Youth Unemployment in Tanzania
A video highlighting a breakfast debate of May 2021 held at Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre.
A video highlighting a breakfast debate of May 2021 held at Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre.
Open Mind Tanzania (OMT) is a youth-led cum youth-focused Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). It deals with opening minds of people, youth in particular through active participatory advocacy and capacity building in areas of legal, social, and economic empowerment to enable them (youth) become masters of their development and main contributors to the well-being of their society, country and the world at large.
Action Aid Tanzania is the Associate member of ActionAid International Federation which is a global justice organization working to achieve social justice, gender equality and eradication of poverty.
Action Aid Tanzania started development programs in the country on 1998 and registered under the Companies Act 2002.
Interventions:
Women
In Africa, 200 million people are aged between 15 and 24 years, comprising more than 20% of the population. Africa’s population is growing fast and is experiencing a slow demographic transition, which will increase the pressure countries face with job creation. The large majority of the youth lives in rural areas and is mostly employed in agriculture, for which they account for 65% of total employment.