In many African countries, youth unemployment and poverty are intricately connected. African population being overwhelmingly young, poverty alleviation measures are inevitably concerned with creating employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for young people in order to convert the considerable youth bulge into a force for prosperity. Across Africa, however, youth unemployment remains a daunting challenge with rates in excess of 25% in the majority of countries. Unemployed young people in Africa account for 60% for total unemployment; this represents unemployment rates among the youth that ere equivalent to more than two times the corresponding rates for adults in most countries (African Development Bank, 2012). The ratio of youth unemployment with respect to adult unemployment reaches 2.5 times in South Africa and peaks at 3.8 times adult unemployment in North Africa. This is far above the benchmark ratio of two times suggested by Blanchflower (1999) as a general rule of thumb in developed countries.