At the YouthTrade launch, John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market, inspires entrepreneurs! Speaking to YouthTrade entrepreneurs, he says, "[that they] are the heroic generation, that will be fixing the problems our... read more

L’évolution récente dans le monde arabe, je dirais africain puisque les pays pionniers se trouvent en Afrique et que la population des pays africains représente 62% de la population globale du monde arabe, même si la prise en charge des bouleversements par les institutions du Continent fut tardive, montre combien le chômage et l’exclusion des jeunes3 constituent un gâchis

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Le Bénin connait depuis la crise économique de la fin des années 80 une pauvreté endémique. En effet, cette crise a entrainé la fermeture de toutes les sociétés d’Etat et le licenciement d’une partie des agents de l’Etat accompagné d’une politique de départ volontaire à la retraite.

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The dynamics and causes of youth unemployment in Africa are complex and multi-dimensional. Youth (those between 15 and 24) represent more than 60 per cent of the continent’s total population and account for 45 per cent of the total labour... read more

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Youth unemployment is a global challenge, but it is more acute in Africa due to the pervasive poverty that many of our countries are still facing making it more difficult to allocate any social benefits to the unemployed youth. read more read more

A regional workshop on ‘Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment in North Africa’ was held in Nouakchott, Mauritania on 13-14 June 2011. It was hosted by the Mauritanian National Agency for the Promotion of Youth Employment (ANAPEJ) and the... read more

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1. ACBF website - http://www.acbfpact.org/Data/Sites/1/docs/working%20paper/ACBF%20WORKING%20PAPER%2021.pdf

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