Africa’s nuclear ambitions face critical workforce shortage – GAEC

“It is my opinion that we must increasingly think in terms of an African nuclear workforce ecosystem - one in which skills, knowledge, experience and expertise can move across borders while remaining rooted in strong national institutions.”” He said the International Atomic Energy Agency considers human resource development one of 19 essential nuclear infrastructure pillars, making workforce development fundamental to the success of nuclear programmes.

He proposed an African nuclear workforce ecosystem through which countries could share training infrastructure, research facilities, specialised expertise, simulation and laboratory capabilities, regulatory experience and educational programmes.