Structured mentorship key to enhancing youth employability

The job industry and academia work closely together in the industrialised world. [iStockphoto]

Young people are capable of accomplishing incredible things. However, this will remain a mirage if we don't equip them with the right skills and direction for navigating the dynamic job market.

In Kenya and Africa, the unemployment rate has been rapidly increasing. Numbers don't lie and recent data on unemployment among the youth should make anyone who cares to understand the scope of the problem uncomfortable.