Tech Front · Youth Employment
Youth Employment Front.
Pathways from school and street into work and ownership.
The challenge
Why this Front exists.
Africa will add more new workers to the global labour force this decade than any other region. The pathways into work, and especially into ownership, have not kept pace.
The Youth Employment Front backs builders working with training providers, employers and platforms on the routes from school and street into productive work.
Where we're focusing
Briefs we're scoping with partners.
Skills & training
Demand-led training, credentials and assessment platforms.
Job matching
Platforms connecting young people with formal and informal work.
Self-employment & ownership
Tools that route young people toward ownership, not just employment.
Employer tools
Hiring, onboarding and workforce development for African employers.
How it runs
Six to nine months, from brief to deployment.
Challenge brief
Co-authored with sector partners who own the problem.
Cohort build
Selected teams prototype in context — not in a slide deck.
Field trial
Solutions tested with real users in real settings.
Procurement bridge
Working products handed to the partners who can buy them.
Who we're looking for
Partners that can help us build this Front.
- Training providers and TVET institutions
- Large employers
- Ministries of labour and youth
- Foundations and DFIs
- Workforce-tech operators