PhD's, Masters and Experience are overated in Africa

I don't believe you need a couple of PHD's, 3 Masters and 2 Bachelor's plus 14yrs of experience to land a good job. But some places won't take less than that. After some investigation, that seems to be the norm in some organizations and companies in Africa. No doubt, Africans are some of the most educated people on the face of the earth, and of course no one has the guts to admit that, for Aliens might come back to earth....
But that could be a problem that has caused unemployment, failure to launch, corruption and underdevelopment in Africa.

Job requirements and new bank account requirements are highly overated in Africa. To open an account in African major banks, you need a letter of reference from employer, a birth certificate and a bunch of other time wasters, and it takes a few weeks to open one. Wow! To land a good job in a bank, corporation, firm, whatever...you need tons of experience and above the rim education. In my research, i found out that African firms and corporations also pay foreigners double the salary they would pay an equally educated and experienced native. Could that be the reason why Africa is still behind in so many things?

As a bank manager, you need basic education, training, experience and great customer service skills. You don't need a PHD and 3 Masters. As an office clerk, you might as well be a high school graduate with some training of some sort and great communication skills. You do not need to have gone to University of some city for a Mass Communication degree and Diploma in Human Resource Management, then be hired as a clerk! c'mon!.

What will happen to all those who can't afford 3 PhD's? How about those who couldn't afford University education and instead went to some college or Polytechnic, came out with thorough knowledge, skills and training to govern a board meeting on health reform? Doesn't such a person deserve a boost - like being a health care consultant in some big firm or corporation? He/she doesn't need a Masters in Environment and Health. Thank God for that, it is ok to have it, but you don't need that to work hard, be successful and smart.

When i think about all the people in AQfrica who have been to college - whether for 2 or 10 years, some of them are still at home, or selling sukumas. Not because they don't need to work, they deserve better jobs of course - they worked hard and finished school. Yet, the positions they should be holding are held by some folks who have 10 degrees and 80 years of experience. You know where these latter ones should be? working in those jobs that foreigners are so highly paid. If these foreigners know best, have so much experience and are all that, why are they in Africa? ...why not pay the same to those who have 20 years of Masters Degrees and then offer their jobs to those who are still searching?

But in Africa...that kind of ideology can't get through the the greasy heads of greedy, corrupt, and nepotised leaders who only think about themselves....