Dec 19, 2019, 3:37 PM
(From ICEF Monitor) While China, India and other Asian nations remain the world's leading source of international students, international student interest in Africa is growing quickly, according to research by the United Nations. Today, the number of students in sub-Saharan Africa leaving their countries for higher education is growing quickly, from 296,395 in 2012 to 374,425 in 2017, a 26% increase. By 2030, one of every four people aged 15-24 will live in Africa.
This prevailing demographic trend has ushered in a new era of rising demand for higher education, and for study abroad, across the continent. In China, for instance, the number of African international students is now thought to be 60,000 – 20 times what it was in 2005. As this example suggests, China's model for recruiting and retaining African students is expected to expand as the demand for study abroad gets more intense, according to ICEF Monitor.
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