unemployment

Unemployment and lack of decent jobs: A twin-problem stifling African youth productivity

Unemployment and lack of decent jobs: A twin-problem stifling African youth productivity

Africa's employment landscape is marred by a complex interplay of high unemployment rates and a significant lack of decent jobs.… Read More

8 months ago

Higher Levels Of Unemployment As Businesses Transition Online

If in 2019, the threats were like an ominous cloud-gathering, over the last 15 months, we have seen the process… Read More

4 years ago

Oil Sector Unemployment Rises to 40%, Poses Security Risks in the Niger Delta

Energy firms in Nigeria are beefing up security while anticipating further possible job cuts even as the unemployment rate in… Read More

4 years ago

Canada’s Unemployment Down to 8.9 per cent

Canada’s unemployment rate fell to 8.9 per cent in October, the nation's statistical agency said Friday. The Canadian economy added… Read More

4 years ago

ExxonMobil to Cut 14,000 Jobs, Reports Third Consecutive Quarterly Loss

ExxonMobil declared a third straight loss quarterly loss on Friday as it pared down capital expenditure for next year and… Read More

4 years ago

PwC Estimates Unemployment Rate to Hit 30% by Q4 2020

PricewaterhouseCoopers Nigeria, an audit and consulting firm, has estimated that the rate of unemployment in the country could reach 28%… Read More

4 years ago

Working Lives: The Street Sweeper Who Used to Be a Basic Science Teacher

Working Lives: The Street Sweepers of Lagos  As fashionable office work becomes harder to find, more Nigerians are turning to… Read More

5 years ago

Coronavirus and Gender:  13 Million Child Brides, More Women Jobs Lost

Also, the wave of sudden unemployment going on around the word is affecting women disproportionately. The jobs in which women… Read More

5 years ago