SECTI

ONA:Pr
obl
emSt
atement

St
ep1:YourGCGO

GCGO:J
obCr
eat
ion

St
ep2:Des
cri
beYourPr
obl
em

Whatisthepr oblem?
Theproblemofhi ghunempl oymentr ates ,
part
icular
lyamongyoungpeople,isprevalenti
n
manyAf r
icanc ountri
es.Asar esul
t,t
hisl eadst
owi despr
eadpovert
y,r
educ edeconomi cgrowt
h,
andincr
eas eds oci
ali
nstabil
ity.
Ifthi
spr oblemcont i
nues
,ent
iregener
ati
onsmayr emai n
tr
appedinc yclesofpoverty,withl
imitedac ces
st oopport
uni
ti
esforupwardmobi lit
y.

Whodoest hi
sproblemi mpac t
,direc
tlyandindir
ectl
y?
Thi
sproblemdirectl
yimpac tstheyout hwhoareunabletosecurej
obs.I
ndirec
tly,
famili
es,
communities
,andec onomiessufferfromdecreasedcons
umers pendi
ng,reducedtaxrevenue,
andrel
ianceonsocialservi
ces.Employersarealsoaff
ect
edast heymaystruggletofi
nds ki
ll
ed
worker
sorexper i
encethes oci
etaleffect
sofmas sunemployment.

Whendi dt hi
sprobl
embegi n?Whendoesi toccur
?
Thi
spr oblemhasbeenexac erbat
edinrecentyearsduetothefast
-gr
owingyouthpopulati
onin
Afr
ica,coupledwithins
uf f
ici
entj
obc r
eat
iontomat chthenumberofgraduat
esenteri
ngt he
workforce.TheCOVID-19pandemi cal
sowor s
enedthes i
tuat
ion,
causi
ngbusines
sestocloseand
employmentoppor tuni
tiestoshr
ink.

Wherei sthisprobl
emoc cur
ring?
Thepr obl
emi smos tac
uteins ub-Sahar
anAfric
ancountr
ies
,part
icul
arlyi
nnat i
onsli
keNiger
ia,
SouthAf r
ica,andKenya,wherer api
dpopulati
ongrowth,
poli
ti
cali
nstabil
it
y,andsloweconomic
developmentc ontr
ibutetohi
ghunempl oymentrat
es.

Whyi sthisaproblem?
Highunempl oymentleadstofinanci
alinsecuri
ty,
c r
ime, andsocialunres
t.Itper
petuates
i
nequal i
ty,asthosewit
houtjobsareunabl etoaccesseduc at
ion,healt
hcare,orhousi
ng.Ital
so
stuntstheoverallgr
owthofec onomiesintheregion,preventingthesenationsfr
omr eachi
ng
theirful
lpotenti
al.

Howwoul dreal
it
ybediff
erenti fthi
spr oblemwer esolved?
Ift
hisprobl
emwer esol
ved,yout hunempl oymentrat
eswoul ddecreasesigni
fi
cantly,
leadingto
economicempowerment,socialstabil
it
y, andimprovedlivi
ngstandards.Communi t
ieswoul d
seeareducti
onincri
me,mor erobus teconomi cgrowth,andstr
ongermi ddle-
classdevelopment.

St
ep3:Under
standandQuant
if
yYourPr
obl
em

Whatist
hehistor
icalcontextforthi
spr oblem?
Theyout
hunempl oymentc ris
ishashistori
c alr
ootsincol
oniali
sm,whi c
hl eftmanyAf ri
can
nati
onswit
hlimit
edi nfr
astructur
e,educ at
ion,andindust
rialdevelopment .
Pos t
-independenc
e,
manygovernmentss t
ruggledwi t
hmi s
management , c
orr
upt i
on,andpoliti
calinstabi
li
ty,l
eadi
ng
tosl
uggi
sheconomi cgrowth.Theseissueshavec ompoundedovert i
me, l
eavingmanynat i
ons
unabl
etoc
reat
eenoughj
obsf
ort
hei
rgr
owi
ngpopul
ati
ons
.

Whatar ethepos s
ibl
eeconomi creasonswhyt hisproblemexis
ts?
Onemaj orreasonisthesl
owr ateofindustrializ
ationanddivers
ifi
cati
onofec onomies.Many
Afri
canc ountr
iesrel
yonagricultureornatur alresourc
eextract
ion,whichlimit
sjob
opportuniti
esoutsi
dethesesectors.Addi
tional l
y,poorinves
tmentins mallandmedi um-si
zed
enterpri
ses(SMEs)andinsuf
fici
entac ces
st oc apit
alforentr
epreneursfurtherst
ifl
ejobcreat
ion.

Whataret hepossi
blepoli
ti
c alr
easonswhythisproblemexi
sts
?
Poli
ti
calinst
abil
ity
,corr
uption,andpoorgovernancehaveal
lcontri
butedtounempl
oyment.
Governmentsoftenfai
ltopr i
ori
tiz
ejobcreat
ionpolic
ies,
andpoli
ti
caluncert
aint
ydi
scour
ages
for
eigninvestment,whi
chc ouldother
wisegeneratejobs
.

Whatc ult
ur albeli
efsand/ors ocialnormspos s
ibl
yc ontri
butetothisproblem?
Insomear eas ,
thereisac ult
ur alemphas i
sonc er
tain"white-c
ollar
"professi
ons,l
eadi
ngt oan
oversupplyofgr aduat
esins pec i
ficfi
elds,whil
evocationalandtechnicalj
obsareunderval
ued.
Additi
onally,li
mi t
edsocietalsuppor tforentr
epreneurshipmaydet eryoungpeoplefr
om
pursuingtheirownbus inessvent ures.

Whoar ethepeopl epot entiallyres

ponsi
bleforcr
eat i
ngand/ormai nt
ainingthisprobl
em?
Governmentpol i
cies,lackofi nvestmentfr
omt heprivat
es ect
or,andinternati
onalorganizati
ons
thathavenotef f
ectivelyaddr essedAfri
ca’
sstruc
t ur
alunemploymentc hallengesallshare
responsi
bil
ity.
Addi t
ionally, outdat
ededucati
ons yst
emst hatfai
ltoequipyout hwithrelevant
skil
lscont
ributetothepr oblem.

Quant
if
iabl
eInf
ormat
ion

 Ac
cor
dingt
otheAf
ric
anDevel
opmentBank,
yout
hunempl
oymentr
atesi
nAf
ric
arange
bet
ween20% and50%,
dependi
ngont
hec
ount
ry.

 Ni
ger
ia,
Afr
ica’
slar
ges
tec
onomy
,hasanunempl
oymentr
ateofover33% (
Niger
ian
Bur
eauofSt
ati
sti
cs,
2023)
.

 Appr
oxi
mat
ely12mi
ll
ionyoungAf
ric
ansent
ert
hej
obmar
keteac
hyear
,butonl
y3
mi
ll
ionf
ormalj
obsar
ecr
eat
ed(
Int
ernat
ionalLabourOr
gani
zat
ion,
2022)
.

St
ep4:Des
cri
beYourSol
vedSt
ate

Iftheproblemwer esolved,mill
ionsofyoungpeopl eacr
ossAfri
cawouldhaveaccesst
os t
able
empl oyment,leadi
ngt oreducedpovertylevels
,incr
easedeconomicpr
oducti
vit
y,andimproved
livi
ngs t
andards.Economieswoul dgrowfaster,andgovernmentswoul
dhavemor eresour
cesto
i
nves tininf
rastruc
ture,healt
hcare,andeduc at
ion.

Additi
onall
y,sol
vingthi
sis
suewouldpromotes
ocials
tabi
li
tybyr
educi
ngc r
imeratesand
poli
ti
calunrest,
anditwouldcr
eat
emor einc
lus
ivesoci
eti
eswher
eeveryonehasthe
opportuni
tytocontri
butet
otheeconomy.

St
ep5:Cl
ari
fyYourPr
obl
emSc
ope

Whati
sNOTi
nsc
opef
oryourpr
obl
em?
  Thes
copeoft
hepr
obl
emdoesnoti
ncl
udeunempl
oymenti
ssuesout
sideofAf
ric
a.

 Thepr
obl
emdef
ini
ti
ondoesnotaddr
essi
nfor
malorunder
empl
oyment
,onl
yfoc
usi
ngon
t
hef
ormals
ect
or.

St
ep6:Ar
easf
orLear
ning

1.Iwouldli
ket
obet
terunder
standt
hes
pec
ifi
csec
tor
sthatc
oul
ddr
ivej
obc
reat
ioni
n
Afr
ica.

2.I
’dli
ketol
earnmoreabouts
ucc
ess
fulent
repr
eneur
shi
ppr
ogr
amsf
oryout
hinot
her
devel
opi
ngregi
ons
.

3.I
’
mcur
iousabouthowt
echnol
ogyandi
nnovat
ionc
oul
dpl
ayar
olei
njobc
reat
ion.

4.Iwantt
oknowwhatt
ypesofeduc
ati
onalr
efor
msar
emos
tef
fec
tivei
nreduc
ing
unempl
oyment
.

5.I
’
dli
ket
oexpl
oret
her
oleoff
orei
gndi
rec
tinves
tmenti
njobc
reat
ion.

6.Howc
anAf
ric
abet
terhar
nes
sit
snat
uralr
esour
cest
ocr
eat
emor
ejobs
?

7.Whatpol
ici
eshavebeens
ucc
ess
fuli
not
herr
egi
onsf
orr
educ
ingyout
hunempl
oyment
?

8.Howdoesbr
aindr
ainaf
fec
tjobc
reat
ionef
for
tsi
nAf
ric
a?

9.Whatar
ethemos
tef
fec
tivewayst
oenc
our
ageSMEsi
nAf
ric
a?

10.Howc
anvoc
ati
onalt
rai
ningpr
ogr
amsbei
mpr
ovedt
omeetmar
ketneeds
?

St
ep7:Pr
obl
emSt
atement

Youthunempl oymenti samaj orc hallengeinsub-SaharanAfric

a,whereeconomi cgrowthhas
notkeptpac ewi thpopulationgr owt h,res
ulti
ngi nmilli
onsofyoungpeopl
ewi thouts t
ablej
obs.
Accordingt ot heAf r
icanDevel opmentBank, unempl oymentratesamongyout hrangefrom20%
to50%, dependi ngont hecount ry,leavingas i
gnifi
cantporti
onofthepopulati
onunabl eto
parti
c i
pateint hef ormaleconomy .TheI nter
nationalLabourOrganiz
ati
on(2022)es t
imatesthat
while12mi l
lionyoungAf r
icansent erthelabormar ketannuall
y,onl
y3millionformaljobsare
created,leadingt oagr owinggap.

Theimpactofhi ghunempl oymentissevere:itperpet

uat espovert
y,fuelssocialunrest,and
slowsdownec onomi cdevelopment.Communi ti
eswithhighunempl oymentr atesexper ienc
e
highercr
imel evels,pol
iti
calins
tabi
lit
y,andagener aldec l
ineinquali
tyoflif
e. Government s
losetaxr
evenue, whi l
emanypeopl eareforcedt orel
yoni nadequatesocialservi
c es.I
fthe
problemisnotaddr essed,theconti
nentris
ksf aci
ngfurtherinequali
ty,brai
ndr ain,and
economicstagnation.

Addr essi
ngyouthunemploymentwoul dleadtosignif
icantsoci
alandeconomictransfor
mat i
on.
Mill
ionsofyoungpeoplewoul dgai
nac cesst
ojoboppor tunit
ies,
dri
vingeconomicgrowt h,
reduc i
ngpovert
y,andincreas
ingsoci
als t
abi
li
ty.Government swouldseehighertaxrevenues,
businesseswouldbenefi
tfromalargerpoolofskill
edwor kers,
andcommuni ti
eswoul dflour
ish
wi
thr
educ
edc
rimeandenhanc
edqual
it
yofl
if
e.

Sour
ces
:

 Af
ric
anDevel
opmentBank

 Ni
ger
ianBur
eauofSt
ati
sti
cs

 I
nter
nat
ionalLabourOr
gani
zat
ion(
ILO)

Whor
evi
ewedyourpr
obl
ems
tat
ement
?

1.El
iaskebede

2.El
iasAs
aye

I
nbr
ief
,whatf
eedbac
kdi
dtheygi
vet
oyou?

Bethelhems ugges
tedmakingtheprobl
ems t
atementmorec
onci
sebyr emovi
ngrepetit
ive
phrasesandaddingmorequantif
iabl
edetai
ls.
Eli
asrec
ommendedclar
ifyi
ngthes
c opeofthe
problemands peci
fyi
ngtheareaswherej
obc r
eat
ionwoul
dhavethemos ti
mpact
,s uc
has
technologyoragri
cul
tur
e.

Wast
hei
rfeedbac
kus
efult
oyou?Di
ditf
eelki
nd?Whyorwhynot
?

Yes,t
hef eedbackwasus ef
ulandfel
tkind.Bethel
hem’sadvi
ceonconc
isenes
shelpedmer ef
ine
mywr i
t i
ng,andElias'
ssuggesti
ontoclari
fytheprobl
em'ssc
opemadeiteasi
ertofocuson
speci
fi
cs ector
s.Bothprovi
dedconstr
uc t
ivecri
ti
ci
smwi t
houtbei
ngoverl
yharsh,
whic h
encouragedmet oi mpr
ove.

Whodi
dyougi
vef
eedbac
kto?

1.El
iaskebede

2.El
iasAs
aye

Doyouf
eelt
hatyougaveus
efulandki
ndf
eedbac
ktoyourpeer
s?Whyorwhynot
?

Yes, Ifeelt
hatIgaveus efulandkindf eedback.Ipointedouts pec
ifi
cstrengt
hsint hei
r
statement s,s
uchast heirclearpresentati
onofthepr oblem, andsuggestedareasfor
i
mpr ovement,li
keaddi ngmor est
atist
icaldata.
I ensuredthatmyf eedbackwass upport
iveand
focus edonhelpi
ngt hems t
r engt
hent heirwork.

Resear
chques t
ion#1:
Whatstrat
egiescangover
nmentsandpr
ivatesec
torsi
mpl
ementt
ocr
eat
esus
tai
nabl
ejob
opport
unit
iesinregi
onswithhi
ghunemployment?
Hypot hesi
s(ifappl
icable):
Sustainablejobopportuniti
escanbecreatedbyinvest
ingineducati
on,provi
dingskil
l
developmentpr ograms ,promoti
ngentrepreneur
ship,
andenc our
aginginves
tment si
nsec
tor
s
li
ket echnologyandagr icul
tur
e.Gover
nmentpol i
ciesthats
upportsmallbusi
nessesand
star
tupswi llals
ocontribute.

Res
earchquest
ion#2:
Howhastheint
egrat
ionoft
echnol
ogyi
mpac
tedj
obc
reat
ioni
nthel
ogi
sti
csande-
commer
ce
i
ndust
ries
?

Hypothesis(
ifappl
icabl
e):
Theintegrat
ionoftechnol
ogyhasinc
r eas
edjoboppor tunit
iesinlogis
tic
sande-commerceby
creati
ngdemandf ortech-
savvyr
oles,automatingcertainprocesses
,andmakingthesec
tor
mor eeff
ici
ent.However,i
tmayalsoreducetradit
ionallaborrolesduetoaut
omat i
on.

Resear
chquesti
on#3:
Whatarethekeychal
lengesf
acedbyr
uralr
egi
onsi
nter
msofj
obc
reat
ion,
andhowc
ant
heybe
addres
sed?

Hypothesis(i
fapplicabl
e) :
Ruralregi
onsf acechallengeslikelac
kofinfr
astruct
ur e,pooraccesst
oeducation,andli
mited
i
nvestmentoppor t
uniti
es .
Thesec hal
lengescanbeaddr essedbyi mpr
ovingi
nf ras
truct
ure,
i
ncreasinginternetaccess,andpr omoti
ngagricul
turalinnovati
on,whichwil
lleadt ogr
eater
employmentoppor t
unitiesinthoseareas.

4o

St
ep#1:Def
ineyourobj
ect
ives
,3r
esear
chques
tions&as
soc
iat
edhypot
hes
es.

Objec
tive:
Theaimi stoexplor ehowjobcreati
oncanbeimpr ovedinregionswi t
hhighunemployment,
foc
usingons ectorsl i
kelogi
sti
csande-commer ce,andhowt echnologycanplayakeyrol
e.
Addit
ionally,
ther esearchwil
llookatt
hec hal
lengesfacedbyr uralregi
onsandpotent
ial
sol
uti
onsf orjobcr eati
on.

Res
ear
chques
tionsandhypot
hes
es:

1.Whatstr
ategiesc angover nmentsandprivatesect
orsimplementtocreates us
tainabl
e
j
obopportuniti
esi nregionswit
hhighunempl oyment?
Hypot
hesis:Sustainablejobopport
uniti
esc anbefost
er edt
hrougheducational
i
nvest
ment s,ski
lldevelopment ,
ands upportforsmallbusi
nessesandstar
t ups.

2.Howhasthei
ntegrat
ionoft
echnol
ogyi
mpac
tedj
obc
reat
ioni
nthel
ogi
sti
csande-
commerc
eindust
ries
?
 Hypothesi
s:Tec
hnol
ogyhasi
ncreas
edjobopport
unit
iesi
nlogi
sti
csande-
commerceby
creat
ingdemandfort
echrol
es,
thoughsometradi
ti
onalj
obsmayhavebeenrepl
acedby
automati
on.

3.Whatar ethekeyc hall

engesfacedbyr uralr
egionsinter
msofjobcr
eati
on,andhowc an
theybeaddr essed?
Hypothesis:Keychall
engesincludelackofinfr
as t
ruct
ureandi
nves
tment,butthesecan
bemitigatedbyi mprovi
nginfrastr
uctureandpr omoti
ngagri
cul
tur
alandtechnologi
cal
i
nnovat i
on.

St
ep#2:Det
ermi
neyourendout
put
s.

I
dealdat
a/i
nfor
mat
ion:

 Cas
est
udi
esofs
ucc
ess
fulgover
nmentandpr
ivat
esec
tori
nit
iat
ivest
hathavef
ost
ered
j
obc
reat
ion.

 Quant
itat
ivedat
aonj
obgr
owt
hinl
ogi
sti
csande-
commer
ce,
par
tic
ular
lyduet
o
t
echnol
ogi
cali
ntegr
ati
on.

 Repor
tsordat
aonr
uralempl
oymentc
hal
lengesandpr
opos
eds
olut
ions(
e.g.
,i
mpr
oved
i
nfr
ast
ruc
tur
e,i
nter
netac
ces
s,gover
nmentpol
ici
es)
.

For
matf
orpr
esent
ati
on:

 Res
ear
chf
indi
ngsc
anbepr
esent
edt
hroughami
xofc
ases
tudi
es,
stat
ist
ics
,
c
har
ts/
graphs(
forj
obgr
owt
h),
andpos
sibl
yint
ervi
ewsorexper
tanal
ysi
sont
het
opi
c.

St
ep#3:Sc
opeyourmai
nsour
cesofi
nfor
mat
ion.

Sour
cesofi
nfor
mat
ion:

 Gover
nmentr
epor
tsonempl
oymentandl
abors
tat
ist
ics
,par
tic
ular
lyr
egar
dingj
ob
c
reat
ionpr
ogr
ams
.

 I
ndus
tryr
epor
tsf
roml
ogi
sti
csande-
commer
ces
ect
ors(
e.g.
,Mc
Kins
ey,
Wor
ldBank,
UNDP)
.

 Ac
ademi
car
tic
lesonr
uralempl
oymentc
hal
lengesandt
echnol
ogi
cali
mpac
tsonj
ob
c
reat
ion.

 Or
gani
zat
ionsknownf
orexper
tis
eint
hes
efi
elds
,suc
hast
heI
nter
nat
ionalLabour
Organi
zat
ion(I
LO),
Wor l
dEconomicFor
um, ands
pec
ial
izedt
hinkt
anksf
ocus
ingon
employmentandeconomicdevel
opment.
Par
t2:Conduc
tingRes
ear
ch

St
ep1:Begi
ngat
her
ingyourr
equi
redi
nfor
mat
ion.

Sear
cht
erms
:

 “
Gover
nments
trat
egi
esf
orj
obc
reat
ioni
nhi
ghunempl
oymentr
egi
ons
”

 “
Impac
toft
echnol
ogyonj
obc
reat
ioni
nlogi
sti
csande-
commer
ce”

 “
Chal
lengesofr
uralempl
oymentandj
obc
reat
ion”

 “
Cas
est
udi
esonr
uralj
obc
reat
ioni
nit
iat
ives
”

 “
Tec
hnol
ogi
cali
nnovat
ionsi
nlogi
sti
css
ect
orempl
oyment
”

Numberofreports
/art
icl
es:
Ipl
antoreadatleast5credi
blear
ticl
es,
repor
ts,andc
ases
tudi
esperr
esear
chques
tion,
ensur
ingawell-
roundedperspect
iveoneachtopic
.

St
ep2:Eval
uat
etheVal
idi
ty/
Credi
bil
it
yofYourSour
cesandI
nfor
mat
ion.

Sour c
eeval uati
on:
Iwillprior
iti
zec redibles ourcess
uc hasgovernmentr eports,peer-r
eviewedjournals,and
researchfromr ec ognizedor gani
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mar ket.Reportsf
romt heWor ldBankandMc Kinseyemphas izetheimportanceofupskil
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progr amstoequipthewor kforceforthesec hanges.

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rastructureandinternetac c
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Sour
ces
:

 Wor
ldBank,
"TheRol
eofGover
nmenti
nJobCr
eat
ion,
"ht
tps
://
www.
wor
ldbank.
org

 Mc
Kins
ey&Company,
"TheFut
ureofWor
kinLogi
sti
csandE-
commer
ce,
"
ht
tps
://
www.
mcki
nsey.
com

 I
nter
nat
ionalLabourOr
gani
zat
ion,
"Rur
alEmpl
oymentSt
rat
egi
es,
"ht
tps
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www.
il
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