The global youth unemployment crisis

Jennifer Riria grew up in a rural village in Kenya, juggled motherhood and university studies in her late teens, and ended up running one of the biggest microfinance institutions for women in Africa, which allows women to access loans for their businesses. The entrepreneur pionee ...  Afficher plus

Six weeks after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela appears to be shifting its economic strategy. The government is reopening its crucial oil industry to foreign investment and redirecting oil exports back toward the United States.Presenter Rahul Tandon is joined b ...  Afficher plus

Covid is costing many of us our jobs.An African Union report says as many as 20 million could go as a result of the pandemic.Even before all this began, youth unemployment across Africa was already twice as high as that among older adults.So when economies started slowing down, y ...  Afficher plus

Can anyone thrive amid the madness of Covid-19?The pandemic has battered South Africa’s economy. When the country went into lockdown last year, many businesses struggled to survive.In the months that followed, a staggering 2.2 million people lost their jobs.And yet, amid the econ ...  Afficher plus

It’s a common story across the continent. A student graduates from university. They celebrate the end of their hard work with proud family members. But when they start job hunting they find they face fierce competition for a small number of jobs. The International Labour Organiza ...  Afficher plus

Companies around the world are struggling to fill open positions, while millions of unemployed people look for work. What's going on? Zeynep Ton, professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, says that organizations need to start offering better jobs. While old-school manageme ...  Afficher plus