African Development Bank projects improve job opportunities for young people in Cameroon.
| Published date | 17 April 2024 |
M2 PRESSWIRE-April 17, 2024-: African Development Bank projects improve job opportunities for young people in Cameroon
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org) has underscored the success of its program aimed at bolstering job opportunities for young people in Cameroon.
At a meeting convened in Yaoundé on April 9, 2024, chaired by Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the Bank Group's Vice-President for Regional Development, Integration, and Business Delivery, stakeholders across various sectors gathered to discuss the Bank's Program to Support Youth Employability in Cameroon.
The meeting saw significant participation from female entrepreneurs and young graduates who have benefited from work placements in projects financed by the Bank.
The event took place just ahead of the official inauguration of the African Development Bank Group's regional office for Central Africa, signaling the Bank's unwavering commitment to regional development.
Alongside young interns engaged in professional immersion within Bank-funded projects, the gathering also brought together male and female entrepreneurs active in agriculture, fishing, livestock, fish farming, and young women supported by the Bank to establish their own businesses. Additionally, managers from project management units were in attendance.
According to Serge N'Guessan, Director General of the Bank Group for Central Africa and head of the Bank's Country Office in Cameroon, interns are deployed to projects in roles such as disbursement or contract award assistants, assistant engineers for road projects, archivists, among others.
N'Guessan revealed that 284 young individuals had already benefited from 12-month placements, providing them with valuable opportunities to integrate into various workplace settings, including projects funded by the Bank or other donors, as well as the private or public sectors. Notably, seven of them have secured positions within the Ministry of Public Works.
As the program prepares to receive its seventh cohort of interns, it has significantly contributed to integrating the majority of beneficiaries into the workforce.
Dieudonné Toukea, one of the program beneficiaries, shared her experience, underscoring the opportunities afforded by her initial exposure to the workplace, which enabled her to pursue her aspirations in the consultancy field.
"This initial experience really opened up opportunities for my friends and me. It gave me the chance...
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