Africans deserve more decent jobs

 Many people in African communities are looking for a decent job.

In Africa people do have jobs: they are simply too poor not to work, said a specialist. Instead, the problem is underemployment. Typically 90% of the labor force is in the informal sector such as subsistence agriculture and urban self-employment in petty services. This seems to be true for Burundi and Rwanda.

In too many African countries, hiring and firing workers is too expensive, regret analysts. Governments create legal and regulatory barriers  that make it more difficult for employers to hire women. They restrict access to certain professions or limit the number of hours women may work.

According to the International Labour Organization, 30 out of 100 Africans are unemployed. But it doesn’t have to be this way. People like Theo Baloyi are breaking down barriers and creating new jobs! Despite the challenges he faced when he founded Bathu, today, his company employs over 200 people to make sneakers. Tanzanians are doing so. What are  waiting for others, asked ONE.

People shoulkd  show their governments that they need them to act now to ensure a better future for Africans.