Africa on the Move: Migration, Labor Mobility, and Integration
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of migration and labor mobility on Africa's economic future, featuring insights from experts Amanda Bisong and Daniel Yu.
Africa’s economic future will be shaped in part by the movement of people, skills, and labor across the continent. Yet migration remains one of the most debated and politically sensitive issues in Africa and around the world, raising questions about jobs, borders, demographics, and social cohesion. Recent attacks against migrants in South Africa have brought these debates back into sharp focus, even as the African Union and the African Continental Free Trade Area push for deeper regional integration. In this episode of Into Africa, Oge Onubogu speaks with Amanda Bisong, a policy expert and researcher on migration and labor mobility, and Daniel Yu, founding partner of the Africa Jobs Fund and co-founder and former CEO of Wasoko, about the realities of migration across Africa, the gap between political rhetoric and economic evidence, and what greater labor mobility could mean for the continent’s growth and integration.
People in this episode
Host: Oge Onubogu
Guests: Amanda Bisong, Daniel Yu
Topics covered
- migration
- labor mobility
- economic growth
- regional integration
- social cohesion
Keywords
- migration
- labor mobility
- Africa
- economic growth
- regional integration
- social cohesion
- African Union
- South Africa
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: African Union, African Continental Free Trade Area
Places: South Africa
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