The brain drain has been termed as one of the greatest obstacles
to Africa's development. A report by Professor Henry Kyambalesa,
from Regis University in Denver, reveals that African countries
continually lose a significant number of trained nationals, who
decide to emigrate and live abroad in search of higher incomes
and a better standard of living, among a host of other reasons.
Between 1974 and 1985, for example, an average of 12,146
technical and professional personnel per year (computed from
data collected by Logan1) were admitted to the United States
from various countries in Africa. Between 1993 and 1995, the
United States admitted 32,317 of the continent’s skilled human
re- sources. According to the World Bank Group, nearly 70,000
qualified Africans leave their home countries every year to work
in industrialized nations. According to the 2001 BBC World
Africa report, Africa lost an estimated 60,000 middle- and high-
level managers between 1985 and 1990, and about 23,000 qualified
academic professional