" Continuous Professional Development (CPD): From compliance to capability" Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is essential for professionals who must maintain licensure and demonstrate ongoing competence—particularly in regulated fields such as healthcare, engineering, education, and allied professions. Across the world, CPD frameworks ensure that practitioners remain current, competent, ethical, and responsive to evolving professional standards. Today, CPD is not a “nice-to-have”; it is a formal requirement in many jurisdictions and a cornerstone of professional credibility and public trust. Global Adoption of CPD Frameworks CPD systems are well established across multiple regions, with professional bodies requiring practitioners to accumulate a defined number of learning hours or points over a fixed renewal cycle—typically two to three years. Well-established CPD frameworks exist across multiple regions: Africa: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa , Rwanda, Eswat...