Youth Employment

  • Building Africa’s education systems for a prosperous future
    ADEA,  Monday, December 17, 2018 - 21:42 

    Africa lacks a critical mass of skilled labor because of low access to, and high dropouts from education systems. Only about one third of children are in secondary school, and just over one in ten have access to higher education, compared to rates three times as high in other developing countries.

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  • Reimagining youth skills development for an inclusive recovery
    ADEA,  Monday, July 26, 2021 - 13:15 

    Youth aged 15-24 make up 1.2 billion people in the world and it is projected to increase to 1.3 billion by 2030, with some countries and regions experiencing rapid growth, or so-called “youth bulges.” More than one million young people enter the labor market each month in India and in sub-Saharan Africa. 

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  • Creating Productive Jobs for Africa’s Youth: A Huge Challenge with Global Implications
    ADEA,  Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 22:16 

    In an article in the Financial Times (“Africa’s youth, frustrated and jobless, demand attention”, April 13), Mo Ibrahim – chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation focusing on leadership and governance in Africa – rightly called for more attention to the rising unemployment among young Africans.

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