Outrightly, more people means more jobs are needed. But the challenge is that Africa’s population is growing faster than jobs are being created. Well, this is not just an African problem.
According to the United Nations, the world’s population has hit a whopping 8 billion, and African nations, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa are major drivers of this unprecedented growth.
Most countries have not yet returned to the levels of employment and hours worked seen at the end of 2019, before the outbreak of the COVID-19 health crisis.
