https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa Welcome to our fifth collaboration platform! In this space, you can share resources related to "Investment in Africa" thematic. The team presenting on 17.01 will develop the article "Africa's Employment Challenges". Steps to follow: Visit the Moodle platform, download, and read this article. After reading it, come back here to add at least one resource. Write a comment (describe why the resource is relevant or interesting) and add your name. Post the resource under the corresponding categories (news, blog, reports, videos, etc.) You can also comment on other posts and even rate them! The deadline is Friday 14.01. Have fun! en-us 2021-12-07 21:27:25 UTC 2022-01-17 08:29:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30d.png afroinkedpaulina https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1970880152 Our states in Africa must invest heavily into the infrastructure of the country/nation because it is KEY to transformation.... Education, healthcare, energy, and digitalisation, green economy. The construction sector, won't be left out since it also is one of the areas where significant employment can be generated to curb the employment challenges.]]> 2022-01-02 15:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1970880152 Keninator https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994092887 https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-industries-without-smokestacks-can-address-africas-youth-unemployment-crisis/

If you have read the paper, you would see that one of the solutions that were put forward by the professor is promoting the so-called “Industries without Smokestacks” such as high-value agriculture, tourism, ICT, and creative industries. This article goes in-depth explaining how that can be done. ]]> 2022-01-16 09:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994092887 MladenManolov https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994122854 Hi All, sharing here a video from DW that brings to light the youth enemployment challenges in Africa. The video shows the story of young graduates, entrepreneurs, and unemployed in South Africa and Uganda and does so through heartfelt and inspiring interviews with the young. It offers the interviewees' perspective on challenges associated with capital accumulation, acquiring the necessary skills for employment, inclusion of women, high taxes and interests, government inaction and also talks about some grassroot NGOs aimed at educating and helping the youth. 
Also, relating to the immigration and talent leaving their home country topics we discussed on Friday, the video ends with an interview of a young and famous Kenyan singer and artist who graduated in Boston, US and decided to pursue opportunities and develop back home. ]]> 2022-01-16 10:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994122854 iokantachs https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994455682 I found this to be very interesting.]]> 2022-01-16 16:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994455682 askattashmatov https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994564824 This is a GIZ project AFRIKA KOMMT! which offers young managers from Africa the chance to have an (up to 12 months) internship in leading German companies (Bayer AG, Volkswagen AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, SAP SE, Siemens Healthineers GmbH etc.) and 
gain insights into operations and management methods at the participating companies. 

]]> 2022-01-16 18:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994564824 https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994619407 This report prepared by UNCTAD provides a good outlook about economic performance in 2021 and relevant trends for 2022. It is definitely an interesting summary of the striving economies and shared difficulties of the continent in its quest for economic development: https://unctad.org/press-material/facts-and-figures-7]]> 2022-01-16 19:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994619407 mingjunguocn https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994769216 I found this Video is very interesting and worthy to share with you. It talked about education to girls, smart agriculture, embrace technology development and better governance could be the receipt for African countries development and to thrive in the near future.]]> 2022-01-16 22:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1994769216 ndhriedel https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1995394343 Hello All!
I am sharing the OECD infographic collection of Africa’s Development Dynamics 2021 - Digital Transformation for Quality Jobs (EN). The presented insights allow a better understanding of the challenges in Africa as a whole; however, the stats by region help to pinpoint specific sectors that require special attention.
Hope you find it interesting.]]> 2022-01-17 08:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/SEPT/investment_africa/wish/1995394343