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Tanzania’s third five-year development plan focuses on creating employment for its fast-growing youth population. The country plans to increase the employability of its graduates and youth in general through a comprehensive skills development program. According to a report, Tanzania’s five-year development plan will cut unemployment from 9 per cent in 2019 to 8 per cent by 2025/26.

Africa’s youth unemployment is one of the many “poly-crises” destabilising many countries and impeding economic recovery following recent disruptions and challenges. According to the just-released International Labor Organization’s (ILO) annual Monitor of the World of Work study, low-income African nations are unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels of unemployment this year.

Unemployment is a significant problem in Africa, with many countries experiencing high rates of joblessness. The unemployment rate in Africa…

In 2021, it is estimated that 39 million Africans could fall into extreme poverty while in 2020 about 30 million…

South Africa achieved independence in 1994, but years later, there has been little improvement in the general populace’s poverty levels.…