Why Africa’s unemployment crisis demands a new generation of entrepreneurs

Cameroon Youth Unemployment Crisis Drives Graduates Toward Informal Work and Emigration

YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON — The escalating Cameroon youth unemployment crisis is forcing a generation of educated citizens into a bitter dilemma: struggle within the domestic informal economy or pursue emigration for better opportunities overseas. As formal job prospects remain severely limited across the Central African nation, recent graduates are discovering that their academic qualifications no longer []

Why Africa's entrepreneurs are buying Caribbean citizenship

Why Africa's entrepreneurs are buying Caribbean citizenship

Youth entrepreneurship key to tackling South Africa’s unemployment crisis

Youth entrepreneurship key to tackling South Africa’s unemployment crisis

Eight African Universities Rethink Entrepreneurial Pathways at Entrepreneurship Strategy Workshop 

Every year,an estimated10-12 millionyoung Africans enter the labormarket, yet only about 3 million formal jobs are created (African Development Bank, Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy 2023). The result is a widening employment gap: more than one in four young people across the continent are neither in employment, education, nor training, while three in four young people in sub-Saharan Africa lack secure work (International Labour Organization, Global Employment Trends []

Entrepreneurship is Not a Rescue Scheme

The government once spoke loudly about creating thousands of jobs. That language has changed. Today, the talk is about enterprise development, entrepreneurship support and helping Namibians create opportunities for themselves and for others. It is a necessary shift. But it does not erase the hard facts. Slow economic growth continues to feed unemployment, leaving too [] The post Entrepreneurship is Not a Rescue Scheme appeared first on The Namibian.