Zimbabwe will host Africa Skills Week 2026, a continental gathering focused on the skills gap across the region. The venue is the Harare International Conference Centre, one of the capital's best-known event spaces. Organisers expect policymakers, education and training institutions, industry players, innovators and development partners to attend. The big question for the week is how to line up skills development with what Africa's economies actually demand. Delegates are likely to compare notes on how their training systems prepare young people for real work. For Zimbabwe, hosting the event is a chance to position itself at the centre of a continental conversation. It also puts the country's own education sector and industries in front of a serious audience. Whatever agreements come out of the sessions will feed into policy debates long after the closing day.