One of the world’s most prestigious universities in Cameroon: The private Roman Catholic University of Central Africa (CUAC), based in Yaoundé. A peaceful place to study.
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One of the world’s most prestigious universities in Cameroon is to host a new Post- Professional Degree Programme in shipping Law in February 2017, following a guardianship convention signed with a UK maritime law consulting firm.

The private Roman Catholic University of Central Africa (CUAC), based in Yaoundé, Cameroon, is open for Catholics and laics students. It is known for two thirds of its graduates landing international high income jobs within the first few weeks after graduating.

To emphasise the importance of training and education for maritime personnel,Mr. Kitack Lim (Republic of Korea) the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), in his recent annual World Maritime Day message, reported: “Without a quality labour force, motivated, trained and skilled to the appropriate international standards, shipping cannot thrive.”

In the same stream of thought, UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) recently mentioned education as a whole in a recent report which reinforced that education for sustainable development allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future.

UNESCO is a specialised agency of the United Nations system.

More factual quotes and current approaches to the project were given by M. Jean-Paul Wafo, a UK maritime law specialist in an interview with The Bridge Magazine on Monday the 17^th October 2016, in which he quoted a report for Maritime UK of March 2015 published in the Oxford Review of Economics:

“In terms of economic impact, the UK Maritime Service Sector has created 276 , 700 jobs since 2011 which represents 0.8 % of the total UK employment. Moreover the maritime services sector made an estimated £13.8 billion direct value-added contribution to GDP in 2011, which equivalents to 0.9% of the UK economy”.

Wafo’s F&W maritime law Consulting firm, along with the Catholic University of Yaoundé programme, are very much in tune not only with the IMO and UNESCO education agendas, but most importantly with the current reality of the UK and worldwide employment markets in the Maritime Law sector.

An attempt to resolve the issues of migration/ brain-draining from Africa to Western countries and to tackle poverty

With regards to the migrant crisis, and unlike the common portrayal of the right-wing mainstream Western media, two thirds of African arrivals are literate.

What those immigrants often find in the so-called ‘land of the free’ frequently falls short of their expectations: they often do the dirty work that most European workers shun, such as cleaning, kitchen pottering, shelf-stacking in shops, caring for vulnerable people (children, the elderly, blind, disabled etc.), mining, street sweeping, public toilet cleaning, and security work.

But there is a glimmer of hope as the new post-professional degree programme in admiralty law, starting next January, will prevent many African graduates embarking on an absurd European adventure. The programme will not only prevent many falling into such a trap, but more importantly, graduates will be hotly sought by international companies.

Sub-Saharan Africa is awash with the world’s top multibillion busiest sea ports that need skilled and professional trained workforces to thrive….