CAPE VERDEAN DIASPORA FEELS POWERLESS TO IMPROVE HOME COUNTRY’S HIGHER EDUCATION
March 23rd, 2023
Academics from the diaspora of Cape Verde, which numbers an estimated 1.5 million people, compared to 587,925 inhabitants of this Atlantic archipelago, are complaining that their talents and expertise are being overlooked by local political and academic leaders.
Indeed, many claim they struggle to see their overseas qualifications recognised in Cape Verde, which they say would enable them to improve the country’s higher education and academic research.
Dr Raffaella Gozzelino, who has a PhD in neurobiology from the faculty of medicine of the University of ...
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