Africa’s Youth Ill-Equipped For Job Market – Report

Riyaz Patel

A sharp decline in the quality of education and training provided by African countries since 2014 has left many of the continent’s young people ill-prepared to enter the job market, an influential report said Tuesday.

The African Governance Report 2019, the most comprehensive survey of its kind on the continent, provides a framework for governments, institutions, civil society and the private sector to accurately assess the delivery of public goods and services, and policy outcomes, across the African continent.

The 2019 launch edition, which used data from the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), found that enrolment and access to education was particularly low in the tertiary sector.

“This has resulted in the burgeoning youth population being faced with increasing struggles when entering the job market,” researchers at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation said.

Under 15s now made up the majority age group in Africa, the authors added, they