The experiences from the past few weeks has really got me thinking.

I hit the job market two weeks back. I was practically looking for certain kind of jobs that required specialised skills. I applied to jobs in Nigeria and I also applied to jobs outside. I used a particular job site which updated jobs sporadically. However, the max number of vacancies for a single day was around 250. Some days could be lower, some days could be higher. Of the 250, half were in sales. Sales, marketing, business development manager kind of jobs. The second half were in some kind of IT field. There were a few engineering jobs here and there though and jobs for doctors. From my experience, this particular site was the best. Other sites had an updated 2, 3 vacancies daily and that was it.


Now compared to outside Africa. Europe, Asia, south America. I didn't bother with the USA since everyone is concentrated there. I used LinkedIn jobs for this. I made a list of European nations like 30 of them with good living standards and economies and then I used the LinkedIn job feature to type in the type of job I want and the country. I could also streamline the app to show me jobs that have been added only in the last 24 hours. Each European country brought in more than 2000 vacancies in the last 24 hours. What is shocking is that I was streamlining my search to just a particular field. This are countries with 2, 3 million people having more jobs than a country with 200 million people. If you remove the 24 hours filter. You get at least 10000 vacancies. Germany's own is the craziest. Honestly Germans are lucky. If you use the 24 hours filter, with Germany it brought it 24000 results. If you closed that, you would see 180000 results. Now if you go generally and then put 24 hours just to see all the types of jobs that were updated daily you get around a million results. That's a million new jobs daily. What's the population of Germany?

It's also the same thing in Asia and most of south america(for south America I only focused on Chile, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina). Mexico too was also crazy.

For Africa the results were disappointing. Some countries have no jobs. You think Nigeria is bad wait till you see othef African nations. some had their last job posted 3 months back. I thought it was a LinkedIn problem and checked local job boards within those countries and it was disappointing. Only south Africa had 100s to thousands of new vacancies showing up daily.


We are very unproductive in Africa and it's getting worse. Jobs are not being provided for our young people. The rate of unemployment in Africa is insane. I am sure it's more than 80 percent in a majority of countries. I looked all around me and I can can count the number of men gainfully employed. Most people are just shifting through life. I mean even us who went to school whose parents spent a ton of money on our education. How many of us today can boast of salaries of 500000 naira which is just a bit above 1000 dollars.

It's so scary. When you think about it many Africans especially the millennials and the genz will never be able to even drive cars. Look at the case of Nigeria the importance of oil is fast fizzling out. Our population is booming crazily and our economy is not growing in anyway. There's stack poverty everywhere in the country. People are poor and are getting poorer. A 100k in January doesn't have the same value as a 100k today and that's just in how many months. Imagine what will happen 20 years from now. I mean people saw 50k as a bad salary in 2011 but that same 50k is a standard salary now. 50k in 2011 was 300 dollars. Today it's a bit above a hundred dollars.

Guys if you can't escape from Africa. There's honestly no hope for this continent. please don't get married or have any kids. We are used to this suffering already but to get someone and bring them inside it is witchcraft. There's absolutely no opportunities for young Africans and we are hated worldwide. Seriously we are already used to the bullshit but please don't bring another to this .

Hmm, thanks for sharing. I noticed same thing recently.

The problem is a lot of people with capital are no longer investing in the real economy, most are investing in the stock market, real estate market or flat out saving their cash, due to the horrible business environment in the country presently, insane tax rate, zero infrastructure, unreliable and corrupt employees (this one is so horrible that you must always handle all your monetary matters in any business nowadays or your workers will embezzle and ruin you.), e.t.c.

pulsa:
The problem is a lot of people with capital are no longer investing in the real economy, most are investing in the stock market, real estate market or flat out saving their cash, due to the horrible business environment in this country nowadays, insane tax, zero infrastructure, unreliable and corrupt employees (this one is so horrible that you must always handle all your monetary matters in any business nowadays or your workers will embezzle and ruin you.), e.t.c.

Bro even the Nigerian stock market no one is investing in that. Real estate you think. Most people are buying foreign stocks through the aid of apps like invest bamboo and risevest.

tensazangetsu20:

Bro even the Nigerian stock market no one is investing in that. Real estate you think. Most people are buying foreign stocks through the aid of apps like invest bamboo and risevest.

Yeah I meant foreign stocks actually particularly USA, people still buy expensive houses though, lekki, ajah, banana island environment.

pulsa:

Yeah I meant foreign stocks actually particularly USA, people still buy expensive houses though, lekki, ajah, banana island environment.

To sell the house na the koko. Many are empty for years.

As in guy u talk true. Africa get problem. Serious one. I wish to marry foreign to be honest. We are not thinking outside the box. Many of the problem we face can be solved even domestically but we the people dey worsen the situation.

Nice analysis

Bwahahhahahaha!!!!!!!

OP na comedian Anyway, what have you said is actually correct. Let's think about it: in 2000 people complained the woes in the country and said 1990 was better. Those in 2010 complained that the period was bad and 2000 was better. However, within the same 2000 - 2010, Obasanjo squandered resources esp the $16BN on electrification. During the same period, Yar'adua rescinded the sale of derelict refineries and missed phasing out subsidies once and for all. Today, both men are praised and adored. Looking back, people say Jonathan's era was good and there was money. However, same Jonathan had lots of corrupt activities going on in his administration and he just like his predecessor didn't phase out subsidy. Today, Jonathan is better than Buhari.

To be fair, those men governed Nigeria when GDP growth rates exceeded 5% alongside population growth rate. However, the GDP since 2015 has not eclipsed 4% even though population growth continues above same figure. The major foreign earner - crude oil - will never get to $100 pb anytime soon. Meanwhile, the population growth is above GDP growth rate. In 2030, as bad as Buhari is today, the vast majority of Nigerians will praise him because unfortunately, 2030 will be worse. Unless there's a drastic change in the constitution and major decisions are taken, people are bound to be poorer.

Sometimes i wonder if Africa was cursed

@tensazangetsu20
Your analysis make sense o
Well done

pulsa:
The problem is a lot of people with capital are no longer investing in the real economy, most are investing in the stock market, real estate market or flat out saving their cash, due to the horrible business environment in the country presently, insane tax rate, zero infrastructure, unreliable and corrupt employees (this one is so horrible that you must always handle all your monetary matters in any business nowadays or your workers will embezzle and ruin you.), e.t.c.

Very horrible I must say. People want to reap where they didn't sow. Bunch of cretinous clowns.

Kalatium:
Sometimes i wonder if Africa was cursed

Bros Africa is cursed. No need for argument. Compare black man to white man, compare Africa to the west it's all too obvious. When you see people producing more kids than their pocket can take care of, no be curse?

In a nutshell leave this country when you can
And OP are in this country or out of this country

ZINIBANKS:
In a nutshell leave this country when you can
And OP are in this country or out of this country

Unfortunately I am in this country o . everyday I dey vex say I dey here o. Working to leave but if I can't I am getting a vasectomy no marriage or kids for me here.

tensazangetsu20:

Unfortunately I am in this country o . everyday I dey vex say I dey here o. Working to leave but if I can't I am getting a vasectomy no marriage or kids for me here.

I wan purify my pikin genetics. If I fit see good oyinbo marry legit I go so dey okay.

This might sound pessimistic or rather anti black but I honestly think the "average" black man is unintelligent. We are evolving tho.

So true and its really frustuating. But what can we do? We all cant run away from Nigeria or africa na? To where? Which country would accomodate us? You already said they hate africans outside. E go better is our only hope becos theres no much hope in Nigeria. But alas! we just have to keep hope alive becos thats what the living have got which the dead can never have. Afterall the bible said 'a living dog is better than a dead lion'.

urchcoded:
This might sound pessimistic or rather anti black but I honestly think the "average" black man is unintelligent. We are evolving tho.

Not true.

So you just realized this??.

You should use indeed to search jobs in Canada and see thousands of jobs wasting away..

Some go unfilled for months. You can even search by provinces like saskatchewan, Alberta etc... You will discover that provinces with people far lesser than Nigeria generates more jobs than a country of about 200 million people..

How sad!

Bro when u run away from ur house in the morning because is dirty , don't forget that u will come back in the evening to sleep in that same house , those country u are naming or advicing people to escape to , somebody made it to be good . I think i and u can make the country work to our taste if we can be reseasonable . It pains me when i see our youth praise apc and pdp leaders that used little money out of the whole money meant for the development of the country to buy nonsense chinese train and build substandard roads and bridges . I have made it as a duty to make the country work in the little way i can , i will not run to somebody's duplex where i can transform my tach house into a mansion.

phazotron:


Bros Africa is cursed. No need for argument. Compare black man to white man, compare Africa to the west it's all too obvious. When you see people producing more kids than their pocket can take care of, no be curse?

bro africa is not cursed , GOD Blessed africa with a lot of good things, but our lack of thinking is the problem , let me ask u , for the past 10 years how many earthquakes have u witnessed in africa ? how many hurrican have u witnessed in africa? Africa is the most blessed place to live in , let make africa work again .

We are all witnessing the dawn of man so they say

Best advice ever given on NL though most them young folks won't understand

juniorboma:
So you just realized this??.

You should use indeed to search jobs in Canada and see thousands of jobs wasting away..

Some go unfilled for months. You can even search by provinces like saskatchewan, Alberta etc... You will discover that provinces with people far lesser than Nigeria generates more jobs than a country of about 200 million people..

How sad!

I didn't bother with Canada or USA. Bros I say European countries that are unknown and unpopular with very tiny populations having good jobs with good salaries in abundance. Asian countries that a lot of Nigerians would consider shit also having same whereas nothing here.

Op, you have not left Nigeria and you are speaking for the whole of Africa. Your analysis is not fair, it is a well known fact that majority of African countries are not yet up to speed with the online world.

Take Nigeria for instance, how many Companies/Employers or Employees know about LinkedIn? Very few. Africa is still backwards when it comes to internet.

You are free to complain about Nigeria because you are a Nigerian, but the whole of Africa? Haba, you are wrong. Some african countries are doing fine.

Karleb:


Not true.

can you try to prove it

urchcoded:
can you try to prove it

Nigerians who graduated with second class lower in Nigeria, many of them graduate with distinction abroad when they go for their masters.


Africans are awesome, our problem is bad government.

There are two main ways to undermine poverty:
(1) Sound education and skill development that are essential and abreast with current knowledge and trends.
(2) Giving birth to children one can comfortably take care of and give options. Even if we discard (1), (2) is very important. Not only does it greatly restrain and tackle poverty, it helps to greatly curb crime. It astounds me how someone who can barely feed himself will decide to give birth to seven children.