A newly formed private
sector led-initiative, AfricaWorking, has
declared its commitment to the employability and entrepreneurship
of African youth with estimated 250,000 talents in the next four years, reports
ITRealms.
The group also said that
this targeted agenda of 250,000 is expected to boost some 200,000 youth and
50,000 entrepreneurs by 2020.
ITRealms gathered that AfricaWorking comprising private
companies like Microsoft, Barclays
Africa, Emerging World, FranklinCovey, Knod, Safal
Group and Syngenta, are joining
forces with the objective of channeling their collective powers to create
job opportunities across continent.
ReStraL Ltd, a company
founded in 1996 by a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service,
Ifueko Omogui-Okauru, represents FranklinCovey in Nigeria and other parts of
English speaking Africa.
The Dean of the
Microsoft 4Afrika Academy, Lutz Ziob, explained in a press statement made
available to ITRealms that most large corporations are looking at youth skills
development in one form or another, because it’s important to their businesses.
"The idea
behind AfricaWorking is
to bring these corporations together, align their efforts, share their
learnings and build human capital on a pan-Africa scale,” he said.
For the General Manager, Enterprise Development:
Citizenship for Barclays Africa, Charles Reed, anticipates that by 2045,
Africa’s labour market would be the biggest in the world, pointing out that it
presented a huge opportunity for the group to engage the youth, help them
develop relevant skills and find meaningful employment opportunities.
Mr. Reed said key to the effort to realize the agenda was
for members of AfricaWorking
to
collaborate and leverage technology where it makes sense to do so.
Chuks Egbuna/GEE
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