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Young Africans struggle with jobs, education amid pandemic

People make their way down a busy street in the Diepsloot Township, north of Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. A survey of people aged 18-24 in 15 African countries found that many have lost jobs or have seen their education disrupted by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) Jade Fisher, 22, has a bandage on his arm while he waits in the observation area after receiving a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaccination Centre of Hope at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday Aug. 24, 2021. A survey of people aged 18-24 in 15 African countries found that many have lost jobs or have seen their education disrupted by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht) FILE - In this July 29, 2021, file photo, Zimbabwean vendors flee the police after they were chased away from selling their wares in prohibited areas due to COVID-19 restrictions in the capital of Harare. A survey of people aged 18-24 in 15 African countries found that many have lost jobs or have seen their education disrupted by the pandemic. Some say they turn to selling goods on the street to make ends meet. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File) FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2020, file photo, people walk in a market in Lagos, Nigeria. A survey of people aged 18-24 in 15 countries has found that many Africans are battling the economic downturns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, losing jobs and seeing their education disrupted. Some of them turn to selling farm produce or other goods on the street. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2021, young men walk back from school, passing the remains of the original Residensia Magistrate's Court building, built in 1937, in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, South Africa. A survey of people aged 18-24 in 15 African countries found that many have lost jobs or have seen their education disrupted by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File) Tinashe Mapuranga poses outside his home near Harare, Zimbabwe, on Thursday, Aug, 25, 2021. Amid the lockdowns from the coronavirus pandemic, the 24-year-old was one of the first to be laid off from his job as an intern at a leading bank and has no idea when he'll be able to get his degree because of frequent school closures. "It has really affected me a lot in my studies. I have no money to buy data and I don't have a personal laptop to study online and keep up like what others are doing," said Mapuranga. A survey of young people in 15 African countries found that many have lost jobs or have seen their education disrupted by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) Tinashe Mapuranga works outside his home near Harare, Zimbabwe, on Thursday, Aug, 25, 2021. Amid the lockdowns from the coronavirus pandemic, the 24-year-old was one of the first to be laid off from his job as an intern at a leading bank and has no idea when he'll be able to get his degree because of frequent school closures. "It has really affected me a lot in my studies. I have no money to buy data and I don't have a personal laptop to study online and keep up like what others are doing," said Mapuranga. A survey of people aged 18-24 in 15 African countries found that many have lost jobs or have seen their education disrupted by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) A man wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus, walks past a mural promoting COVID-19 vaccinations in Duduza township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. A survey of people aged 18-24 in 15 African countries found that many have lost jobs or have seen their education disrupted by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)