Training youths in business skills can alleviate Africa’s chronic unemployment rates
Few days ago, I met a lady involved in an initiative that is geared towards helping young people in Africa to acquire skills in business. Her main focus is how young men and women in African countries can start or improve their ventures. According to her research she conducted in a period of three years in 35 African countries, there are close to 1 million students in Africa who have been given the chance to learn business skills through private and partnership initiatives that have been well supported by most of current African countries including hers. The idea of her non- governmental organization is to collaborate with individual governments to craft programs that boost entrepreneurship in the continent. In our short but very important chinwag, her NGO has also been working with the international organizations to implement some projects. The NGO curriculum includes case studies and instructions on carrying out business simulations. The energetic looking blonde st...
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