Young Africans struggle with jobs, education amid pandemic

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Young radical crossed Africa are battling an economical downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey of 18 to 24-year-olds successful 15 African countries recovered that galore person mislaid jobs oregon seen their educations disrupted. Preliminary findings of the 2nd yearly Africa Youth Survey bespeak the pandemic accrued the already precocious level of unemployment. Nearly a 5th of the survey’s 4,500 respondents said they mislaid their jobs and 37% said they had to halt oregon intermission their educations. Another 8% of the young adults surveyed saw their wage docked, 18% had to determination backmost location and 10% said they were forced to attraction for household members.