{"id":4009,"date":"2017-11-29T21:33:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T04:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2017-11-29T21:44:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T04:44:29","slug":"creativity-nigeria-means-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/creativity-nigeria-means-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity in Nigeria, a means of employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"program--Business programBlockHeader\">\n<p class=\"article__title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive lazyloaded\" style=\"font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/408801\/400x225_408801.jpg?1511872045\" alt=\"Creativity in Africa, a means of employment\" width=\"443\" height=\"249\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-content__left-column\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article__meta\">\u00a0November 30, 2017: With the high rate of unemployment in many states in Nigeria, several youths have resolved to entrepreneurship. Many young Africans have created jobs via the digital platform.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text \">\n<p>The newcomers in the digital world are facing a number of challenges; blackouts, access to Internet, finance among others.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, millions of young Nigerians enter the labour market. This workforce is an opportunity for the continent but also a challenge in terms of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The continent is full of creative initiatives, but entrepreneurship alone is not enough to solve the problem of unemployment on the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0November 30, 2017: With the high rate of unemployment in many states in Nigeria, several youths have resolved to entrepreneurship. Many young Africans have created jobs via the digital platform. 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