By Mavis Paintsil and Josephine Tetteh, Accra
The lnvestitsseurs and Partenaires (I&P), an impact investment group, has called for funding opportunities for African universities and entrepreneurs to equip young people with employable skills.
The United Nations has projected that between 2022 and 2050, Sub Saharan African will also account more than half of of the growth of the worlds population.
The IP2E, the three year project which commenced in 2021, aims to promote the employability of African youth by improving access to education, ensuring its quality and relevance, and strengthening the linkage between academic training and industry requirements.
The Director of I&P Education and Employment Programme, has said that ,education and employment initiative, in partnership with the MasterCard foundation has been instrumental in providing financial and technical support to private higher education to institutions, vocational training centres, and other key actors in the education sector across West African Sub- region.
Madam Anouma said 30 million youth expected to enter the African job market annually by 2030, and continued that, the Organisation emphasized the need to improve quality of education.
Mrs Anouma said the global employment landscape had been transformed by technology and thus academic institutions particularly those in the private sector must be retooled to address the gaps.
We can shape policies that promote employability, drive sustainable economic growth and encourage entrepreneurship, she added.
According to Afrobarometer, between 8 and 11 million African enter job market every year, about 3 million secure new formal wage jobs.
They said these at a workshop to discuss the progress of the programme with stakeholders and beneficiaries.
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