The Future is Now for Africa's Youth
For more than six years, Future Forward, an initiative between Ashoka and the Mastercard Foundation identified and supported social entrepreneurs and young changemakers with innovative solutions for youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa. From that we saw exponential increases in the impact of the 25 Fellows supported through the partnerships including the capacity and network support for work that led to more than 233,000 (and counting) young people accessing new livelihoods. Learn more about the significant impact this partnership made in enabling the creation of jobs and helping us rethink the Future of Work for Africa’s young people.
Youth Unstuck:
An Innovation Guide
Learn about 6 leading innovation approaches you can use in your own work to champion youth employment and leadership based on case studies and interviews with leading social innovators across 17 African countries.
Success Stories from Our Network
 Believing in Forgotten Youth
PAIGE ELENSON Africa Yoga Project, Kenya |
 Connecting Youth with Their Full Potential
MARLON PARKER RLabs, South Africa |
 DORIEN BEURSKENS, Young Africa
THE PROBLEM The lack of job opportunities and |
 IKAMVA YOUTH
THE PROBLEM South African youth face |
#AfricaYouthFwd on Twitter
Insights & Resources
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