Africa Critical Skills Bank

Delivering up-to-date workforce intelligence to align training with Africa’s labour market needs

A dynamic evidence-based platform providing access to Africa's sectoral competency forecasts, enabling alignment of training with labour market trends to guide investment, curricula, and career choices for Africa's future workforce. 


How the Africa Critical Skills Bank Works

Find out how Africa's Critical Skills Bank connects talent with labour market demand, and why it matters for policy, training, and investment.

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Plan with skills &
employment data

Reliable labour market intelligence is essential for matching skills with employment needs.

African Governments, training providers, and employers can now

  • Access up-to-date labour market trends across Africa
  • Align curricula with current and future workforce demand
  • Plan investments and policies with accurate national and regional data
  • Strengthen TVET through integrated Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems

Bringing together continent-wide evidence-based data to support stronger planning and decision making.

Country & Regional Skills Profiles

  • Access detailed national profiles that map skills gaps and oversupply.
  • Explore broad and granular data to understand current and future workforce needs.
  • Be guided on where investment and training should be prioritised to support policy, workforce planning, and education strategies.

Sector & Occupation Insights

  • Explore Occupation–Skills Mismatch Data based on up-to-date information on required skills and whether they are in shortage or surplus.
  • Gain Occupation Mismatch Insights pinpointing roles facing shortages or oversupply for targeted action.
  • Utilise Sectoral Competencies Mapping to analyse future skills needs in priority economic sectors.

Explore

Access LIVE data on skills supply and demand. Compare countries, track sectors, and apply forecasts to shape training, policy, and investment.

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FEATURES

  • Interactive filters to search skills data by country, sector, and occupation.
  • Dynamic dashboards with up-to-date updates and visualisations.
  • Side-by-side country and regional comparisons for benchmarking.
  • Forecasting tools to model future skills demand and supply.
  • Downloadable datasets and reports for offline analysis.
  • Standardised methodologies ensuring data comparability across Africa.

Collaborate

PARTNER WITH THE AFRICA CRITICAL SKILLS BANK TO CLOSE SKILLS GAPS AND CREATE JOBS. 

Join a continental effort aligned with Agenda 2063 and invest in a public good that delivers real impact for Africa's workforce.