Tag Archive: Unemployment

Time to Honor Promises

Fiath Kiarie May 17, 2016

By Faith Kiarie South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress, made ambitious promises to the masses back in 1955, as outlined in the Freedom Charter, and again in 1994, when it came to power as the country’s first democratically…
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African Angle

#feesmustfall, Higher Education, Inequality, South Africa, Unemployment, Youth

The Agricultural Route to African Jobs

Eugenie Maiga November 25, 2014

By Eugenie Maïga At more than 20 percent, youth unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa is high, and with 10 million young Africans entering the labor market each year it is only going to worsen. In addition, the youth bulge—65 percent of the…
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African Angle

Agriculture, Sustainability, Unemployment