With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we, @Career Angels, wanted to understand how it actually affected the job market. We started to observe and analyze the changes that it brought. We have been gathering weekly data (unemployment and the number of job ads published on LinkedIn) and closely observing the situation across the EU since March 2020. In mid-September, we decided to extend our job market observations to a total of 80 countries on all continents – well, almost all – we do not track what’s happening in Antarctica. Tracking the demand for candidates, that is – if and how much – companies are hiring gives quite a good feel of the overall trend on the global job market. This is an updated version of our report on the African job market. We summarized 25 weeks of the COVID-19 effects on the oldest continent. Want more? We publish daily updates and weekly reports that you can follow here: www.LinkedIn.com/showcase/Market-Signals If you would like to share how your business has been influenced by COVID-19 or what measures have been taken up in order to react to the market changes, contact us! We’d be more than happy to hear from you! Note: our special reports are released “live” to subscribers (if you want to become one, email us at Bichl.Sandra@CareerAngels.eu, subject: Special Reports) and then published for the public with a delay of 4-6 weeks.

1. Market Signals
by Career Angels
Africa 10
COVID-19 impact on the job market of
the 10 biggest economies in Africa
MARCH 2021 UPDATE

2. Market Signals
With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Career Angels
wanted to understand how it actually affected the job market. We
started to observe and analyze the changes that it brought.
We have been gathering weekly data (unemployment and the
number of job ads published on LinkedIn) and closely observing the
situation across the EU since March 2020. In mid-September, we
extended our job market observations to a total of 80 countries on all
continents. Tracking the demand for candidates, that is – if and how
much – companies are hiring, gives quite a good feel of the overall
trend on the global job market.
This is an updated version of our report on the African job market. We
summarized 25 weeks of the COVID-19 effects on the oldest
continent.
May this report serve you well!
Your Career Angels Team
Status: March 2021
© by Career Angels

3. Top 10 economies in Africa
Note: this report will be looking into the top 10 economies in Africa only.

4. Africa
In comparison to the European job market, Africa has experienced less
drastic changes up until Week 5 of 2021, when the number of LinkedIn job ads
in Africa significantly decreased, with Week 7 marking its biggest weekly
decrease so far, -30.2%. Since then, the numbers have picked up again.

5. Algeria
The first few weeks of our observations, the Algerian situation was mostly
stable. In Week 44, however, the country noted a significant spike in the
number of LinkedIn job ads (+169%). It remained stable for two weeks but fell
again in Week 48. Algeria experienced another period of stability between
Week 51 and Week 5 of 2021, followed by a two-week spike and another
period of negative numbers.
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the full report and read about
all 10 countries?
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Subject: Special Report / Africa
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