Nigeria Sees Surge in Job Seekers Amid Pandemic Turmoil
- Unemployment is expected to rise to 33.6% by end of the year
- Information technology and telecoms among top hiring sectors
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The number of people looking for employment through Nigeria’s biggest recruiting website has jumped five-fold since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the struggle faced by many in Africa’s largest economy.
“Typically we have about 10,000 active job-seekers a week,” Hilda Kragha, Jobberman’s chief executive officer, said in interview in Lagos, the country’s financial capital. “During this pandemic, we have been having over 55,000, which means more people are looking for jobs.”