1. Youth Unemployment in Cameroon
Presented by :
Lil Shira Pamti
&
Martin Labang

2. INTRODUCTION
 Cameroon
 Population19.5 millions habitants
(2009)
 Unemployment rate of youth (age
20-29) 9.5%
 Unemployment rate of women and
university graduates 36.5%

3. IGNORANCE
 Ignorance of the importance of
education
 Ignorance of available technology

4. LIMITED RESOURCES
 Poverty and limited financial
resources lead to discrimination in
education between boys and girls
 Lack of ICT tools
 System of education

5. EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT
 Low living standard
 Violence
 Girl’s prostitution
 Hight crimes waves

6. GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
 Recruitment of youth in the public
sector
 Alliances with other countries like
China & Germany to create job
opportunities and self employment

7. SOME EXPECTATIONS FROM LOBBYING
 More technical education and
training for youth
 Modernise agricultural system
 Enforce laws to reduce girls drop-
out from school