Vol. 54 No. 2/2020: Employment for rural Africa

Many people in the Global South have no option to earn an income enabling them a life beyond poverty, not to mention a decent living. The situation is particularly volatile in Africa, for the population there will double by 2050, and every year, 25 million new jobs need to be created for the surge of young people entering the labour market. These young people are more educated, more entrepreneurial, more savvy and more technical-skilled than any other generation before them. So this is a huge potential that can be put to use – provided that the existing hurdles can be cleared, and that the impacts of the corona crisis can be contained as quickly as possible.
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Focus
- Africa's rapid economic transformation
- Informal household enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa – livelihoods for rural transformation
- Leveraging the employment potential of industries without smokestacks
- Demand-driven extension and advisory services – catalysing opportunities for youth in agriculture
- Skills development – what the dual approach can achieve
- What works in rural (youth) employment?
- Africa's face of agriculture is female
- Livelihoods beyond survival
- Why East Africa chose to develop a regional bioeconomy strategy
- Green urban development creates rural employment perspectives
- Creating livelihoods through clean energy and agriculture