African Pathfinder Leaders Initiative (APLI) is a youth development organization started in 2018 to build bridges of opportunity to ensure that youth have access to skills, resources and networks to achieve their personal goals and actively contribute to development in their communities and beyond.
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Namibia’s current youth unemployment rate is 46.1%. Jobs are scarce and a university degree no longer guarantees employment. Entry-level jobs are highly competitive and require three to five years of work experience.
Certain industries are flooded graduates than workplaces can absorb, whilst other expected skills and competencies remain mismatched to the taught knowledge of a bachelor’s degree.