South Africa: Nation Needs to Invest More in Youth
Pretoria — Investment in youth programmes is a necessity for South Africa, says Deputy Minister for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation Obed Bapela.
Bapela was speaking at the launch of the Commonwealth Youth Work conference on Education [...]
South Africa: Unemployed Youth Register for Employment
Polokwane — Hundreds of unemployed youth in Limpopo on Friday turned out in large numbers to register for employment during the Department of Labour’s Job Summit and Job Fair held in Polokwane.
Earlier this year, the Department launched [...]
South Africa: Jobs Campaign – DA Youth Launch National Youth Entrepreneurship Competition
press release
As a part of the DA’s Jobs Campaign, the DA Youth is pleased to announce the launch of our second National Youth Entrepreneurship Competition. The competition is aimed at young South Africans between the ages of 16 and 30 [...]
Kenya: 70 Percent of the Unemployed are Youths, Report Shows
Youth unemployment in Kenya stands at 70 per cent of total number of the jobless. This translates to nearly three million young people between the age of 15 and 35 being out of work, according to the International Labor Organisation 2010 estimates. [...]
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: Youth Parliament – a Wasted Opportunity to Help Our Youth
press release
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is today attending Parliament’s annual Youth Parliament, which provides an opportunity for political parties to engage directly with the youth of South Africa. While we believe it is important [...]
Gambia: Kombo North Ends Tour With Pledge to Empower Youths
The National Assembly member for Kombo North, Sunday wrapped-up his weeklong tour of his constituency with a pledge to facilitate job creation opportunities for the teeming young people in the area.
Hon. Pa Jattatold the Daily Observer, that [...]
Angola: Mapess Hands Over Professional Kits to Over 100 Youths
Luanda — The Ministry of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security (MAPESS) will hand over on Friday, in Luanda, professional kits to over 100 youths, as part of the implementation programme dubbed “Empreendedorismo na comunidade” [...]
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 [...]
