Industrialization, Youth Employment and capacity utilization in Africa: Some Fundamental problem

Abstract

Although it has come to be accepted that economic transformation,employment generation, and capacity utilization have come to be associated withindustrialization, African industries find it difficult to absorb labourproduced by African universities and institutions. Findings from this studyshow that presently, African educational system is a brainchild of the Colonialsystem, a policy that does not guarantee maximum employment. Also, the problemof the explosion of higher education in Africa, inbalances in educationaldevelopment, as well as rapid expansion of urban population, continue to hinderthe efforts of maximum employment in Africa. The present formation therefore,is an attempt to explain why there has been continuous unemployment and poorcapacity utilization in Africa and what policy option should be adopted tosolve the problem. The study provide concrete field data base information foroptimum youth unemployment in Africa.Keywords: Industrialization, Youth employment, CapacityUtilization, African development