World Youth Skills Day: Young Africans cite inadequate training, lack of work experience as main barriers to youth employment

World Youth Skills Day: Young Africans cite inadequate training, lack of work experience as main barriers to youth employment

ACCRA, Ghana, July 15, 2026/APO Group/ — African youth identify inadequate training and a lack of required job experience as the leading barriers to youth employment, the latest Afrobarometer (www.Afrobarometer.org) survey findings reveal. Based on nationally representative surveys in 38 African countries in 2024/2025, job creation is young people’s top priority for greater government investment…

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Edo pays N800m counterpart funding to tackle flooding, erosion in Benin

Edo pays N800m counterpart funding to tackle flooding, erosion in Benin

The Edo State government has announced that it has paid N800 million in counterpart funding to the European Investment Bank to tackle erosion and flooding in the state, particularly in Benin City. The State Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Nosa Adams, announced this during the State Ministry of Information and Strategy’s bi-monthly press briefing in…

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