Youth Dividend or Ticking Time-Bomb

Many wave the entrepreneurship flag as the miracle cure-all for our unemployment crisis, but in South Africa, we have one of the highest start-up failure rates in the world, with 70 – 80% of start-ups failing in the first 5 years.

So, here’s the all-important question:

What do our failing education system, lack of employment opportunities and dismal entrepreneurial record have in common?

They are all symptoms of a serious disease – corruption.