COMMENT | ADRIAN BUKENYA | Each year, Uganda produces over 700,000 graduates, yet only about 238,000 are absorbed into formal employment. According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the graduate unemployment rate stands at 15.2 percent, the overall unemployment rate at 12.3 percent, and 50.9 percent of young people aged …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 40,000 young people in Uganda and Tanzania—particularly marginalized young women—are set to benefit from a new initiative aimed at increasing economic opportunities through vocational training, financial literacy, business placements, and mentorship. The five-year, 5 million Canadian dollar partnership between the Government of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Implementation on a new four-year project to promote sustainable economic growth, boost trade and investment, and create green and decent jobs in Uganda has taken off. The European Union (EU) funded Sustainable Business for Uganda (SB4U) 2.0 – Trade and Investment Development project is …
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Abuja, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Talent Company (TATC), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is expanding its successful youth employment programs from Nigeria into East Africa, aiming to create more job opportunities for young people across the continent. Since 2020, TATC’s Jobberman Nigeria, working with the Mastercard …
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OPINION | Ivan Mandela | Aisha Namuddu operates a whole grain store in Kasangati, where she buys and sells maize and coffee from various traders near and far. For the past two years, her business has been growing steadily since the coffee prices became favourable for farmers and traders. But recently, …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students in candidate classes are at risk of failing to complete the syllabus, as teachers of arts subjects in government schools maintain their strike to demand salary enhancements. For three weeks now, teachers of humanities subjects in government secondary schools have been on industrial …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than one thousand doctors have applied to fill just 16 positions recently advertised by the Health Service Commission. Speaking to journalists on Monday as shortlisted candidates sat for their aptitude examinations at Makerere University, Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the Commission’s Chairperson, revealed that they …
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Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Nabilatuk District have called on district authorities to ensure that local labour is prioritised in ongoing and future construction projects within the district. The appeal stems from growing frustration over the alleged exclusion of local workers in the construction of the Nabilatuk Medical …
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Returnees from Middle East given new skills, qualify in entrepreneurship training supported by the International Labour Organization, UK government and Finance Trust Bank Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wazesha Impact has awarded certificates to 400 returned migrants who completed their entrepreneurship training. The graduates have been undergoing business upskilling through the …
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BEIJING | Xinhua | China is stepping up efforts to expand employment while addressing structural employment problems, as part of a broader push to boost employment, an official said. China has set targets of keeping the surveyed urban unemployment rate at around 5.5 percent in 2025, and creating over 12 …
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