摘要：This article focuses on the current trends and initiatives in human capacity
building in Africa. It takes as it starting point that human capacity
development is essential for Africa to become an information and knowledge
society and therefore an equal partner in the global sharing of knowledge. Four
knowledge areas are identified and discussed. These are education, research and
development, brain drain and information and documentation drain. The paper
concludes that there is a clear understanding in Africa that its future lies
with education and that most African leaders have a strong political will to
invest in human capacity building on the continent. It is also clear that much
has been done, particularly primary education. Africa will most definitely
benefit from this in the long run. Problem areas remain however. These are in
the needed growth of research and development and how to address the brain and
information drain phenomena.
