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Jobs for Youth in Africa
What is the Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy?
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) launched its Jobs for Youth in Africa (JfYA) Strategy (2016-2025) at its Annual Meetings in May 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia. The aim of the strategy is to support African countries vis-à-vis scaling up responses to the youth unemployment and underemployment crisis on the continent. This will be achieved through practical, high-impact solutions aimed at creating opportunities via education and training, transformative jobs and a business environment conducive to entrepreneurial activities (i.e. youth entrepreneurship).
The Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund
The Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund establishes a Youth Innovation Lab to promote youth employment and support the incubation of youth and women-owned enterprises. The Lab focuses on fragile states and economic migration hotspots across Africa.
Flagship programs
The Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy has selected three sectors with high potential for youth inclusion for the initial flagship programs: agriculture, industrialization, and ICT. The Flagship Programs follow a unique approach, aimed to ease the design and implementation of individual projects.
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Useful links
Documents
- Bank Group Strategy for Jobs for Youth in Africa 2016-2025
- Stratégie pour l’emploi des jeunes en Afrique – Conférences ministérielles régionales sur l’emploi et l’entreprenariat des jeunes en Afrique
- Note d’orientation politique – Impact de la crise Covid-19 sur l’emploi et les TPME
- Jobs for Youth in Africa Innovation Lab
- The African Development Bank’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lab