Skills Training Is Opening Opportunities for Millions of Young People in Africa

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2025/10/20/skills-education-training-job-youth-employment-opportunities-millions-young-people-africa?cid=ECR_E_NewsletterWeekly_EN_EXT&deliveryName=DM268668 From a young age, Leah Francis Basu was fascinated by the mechanics of an aircraft. “I loved aircrafts,” she recalls, describing the moment she first discovered the science of lift. “It was surprising to me to learn the Bernoulli’s principle, where air moving faster over the top of the wing creates lower pressure, while the air beneath the wing remains at higher pressure, forcing the aircraft upward to take off.”