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Young Ghanaians need markets and opportunities to turn skills into Jobs – Youth Advocates.
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Key Points
- Young Ghanaians require enhanced access to markets, leadership opportunities, and platforms to effectively apply their skills and unleash their full potential.
- Advocates emphasize that youth share a common aspiration to contribute, grow businesses, and create jobs, urging for fair opportunities in public and private procurement processes.
- Nana Kusi Appiah specifically calls for a quota system for youth-led businesses in tenders, arguing that funding without market access limits growth and job creation.
- Christabel Odonkor highlights the need for platforms to utilize skills and contribute meaningfully to national development, stressing the importance of leadership capacity building.
- Both advocates call for significant reforms and stronger collaboration between education, government, and development organizations to align skills development with real economic opportunities in a rapidly changing labor market.
Why This Matters
This article is crucial for Ghana as it addresses the critical challenge of translating its growing youth population into productive employment and sustainable livelihoods. Unlocking the potential of young people through better market access, policy reforms, and leadership opportunities is vital for Ghana's economic growth, job creation, and overall national development. Failing to do so could exacerbate unemployment and underemployment, hindering progress.
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