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Supporting young entrepreneurs to upscale their business is key to addressing unemployment

According to an article that was shared widely on social media a few weeks ago, hundreds of university graduates showed up for interviews at EKA Hotel in Nairobi, shocking interviewers and visitors at the hotel.

Only five vacancies had been advertised and the employment agency recruiting for the hotel did not anticipate a huge turnout.

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