Graduates resort to online platforms with the failure of the traditional labor market in delivery
Posted on: 02 February, 2025 09:33 (Eat)
For years, graduation ceremony symbolizes success and hope for families throughout the country, which represents the beginning of a promising profession.
However, for many new graduates, this dream has become increasingly far away.
Unemployment has widely pushed many young people to search for work through online platforms, as they often create content such as photography or dance videos.
What is noticeable is that many of these young people hold university degrees.
In Kisii Province, 24 -year -old Ogeto Enock, a film graduate, participates in how the lack of official job opportunities pushed him to follow alternative sources of income online.
“It is difficult or adolescent. We have studied, but there are no jobs.” We have to continue online. “
Others, such as Enock Kibet, an accounting graduate, also resort to photography in the streets as a way to survive. I studied accounting, but there are no jobs. He explains that photography in the streets is what keeps us continuing. “
“I rely on Tijook’s gifts and I want to remain approvals,” says Mary Ann, a Tikhak creator, adds.
This trend extends beyond Kisii to cities like Nairobi. While many of them are still in the hope of getting a 9-5 job, the Tiktok Edwin Enock otieno has been successful on the platform.
A third -year student at JKUAT, OTINO’s TIKTOK profits sometimes exceed the full -time job.
“I bought a camera and realized that there is a place for me. Ottiano says:“ 9-5 jobs that are difficult to find, ”shares how videos create customers and work with dancers who pay him in exchange for his content.
Edwin’s story is not unique. Thousands of graduates and students are increasingly turning into online platforms after they struggle to find an official work.
In Nairobi, the Blaze Kenya dance group team on Tiktok found a way to earn gifts from their followers, which they convert into criticism. “We started this group last year. Tin Seko, one of the dancers, says:” We create the content of dance and other videos, “says Tin Seko, one of the dancers.
King Jaidi, another group member, participates, “Followers send gifts, and turn them into money. The highest thing I received was 94 km on my birthday.”
“Social media provides many ways to gain it,” added Sandra MCCP, Tiktok Dancer.
This increasing trend emphasizes the number of young graduates who move away from traditional work in favor of work online, which makes it the source of their primary income.
