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Where are African Jobs? I was quite amazed to read of the Royal Academy of Engineering report saying that there is a shortage of skilled and experienced engineers in Sub Saharan Africa (News, December 2012). I am a mechanical engineer trained at Imperial College London and Loughborough University to masters level. I worked for multinationals for about 15 years, yet I've been at home for the last five years struggling to get a small business going. I can only describe myself as underemployed or even unemployed.