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Why African Youth Unemployment Is a Global Problem
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Posted By :YouthLead Admin
Posted :October 20, 2021
Updated :October 20, 2021

This is an analysis written by Audrey Donkor, a writer and international affairs analyst from Ghana. Please read below an excerpt from the analysis to get a glimpse of what the article is all about:

Why African Youth Unemployment Is a Global Problem

Governments and donors must stop focusing solely on skills development and entrepreneurship—or risk more youth migration, unrest, and terrorism...

Studies have highlighted mismatches between the skills African students obtain at school and those required by employers... 

African societies have long valued professions like medicine, law, and business, while creative fields such as writing, art, music, drama, and fashion are regarded as hobbies...

Africa’s youth employment crisis has been a long time in the making. An adequate solution to this problem requires addressing its root cause: the lack of job creation in many professional fields.  page1image7117568 page1image7119296 page1image7119872 page1image7120064 

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Published:Tuesday,October 19,2021
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Why African Youth Unemployment Is a Global Problem
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Economic Growth and Trade, Entrepreneurship, Workforce Development, Education, Youth
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