AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoYouth Employment: West African experts met in Freetown to tackle unemployment, while Sierra Leone’s planning minister reaffirmed a target of 500,000 youth jobs. Industry & Jobs: Ghana’s new pharmaceutical policy aims to double local medicine production and create skilled jobs; a waste-management project in The Gambia is also expected to employ thousands. Workers’ Rights: Africa has added 4.2 million domestic workers since 2019, but more than 80% of domestic workers worldwide remain in informal employment, and 66 million lack formal job protection, the ILO reports. Hiring & Skills: Abuja’s 2026 Job & Career Fair connected employers with jobseekers, while proposed regulations would require employers to adopt disability-inclusive hiring. Recruitment Risks: Ghana is reportedly targeting more than 6,000 workers for Russia as reports across the continent warn that some Africans promised civilian jobs have been sent to fight in Ukraine.
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