Uganda: 35% Ugandan Graduates in OECD

Brain drain is hitting Uganda hard as it is estimated that 35 percent of Uganda's graduates live in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The ILO programme officer for Africa region, Mr David NII Addy, said this on May 26 at Hotel Africana in a regional meeting on Labour Migration for International Development in East Africa. "According to recent data of OECD, Uganda has over 35 percent of its graduates living in an OECD country. Comparable data for Tanzania is slightly higher while that of Kenya also stands at about 35 percent," he said.