Skills development key for addressing unemployment in Africa: experts


  • World
  • Tuesday, 16 May 2023

KIGALI, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Investing in employability skills development and entrepreneurship holds the key to addressing unemployment among the growing youth population in Africa, according to experts.

At the opening of the 19th International Labor Organization (ILO) Regional Seminar for Labor-based Practitioners which kicked off on Monday in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, Fanfan Rwanyindo, the Rwandan Minister of Public Service and Labor, emphasized the need to integrate employability skills development and job creation initiatives into national plans.

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