From matching young people with existing opportunities, to creative ways to build links between youth and employers in the formal and informal sector, to envisioning new approaches to apprenticeships, internships and the like – we’re looking for ways to help young people take the important first step into the world of work.
Create Springboards to First Jobs
Getting a toehold into the world of work can open doors and set the stage for future success. This can be a big challenge for young people and we are searching for ideas that address it.
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Developing competency-based assessments to match youth with job opportunities in East Africa
Shortlist will develop better ways for young people to demonstrate their competencies so that they be linked to jobs with great employers.
Last Mile
Creating meaningful employment opportunities for youth in Kilimanjaro to improve access to jobs and life-changing products
EmployAble Solutions "Bridging the gap between skilled youth with disabilities and sustainable employment in Kenya"
To facilitate linkages on need based inclusive & competency skills, internship and apprenticeship to decent work - self and wage employment
nFrnds Young Entrepreneurs Fellowship - Empowering African youth to drive technology adoption for the next 4 billion.
We develop entrepreneurial business skills of Rwandan youth via training, hands-on work experience on our platform and income opportunities.
Students Radio and Television Station (SRTS) at the Media Challenge Academy
The Students Radio & TV station is an incubator ground for grooming young journalists and story tellers by equipping them with market skills
Graduating Students' Transition Empowerment Program (GSTEP)
The intervention project is focused on empowering graduating youth through post campus transition and labor market orientation.
Gen Wa: Our Hope
YOLRED to contributes to the lives and livelihoods of former child combatants, single mothers, children and all disenfranchised Ugandans.
Creating Livelihood Opportunities
Juakali Workforce connects young people in Kenya’s informal sector to employers over an online and mobile platform.
Students Becoming Industry Consultants
This is a program that trains and puts a team of senior undergraduate students to work analyzing an identified businesses issue or problem.
Call Away Beauticians(CABs)
CABs creates a channel for skilled but unemployed youth to work and earn a living by use of existing ICT tools and media platforms.
Cybergirl/Cyberboy
Cybergirl/Cyberboy teaches employment skills and provides sexual health education and linkage to services for Rwandan adolescents.
Nairobi Stew - A democratic micro-grant funding community dinner
Pitch your idea at a community event. The audience votes and the winning pitch takes home the pot of entrance fees as startup microgrant.
911 Where There is None: Community-based emergency medical systems development in Mwanza, Tanzania
We empower young Tanzanians to design, build, manage and sustain their own emergency medical systems through mobile technology and training.
Get Lively! Clean energy internship for Kenyan youth in informal settlements
A three-month entrepreneurship and energy internship for unemployed youth in Kenyan slums, culminating in a guaranteed employment offer.
'Karamoja: voted top tourist destination in Uganda on TripAdvisor'
Harnessing cultural pride, youth power and natural beauty for youth employment in the tourism industry...
Using real-world industry challenges to equip students & recent graduates with marketable skills & empower them to define their career path
Young graduates from higher education institutions in Uganda will be equipped with marketable skills using practical learning experiences
YEA! Youth Employment Accelerator using tech & peer learning to train & place youth at scale
Combines mobile learning with peer-led workshops and team projects to train youth in digital/soft skills & place with leading employers
Local knowledges as a resource for future employment and business creation
Through formal and informal education, young indigenous women can inspire others towards sustainable job creation in Uganda
Youth hub for Business, Trade and Innovation
Transforming mindsets of young people from Job seekers to Job creators through Innovation, Business and Trade.
Coding Bootcamp meets Refugee Camp
Southern New Hampshire University will bring coding bootcamps to its refugee campuses, providing pathways to apprenticeships & employment.
Global Kijiji: Creating jobs and sustainable livelihoods for marginalized youth, women and persons with disabilities
Pioneering a decentralized production system using mobile technology to increase incomes and foster apprenticeships.
