Description

KR’s report on Talent Mobility in Africa is the first of its kind.

It offers readers a unique overview of the impact of global talent mobility on Africa, and provides them with analysis, insights and recommendations to aid in moving talented employees to new locations rapidly and efficiently. The report details emigration and immigration patterns on the continent with a particular focus on six English-speaking countries that collectively account for 59% of continental GDP: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia. It also details skills shortages in these countries; movements of highly skilled migrants; drivers of attracting and retaining top talent; and analysis of immigration regimes and work permit application procedures. In addition, it provides insights on managing and compensating expatriates in emerging markets.

This report is an essential tool for strategic thinking around talent mobility that has become crucial for companies with multinational operations.

What you find in this report:

TRENDS IN GLOBAL MOBILITY

1. Migration and talent mobility
2.  Recent trends in mobility

a) Talent mobility is on the rise
b) Employees demand greater mobility, companies embrace it
c) A new kind of mobility
d) The mobility debate: brain drain or brain circulation?
e) Importing talent to mitigate skills shortages

AFRICAN EMIGRATION PATTERNS

1. Growth of working-age populations
2. Urbanisation
3. Educational attainment
4. Outbound migration patterns

a)     The most popular destinations

5. Focus country emigration

a) Regional emigration trends
b)Top destination countries

EMIGRATION PATTERNS OF THE HIGHLY SKILLED

1. Skilled migration
2. Country focus: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia
3.Insights

a) Concentration of Africa’s highly skilled emigrants
b) Migration of highly skilled women on the rise
c)Migrants often overqualified for work

SKILLS PROFILE AND IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS

1. Africa’s skills shortage

a) Country focus – Botswana
b) Country focus – Ghana
c) Country focus – Kenya
d) Country focus – Nigeria
e) Country focus – South Africa
f)Country focus – Zambia

2. A profile of immigrant populations

a) Work permits issued and characteristics of permit holders

ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TOP TALENT

1. Talent attraction and retention performance
2. Immigration regimes in:

a) Botswana
b) Ghana
c) Kenya
d) Nigeria
e) South Africa
f)Zambia

MANAGING AND COMPENSATING EXPATRIATES IN EMERGING MARKETS

1. Challenges of the assignment lifecycle

a) Assignee selection
b) Pre-departure services
c) Ongoing assignment administration
d)Repatriation

2. Compensation models

a) Taxation
b)Cost of living

3. Assignments in high risk locations

IMPLICATIONS AND INSIGHTS

1. Trends in global mobility
2. African emigration patterns
3. Emigration patterns of the highly skilled
4. Skills profile and immigrant populations
5. Attracting and retaining top talent
6. Managing and compensating expatriates in emerging markets
7. Implications for African policymakers
8. Implications for companies

a) Establish strategic mobility policies
b) Invest in local talent development
c)Engage governments