Sierra Leone Launches Budget Drive Built Around Jobs
Sierra Leone has opened its 2027 budget with a jobs-first order and a 500,000 youth-jobs goal, while a US$61 million...
October 1, 2026Topic
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Electrolux Rosario Plant Closes: Argentina Loses Up to 200 Factory Jobs
The Electrolux Rosario plant shut on 26 September, ending the Swedish firm’s appliance making in Argentina. Up to 200 jobs...
September 28, 2026
Job Search Drives Half of Africans Weighing Emigration, Afrobarometer Says
A new Afrobarometer report says 45 percent of Africans have considered leaving, and half of potential emigrants cite the search...
September 20, 2026
Ghana Pours State Oil Money Into Roads as Its Flagship Expressway Awaits a Contract
Ghana is spending GH¢30 billion in 2026 on the Big Push road programme, billed as Africa’s largest infrastructure drive, says...
September 13, 2026
Kenya Informal Jobs Made Up 87% of New Work in 2025
Kenya informal jobs made up 87.2% of about 822,000 new positions in 2025, official Economic Survey data show, with 18.1...
September 3, 2026
South Africa’s Unemployment Rate Climbs to 33.6% in the Second Quarter
South Africa unemployment rose to 33.6 percent in the second quarter, up 0.9 points. On the wider measure that counts...
August 20, 2026
Inside the US$5 Billion Plan to Keep Africa’s Cotton Jobs in Africa
A US$5 billion cotton industrialisation plan backed by the WTO aims to process 25% of Africa's cotton locally and create...
August 15, 2026
Israel’s Job Appeal for Indian Workers in Conflict Times
Thousands of Indian workers in Haryana recently attended a recruitment drive for jobs in Israel
January 24, 2024
Brazil’s formal job creation drops 44% in May 2023
The Ministry of Labor and Employment in Brazil announced that the country generated 155.27 thousand formal jobs in May 2023,...
June 30, 2023