The East African region has one of the youngest populations around the world. But while the region’s population is growing rapidly, jobs creation is not, leaving millions of the active citizenry either unemployed or under-employed.
In a move that if well implemented can help address the ever increasing job deficit in the region, TradeMark East Africa has announced that in its second phase of investing in the region will focus on jobs creation.
The non-profit organisation that supports the growth of trade in the region has its second investments phase running until 2023 and says will be working together with EAC governments to doll out jobs to the regional populace.
In a media briefing about the East African Trade Development Forum, taking place from February 28 to March 1 at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Moses Sabiiti, the TradeMark East Africa country director, said his organisation’s second phase started in July 2017 with a new set of objectives and projects to implement, top on the agenda being jobs creation.
“In the second phase more than before, we would want to contribute directly to job creation. In Mombasa we are already supporting people in garment industry. In Rwanda we have implemented a program promoting logistics. In Uganda, we are designing Gulu, Jinja and Busia hubs,
