The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has allocated USD25,000 to five groups of youth entrepreneurs from
Ilala, Temeke and Kinondoni to be used as start up capital or to enhance their skills in businesses they are currently undertaking.
ILO Chief Technical Advisor Jelous Chivore confirmed the plan to this paper on Monday at the closing ceremony and certificate presentation to 48 youth entrepreneurs who received training on energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies and green entrepreneurship for youth empowerment.
The training was conducted through the support of UN Habitat and International Labour Organisation,
Chivore said the funds are meant to improve business capabilities of the youth from Dar es Salaam Municipalities.
He also said the money will be given to groups that present excellent business proposals from all municipalities of Dar es Salaam.
“We need to award every winner USD500. It’s a very good opportunity for the youth entrepreneurs in Dar es Salaam. I believe before January, 15 2015, all groups will have submitted their proposals,” he said.
Speaking at the sidelines of the event, the Deputy Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports, Prof Elisante Gabriel urged youth not rely on government support for employment but also exploit the opportunities available in their localities.
“The youth need to change their mindsets and be innovative. This will help them to transform challenges facing them into business opportunities,” he said.
For his part, UN Habitat global monitoring and research division director Prof Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka said: “The number of unemployed youth in cities is growing rapidly, therefore the need for all of us to play our part in ensuring that the young citizens are employed or self employed”
He explained: “The 48 youth entrepreneurs who received training in energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies and green entrepreneurship for youth empowerment through our support is one of the solutions we are doing to equip youth entrepreneurs with skills that will help them to improve their businesses.”
However, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) report for 2014, unemployment has remained a global major challenge.
The report reveals that there are about 202 million people who are jobless globally. This is equal to 6 per cent of all the people who are supposed to be employed, but there are no jobs.
Of the unemployed, 74.5 million (13.1 percent) are youth.
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda who was the guest of honour at last month’s annual employment symposium held in Dar es Salaam said there are 2.2 million unemployed Tanzanians, (11.7 percent) of the total number of people who can be employed.
He said out of the 2.2 million, 1.4 million are youth equal to 13.4 percent.
The symposium that brought together all regional commissioners and regional administrative secretaries from across the country to discuss unemployment problems among the Tanzanian youth, was organised by ministry for Labour and Employment in collaboration with International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Research on Poverty Alleviation (Repoa).
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