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YouthConnekt Africa Summit 2019 | The Youth Cafe


Why YouthConnekt Africa Hub?

Africa's greatest resource is its youth. Yet, this abundant resource has been relatively untapped and facing cross-cutting issues such as limited access to education and finances, deterring health, scarce employment opportunities and low wages, and often excluded from local decision-making. As a result, these challenges, individually and collectively, obstruct the youth from meaningfully contributing to the social, economic and political transformation of their nations and the African continent at large.

YouthConnekt is a platform designed to connect the youth for socio-economic transformation. The purpose of the YouthConnekt Africa (YCA) Hub is to provide a holistic solution to alleviate the challenges faced by African youth by widening the pool of economic, social and civic leadership opportunities through National YouthConnekt initiatives. Essentially, the Hub will be supporting already existing African youth empowerment initiatives to propel and scale their efforts further.

How does the YouthConnekt Africa Hub work?

YCA Hub's central role is to primarily strengthen the African youth empowerment ecosystem by equipping already existing initiatives with technical and financial resources, knowledge sharing and improved national ownership of the youth's socio-economic transformation agenda.
Through national YouthConnekt initiatives, the Hub accomplishes its mandate by:

  • Coordinating a global network to create a continental ecosystem for African youth;

  • Sharing experience and knowledge on program and policy design, youth initiatives, fund setting and reporting;

  • Providing a conduit for resources at scale and data on youth to up-skill and finance African youth-led enterprises.

About YouthConnekt Africa Summit 2019

Who will attend YouthConnektAfrica Summit 2019

  • Heads of State

  • Global Business Leaders

  • AU Commissioners

  • Ministers of Youth

  • Multilateral Organizations

  • Development Partners

  • Heads of Regional Economic Communities (RECs)

  • Young Men & Women Entrepreneurs

  • Gender Equality & Women Empowerment Champions

  • Civil Society and Academia

  • Youth-led Organizations

  • Accelerators, Incubators & Innovation Labs

  • Venture capitalists, Business Angels & other Specialist Investors

Why attend

The development of this continent resides in your hands. This convening connects youth from across the continent and beyond to engage,design, and accelerate youth empowerment efforts at the continent level.

This year's Summit tracks

  • Connecting skills development to meet emerging market opportunities

  • Addressing the growing Youth Employment demand in Africa

  • Presenting the potential of the Arts, Sports and Culture Industry for Africa