Africa currently has the youngest population in the world. Africa, therefore also has the world’s fastest-growing labour force, which means the continent needs to upskill the workforce, create jobs and increase job creators. Innovative interventions are needed to equip the youth with the necessary skills to gain employment and upskill the job creators to create […]
SHAPE Agri-entrepreneurship Systemic Action Learning and Action Research (SALAR) initiative for social innovation According to United Nations, 60% of the jobless population in Africa consists of young people. The unemployment rate amongst youth in South Africa stands at 29.2% compared to the global estimate of between 6.3-6.5% (World Bank, 2021). This rate of unemployment hinders […]
A third of the global annual food production, approximately 1.3 billion tons, is lost due to post-harvest losses and farmers bear the brunt of post-harvest losses. Project Kenten (Local language Twi for “basket”) explores problems facing agri-business in Ghana from a logistics perspective. From Post-Harvest Losses (PHL) of up to 40 per cent from rural […]
The long-standing issue of youth unemployment in South Africa has recently intensified due to digital transformation and changes to business models prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic. While entrepreneurs and other self-employed people have been particularly badly hit, with significant decreases in trading activities and high levels of uncertainty affecting well-being, some entrepreneurs have thrived and […]
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Higher Education Digital Ecosystem is a partnership between the University of Lincoln UK, Coal City University, Enugu, Nigeria, and the African Development Institute of Research Methodology (ADRIM) Enugu, Nigeria. The project is aimed at advancing entrepreneurship education (EE), entrepreneurial skills, digital skills and employability skills of students and graduates. Nigeria has a […]
Inclusive Innovation – Supporting people with disability through design and entrepreneurship South Africa has around 3 million people living with disabilities, equating to approximately 7.5% of the country’s population. Many find it challenging to get work, resulting in a significant section of the most vulnerable people of South Africa without work or access to a […]
Graduate employability within the Higher Education framework: The Ghanaian perspective It is estimated 230,000 Ghanaians annually seek to enter the labour market. However, the formal economy can offer jobs to about 2% of this number. Consequently, 225,000 are left without employment. Furthermore, about 50% of those employed are underutilised as they lack entrepreneurial skills. Additionally, […]
Africa is disproportionately affected by Infectious diseases, yet it is the least producer of biotech solutions. Furthermore, the paucity and inaccessibility of the lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines in Africa is a contemporary example of how urgent it is for Africa to develop its own biotech industry. Most sub-Saharan (SSA) Universities teach biomedical and physical sciences but […]
Differentiate Ghana In sub-Saharan Africa, university education continues to be seen as the only basis for guaranteed professional work life. Yet, despite this, currently, more than half of 420 million young people in Africa are unemployed (African Development Bank, 2018). Universities play an essential role in creating new knowledge and innovations and play an essential […]
Circular Plastic Economy Innovation Hub “Creating Jobs through plastic recycling.” The plastic pollution problem is enormous in Nigeria due to its vast population (currently at 206 million). However, it presents opportunities for job creation for the unemployed youth. Nigeria aims to prevent further plastic pollution, create jobs and increase business opportunities through a circular economy. […]