Entrepreneurship key to solving SA’s youth unemployment crisis – The Mail & Guardian

Entrepreneurship key to solving SA’s youth unemployment crisis – The Mail & Guardian

Investing in young people to help them become entrepreneurs is one of the ways corporate social initiatives can tackle South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis, business leaders said this week. They spoke as data from Statistics South Africa showed that the unemployment rate had increased to 32.9% in the first quarter of the year from 31.9% in the last quarter of last year. Youth unemployment rose to 46.1% from 44.6%. The best way to solve unemp…

President Museveni reaffirms commitment to tackle youth unemployment through skilling

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, accompanied by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Kataaha Museveni, has today officially commissioned the Tooro Zonal Presidential Industrial Hub located in Kijwiga village, Katoke Sub-county, Mwenge Central, Kyenjojo District. Speaking at the commissioning, the President emphasized that Africa’s historical setback has been due to a lack of practical skills among its people. He note…