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Youth need personal branding to make it in tough labour market and world of business

We can’t be dependent on our colleges and universities to do all the grooming. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

Last Saturday, we tried to interrogate the obstinate question of chronic unemployment and/or lack of business opportunities for our youth. We tried to unbutton the underlying issues; is it that there are limited employment/business opportunities, or is it that majority of our youth are simply unemployable due to certain skill gaps or lack of certain qualities that employers or prospective business partners or clients would find attractive?

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