To guarantee a better African continent is by investing from now into the future of young leader and children of all age.
Unless African leaders show some of that wisdom and political will, the continent will remain at the bottom of the class.
Too often failures of education policy are laid at the door of teachers, when they are dedicated people working in trying circumstances.
If less than 60% of teachers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Mozambique are professionally qualified, it is the responsibility of their governments to improve teacher training.
If absenteeism levels are high, it is not necessarily because teachers are lazy; it could be because they have had to work a second job because they cannot rely on their government salary being paid on time.
According to Unesco, there has been a decline in teacher pay across Africa since 1975. It will be impossible to attract the brightest teachers if teacher status remains low, conditions remain poor and graduates see teaching as an option of last resort.