Generating viable employment for young people remains a serious global problem. This situation is particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa, where some 600 million people are currently under the age of 25. Many still do not have access to quality and reliable economic opportunities, either through self- or formal employment. The economic and social costs of this challenge are too high. It is time for the global youth jobs movement to take its work to a new level—a level that will create new economic opportunity for millions of young people.
Figure 2: Income generation for youth can come from a variety of sources
Source: Authors assessment of selected EOY portfolio organizations
Figure 3: Estimated structure of employment in Sub-Saharan Africa by country type, 2010
Note: On the horizontal axis, numbers show size of labour force in each group.Country classification is based on per capital Gross National Income (GNI) in World Bank (various years).
a. Numbers do not add to total because of rounding.
Source: Filmer and Fox. (2014).
