Africa's “youth employment” crisis is actually a “missing jobs” crisis

J Sumberg, L Fox, J Flynn, P Mader… - Development Policy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Motivation The Sustainable Development Goals target decent work for all, including
youth, by 2030. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), however, a “youth employment crisis” is now …

Formal‐sector employment and Africa's youth employment crisis: Irrelevance or policy priority?

J Sumberg, J Flynn, P Mader, G Mwaura… - Development Policy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation Youth employment has risen to the top of Africa's development agenda. But there
is an often‐ignored tension between the current focus of policy and implementation on self …

Determinant of university students' choices and preferences of agricultural sub-sector engagement in Cameroon

CJ Mkong, T Abdoulaye, PM Dontsop-Nguezet… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Although the agri-food sector has a huge potential to offer attractive employment
opportunities for Africa's burgeoning youth, a negative perception of agriculture persists …

Advance rent mobilisation strategies of graduate renters in Ghana: a submarket of the private rental housing market

LA Asante, RJ Ehwi, EK Gavu - Journal of Housing and the Built …, 2022 - Springer
The practice of advance rent, where landlords ask renters to pay a lump-sum rent covering 2
or more years, is gaining scholarly and political attention in Africa. Nevertheless, there is …

[PDF][PDF] Private sector development interventions and better-quality job creation for youth in Africa

E Quak, J Flynn - … with productivity growth and sustainable job …, 2019 - includeplatform.net
There is consensus among policymakers and the research community that demand for
young people's labour is the main constraint to achieving sustainable job creation in Africa …

Illustrating school-to-work transition through drawings: An exploratory study with a sample of South African students

WT Chinyamurindi, T Harry - SA Journal of Human Resource …, 2020 - journals.co.za
Orientation: Unemployment is a matter of great concern within the South African context.
Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of students …

Labour market transition and experiences of unemployed graduates: An exploratory study

H Tinashe, WT Chinyamurindi - African Journal of Employee …, 2019 - journals.co.za
Young people in countries such as South Africa are finding it difficult to make a successful
school-to-work transition. This is exacerbated by high unemployment and uncertainty in the …

An investigation into the nexus between innovation and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

B Ibrahima, AE Okem, J Reysz - Poverty, inequality, and innovation in the …, 2023 - Springer
Developing countries, and particularly African countries, are characterised by poverty and
inequality. Emerging corpus of knowledge demonstrates that innovation is a critical …

[PDF][PDF] Things still fall apart: A political economy analysis of State-youth engagement in Honiara, Solomon Islands

D Evans - Pacific Youth: Local and Global Futures, 2019 - library.oapen.org
With the assistance of outsiders (donors, non-government organisations (NGOs) and their
external consultants), a steady stream of state-endorsed, youth-related policies and activities …

Africa through times: Recent successes and lessons for emerging markets

LL Melyoki, BJ Punnett - Doing Business in Emerging Markets, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Africa has been portrayed as a continent with poor governance, widespread poverty,
economic stagnation, and social services whose standards have lagged behind the rest of …