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Published on 2025-01-30 09:26:21
Economist Omu Kakujaha-Matundu has called for immediate action from the government to address Namibia’s high youth unemployment rate.
According to the 2023 labour force statistics released on Wednesday by the Namibia Statistics Agency, the percentage of young people (aged 15 to 35) who are unemployed has dropped slightly from 46.1% in 2018 to 44.7% in 2023.
Within that group of unemployed youth, about 54% are between the ages of 15 and 24.
“We are talking about youth…
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