London-based CBCAfricaRecruit (www.africarecruit.com) organised the Global Skills Seminar for Africa (GSSA 2003) in Lagos, Nigeria in December which attracted a total of 200 delegates. GSSA 2003 had the aim of looking at the challenges surrounding Africa’s so-called brain drain and developing an action plan to overcome Africa’s skills shortages and reverse the brain drain. The key outcome is agreement to establish a human resource (HR) forum across Africa to support African HR professionals in their battle to nurture, retain, and attract talent.