Bitcoin has employed more youths than the government of some African countries. African countries are most times referred to as third world countries because of their under-development and under-civilization caused mainly by bad leadership. Africans have high level of poverty rate and unemployment.
I stay in this part of the world, so I understand first hand everything you're talking about, and you're very correct, unemployment rate has always been high, but since the start of the pandemic it has gotten far worse and it doesn't look like getting better any sooner, I'm happy for smart Africans that have utilized and harnessed the Bitcoin opportunity that's at their doorstep, I know quite a lot of people who still remain skeptical just cause of how the media in Africa has portrayed Bitcoin as a Ponzi of some sort, just in a bid to scare people from taking their finances into their own hands, I'm pretty sure sooner or later, most of such individuals would understand the benefits of being their own bank in the network and also try to take the advantage it offers.
Having said that, despite the fact that most African governments impoverish her citizens through embezzling funds meant for the development of the country, they are still trying to stop their citizens from using Bitcoin that's giving them some sort of hope, the Nigerian government for example placed some sort of ban on crypto some months back, and I really find moves such as this appalling, though since Bitcoin is decentralized and not controlled by anyone, it's somewhat difficult to implement such ban/sanctions, people have found other ways to carry out their transactions, such as P2P trade, etc, it's only a matter of time before the government finds out that Bitcoin is unstoppable.