major constraint, and over 29 percent of all production workers are rated unskilled workers by these firms. Shortage of specialized technical and vocational education and training (TVET) skills is particularly acute in transport, energy, manufacturing, including agro-processing, and ICT, and this could slow the industrialization agenda.

Regional Priorities
transport
Transport

East African countries have rolled out several transport and infrastructure initiatives, including the Northern Corridor Integration Project (NCIP), the Central Transport Corridor Project, and the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor Project.

Manufacturing
Manufacturing

African countries, with support from the international community, have shown strong commitments to transforming the continent through industrialization. The 2008 Africa Union Summit adopted the theme, ‘the industrialization of Africa’, which endorsed and adopted a plan of action for accelerating industrial development in Africa. In September 2016, the G20 Summit pledged support to the Africa industrialization Action Plan.

ICT
ICT

East Africa has experienced technological revolution after liberalisation of the telecommunications sector in the 1990s. This has improved communication services and infrastructure, particularly mobile telephone services which are widely accessed even in rural areas.

Energy
Power & Energy

Countries in East Africa have adopted policies and developed cooperation to promote the efficient utilisation of various energy resources available within the region.

Upcoming Events

21
November
  • Arusha, Tanzania,
Technical Advisory Meeting
25
November

EASTRIP Multimedia

EASTRIP IN numberS

16
Flagship TVET Centers of Excellence
20
Expected number of students enrolled annually by all Centers
293
Million USD
Credit and grant from the World Bank to finance EASTRIP
publications
Publications

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resources
Resources

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document
Documents

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