Zinia Siposetu Bunyula is the Founder and CEO of LOTA Graduate Consulting

"What the NEXT Looks Like: The Unemployed South African Graduate Community"

At first glance, one assumes that the student journey in one that is linear (i.e., register for a course- study-pass-graduate and get work) but in most instances, this is not exactly the case. With Higher Education institutions producing thousands of graduates annually on one hand, and the labor market unable to fully absorb this production on the other, the rise in graduate unemployed has been a visible challenge over the past 10 years for most African countries. With many intervening agencies addressing this issue, there are still many gaps. There is no clear vision of what the NEXT exactly looks like, but let’s unpack how the NEXT could be.

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