非洲的年轻人口常被吹捧为该大陆最伟大的经济资产之一，但就业市场未能为他们提供良好、能维持生活的工作，非洲经济转型中心（ACET）表示。这家位于阿克拉的智库在其最新报告中称，该大陆目前不到五分之一的在职年轻人拥有医疗保障或社会保障，仅超过四分之一的人享有带薪年假。大约三分之一的非洲青年在农业部门从事非正规工作。
Africa’s young population is often touted as one of the continent’s greatest economic assets, but the employment market is failing to provide them with good, life-sustaining jobs, the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) said. The Accra-based think tank, in its latest report, said fewer than one in five of the continent’s working young people currently have health coverage or social security, and just over a quarter received paid holiday leave. Around a third of young Africans are employed in informal roles in the agricultural sector.
ACET表示，国内中小型企业，尤其是在技术、制药和建筑领域，比大型企业提供了更强劲的就业增长和更好的就业条件。需要更多关注这些“部门，以便它们能吸纳更多年轻人，同时，[这些好处]不会被稀释”，ACET的莫娜·伊德里斯对《塞马弗》表示。
Small- to medium-sized domestic firms, particularly in the technology, pharmaceuticals, and construction sectors, offered stronger job growth and better employment conditions than larger businesses, ACET said. More attention needs to be paid to these “sectors so that they can absorb more young people, and at the same time, [the benefits] don’t get diluted,” ACET’s Mona Iddrisu told Semafor.
