Zambia: Youth Unemployment – AfDB Approach Timely
YOUTH unemployment has become one of the most common phrases that one gets to hear of almost on a daily basis in Zambia.
Obviously the phenomenon is not peculiar to Zambia alone but to many other developing and even developed nations around [...]
Nigeria: Warning Signals of Rising Youth Unemployment
Recently, the Batch “B” members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) passed out after successfully completing their service to the country in their respective places of primary assignment. Thus, they have now joined the over-bloated [...]
South Africa: Automotive Hub Hopes to Make a Dent in Unemployment
Winterveldt — Gauteng’s newly launched Automotive Hub hopes to turn the tide of unemployment among the youth in the province.
“This is part of interventions to some of the challenges. It may not be a solution to everything but [...]
South Africa: Unemployed Youth Take Road Traffic Course
Pretoria — About 20 unemployed youth have been contracted by the North West Department of Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison to be part of a learnership programme on Road Traffic Law Enforcement (NQL 4) to help address the shortage [...]
Morocco: The Challenge of Youth Inclusion
press release
Rabat — A new report from the World Bank finds that almost half of all Moroccan youth between the ages of 15 and 29 are neither working, nor in school. Promoting Youth Opportunities and Participation in Morocco examines [...]
North Africa | Arab Spring Brings Some Sour Fruits
By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
CAIRO, Mar 26, 2012 (IPS) – Recent shifts in the Middle East and North Africa have presented several economic challenges such as high unemployment, an exodus of migrants from Libya and a reduction of tourism [...]
Mena unemployment may swell
Unemployment should rise in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) this year, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).
The jobless rate is likely to reach about 12 per cent in the Middle East and close to 15 per cent in North [...]
Formal education failing to secure jobs for Arab youth
Private sector plays a major role both in creating opportunities and in providing quality education
By Dahlia Khalifa, Special to Gulf News
Let’s start by just becoming familiar with the numbers. One in four Arab youth aged 15 to 24 who [...]
