Total Launches Start Upper Challenge for the youth
In 2012 , a year after I left school, I was still jobless, so I sat home and whined about it in a blog I posted http://lubwa.blogspot.ug/2014/10/the-world-of-unemployed-24year-old.html . I am certain; I was not the only person who was stranded at home after going to the hill with the Ivory TOWER. In fact, youth unemployment that year was at 62% in 2013 according to a study titled; “Lost Opportunity?” Compiled by Action Aid International Uganda (AAIU), Uganda National NGO Forum and Development Research and Training (DRT). I am currently happily employed, but year upon year graduates pile up on the streets looking for decent employment and for some others; an opportunity for an investor to look into their projects and invest in them. Well, the good news is we have the investor now in Total Uganda. On November 3rd, 2015 Total launched an innovation challenge worth 130m. The “Start Upper Challenge of the year” is meant to support...
