Calls for mentorship to beat youth unemployment

Through business support and mentorship, including financial literacy training, affordable credit and grants, and government procurement opportunities reserved for the youth, government is nurturing successful youth-run businesses.[PCS}

Stakeholders have underscored the need for mentorship programmes as a sustainable way to tackle youth unemployment in Kenya, citing the gap between academic training and workplace readiness.

The call was reinforced during the recent launch of the inaugural cohort of the MD Mentorship Programme, spearheaded by Treasure Communications in partnership with Generation Kenya.