DESIGNING PURPOSE-DRIVEN SYSTEMS FOR AFRICA’S FUTURE WORKFORCE: A UNIFIED CONTINENTAL ECOSYSTEM FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT

Innovative frameworks designed to unlock Africa's youth potential

BY CHERYL-ANNE SMITH[1]

Summary: Africa’s growing youth population is too often framed as a crisis, yet it holds immense potential for transformative design. By reframing the narrative concerning the continent’s youth bulge as an untapped strategic resource, we examine visionary organisations, from policy-advocacy networks to remote talent platforms that are deliberately building purpose-driven systems to unlock Africa’s youth potential, reflecting their youthful energy, ambition and ingenuity. To amplify their impact, a unified continental ecosystem is proposed, one that connects and aligns the distinct strengths of these visionary organisations to enhance their collective impact across the continent.

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Reframing the narrative concerning Africa’s ‘youth bulge’

The African continent is giving rise to the world’s youngest population, where approximately sixty percent are under the age of 25.[2] By 2030, this young generation is expected to encompass forty-two percent of the global youth population, while the total population of the continent is projected to reach 2.5 billion people by 2050.[3]Various global institutions often portray this situation as a ‘youth crisis’ or ‘ticking time bomb’[4] with reference to high unemployment levels amongst the continent’s youth and its graduates, which they advise could lead to social unrest, conflict, and increased migration.[5]

Image Courtesy of Vision of Humanity[6]

This type of alarmist perspective tends to cast the continent in a negative light. But what if Africa’s youth bulge isn’t a crisis to manage, but a design opportunity? What if it compels African institutions to embrace intentional systems building, inclusive policy frameworks, and youth-centred innovation that advances a future that young Africans are already building?[7]

Far from being a liability, young Africans represent the world’s most valuable untapped asset.[8] As ageing populations rise across countries such as Japan, South Korea, and China, and much of Europe is facing declining birthrates and shrinking labour markets, Africa is emerging as the world’s epicentre of population growth and youth-driven innovation.[9]

More new workers from Africa are expected to enter the global workforce on an annual basis than the rest of the world combined by 2035.[10]As a result, they will reorganise the future workforce and rearrange trade dynamics, investment priorities and development strategies.[11]This demographic shift is not a burden; instead, African youth represent a valuable resource that global markets, industries and institutions will come to depend on.[12]

Unlocking Africa’s greatest resource potential, its talented youth

Africa’s demographic dividend is not guaranteed and will not materialise automatically. The youth will require an education that is intentionally aligned with emerging industries, digital innovation and distributed work environments to unlock their potential and contribute meaningfully at a global level.[13]Furthermore, strategic networks, visionary leadership and technological infrastructure will be essential in transforming such young talent into a future workforce for inclusive and sustainable growth.[14]

Across the continent, young Africans are at the centre of the technological revolution. They are not waiting for permission to be included.[15] Social media has become a powerful tool for them. Through these digital platforms, they are mobilising their communities, promoting civic education, and voter registration amongst their friends and families. Moreover, they are advocating for their rights, both human and digital, including driving climate activism. They are reshaping governance with their voices and actions by demanding meaningful representation and deeper inclusion in political decision-making across the continent.[16]

This is a revealing indicator that the continent’s youth are not passive inheritors of their future; instead, they are the architects who have taken it upon themselves to actively shape and construct the continent and world that they want to live in.[17] As such, outdated legacy systems will be unable to harness this demographic dividend and will therefore need to give way to new frameworks that reflect their youthful energy, ambition and ingenuity. [18]The question, thus, is no longer whether Africa’s youth will lead; it is whether our institutions are ready to follow.[19]

Designing new purpose-driven systems that reflect the continent’s youthful energy, ambition and ingenuity

Several visionary organisations have deliberately designed purpose-driven, innovative collaborative ecosystems that place youth at the centre of Africa’s transformation. In doing so, they aim to develop African talent, enhance coordinated action across sectors and accelerate impact.[20] We examine what each of them offers, how they reimagine governance reform, education innovation, and digital infrastructure, and how they reshape institutions to engage, empower, and invest in Africa’s talent.[21]

A) Pan-African Youth-Centred Policy Advocacy Networks(e.g., AfriNYE)

Pan-African youth-centred policy advocacy networks are collaborative ecosystems. They consist of young people, organisations, and policy actors working together to influence public policy in areas concerning significant youth priorities, their rights and lived experiences. A leading example of such a collaborative ecosystem is the African Network of Youth Policy Experts (AfriNYE).[22]AfriNYE is a regional platform that operates across forty-five African countries. It employs a combination of transformative policy approaches in migration, climate and economic agendas. By supporting youth-led research, policy evaluation, and cross-border collaboration to strengthen strategic capacity, AfriNYE continuously builds strong ecosystems to empower young people and include their voices in governance.[23]

B) Youth Governance Labs (e.g., Restless Development)

Youth governance labs are collaborative spaces for young people to reimagine governance models. These labs support young people’s efforts in applying innovative methods from civic participation, policy experimentation, and digital tools, to co-create new governance frameworks that are inclusive, transparent and responsive to their needs.[24]A visionary organisation such as Restless Development is an illustration of a youth governance lab that positions African youth at the centre of civic accountability campaigns, allowing them to develop governance models and design digital policy engagement platforms. Restless Development thus empowers young people to contribute to meaningful change across the continent by being the central architects thereof.[25]

C) Pan-African Educational Initiatives (e.g., ALX)

Pan-African Educational Initiatives refers to the collaborative efforts of African countries and the diaspora to promote unity, cultural pride, and intellectual empowerment through education.[26] A prime example of a Pan-African education initiative is ALX, which has developed targeted programmes for the African youth to prepare them for careers in technology, entrepreneurship and the future of work. Students are trained in digital skills that are in high demand, including leadership and professional skills, and their graduates have gained meaningful and successful employment.[27]

Furthermore, ALX actively supports entrepreneurs with their startups via their ALX Ventures platform.[28]All their programmes aim to position Africa’s skilled and talented graduates as drivers of transformation on the African continent.[29]

D) Remote Talent Platforms (e.g., Talenteum)

Remote talent platforms operate as digital ecosystems that assist global employers with finding skilled professionals from across the world and vice versa. As the rise in flexible work arrangements gains momentum and work can be done remotely, these types of platforms have rapidly emerged within modern workforce strategies as a means to restructure how talent is sourced, mobilised and integrated across borders.[30] Talenteum, for example, does exactly this by tapping into Africa’s talent pool and connecting them with global employers, where skills, not geography, define opportunity.[31]

E) Pan-African Innovation Ecosystems (e.g., AfriLabs)

Pan-African innovation ecosystems are continental collaborative networks that are designed to support the creation, scaling, and commercialisation of innovative solutions. For example, AfriLabs has connected over 500 innovation hubs across the continent. Moreover, they provide support for young people who have built startups in fintech, health tech and edtech, while also contributing to the design of locally based infrastructure for energy and access. Furthermore, through strategic policy advocacy, AfriLabs pursues innovation-friendly regulation, demonstrating systems-building that is powered by the youth and scaled through collaborative networks.[32]

Proposing a unified continental ecosystem for collective impact

Across Africa, several Pan-African youth-centred policy advocacy networks (e.g., AfriNYE), Youth governance labs (e.g., Restless Development), Pan-African educational Initiatives (e.g., ALX), Pan-African innovation ecosystems (e.g., AfriLabs), and remote talent platforms (e.g., Talenteum) are flourishing, with each one playing its own unique role in unlocking Africa’s youth potential.[33]

Despite their visionary work, many of these organisations operate in isolation from one another, which limits their potential for broader systemic impact. But imagine the possibilities if their distinct strengths were aligned within a unified continental ecosystem.[34] This framework proposes to connect their efforts for collective impact and unlock a new era of coordinated transformation through three channels, notably 1) Knowledge Sharing, 2) Seamless Service Delivery, and 3) Collaborative Advocacy.

1) Knowledge Sharing:

Through an established knowledge sharing network of digital repositories, visionary organisations would be able to harness their unique strengths and amplify their impact by exchanging insights, data and best practices in real-time. By merging analytics, they can identify trends in youth training, employment, and leadership development. [35]For example, Pan-African Education Initiatives offering targeted digital technology programmes could help inform curriculum design across the Pan-African unified ecosystem. By aligning their collective efforts with evolving market needs, they can help determine what programmes work and what is less effective.[36]

Moreover, Pan-African youth-centred policy advocacy networks, Youth governance labs, Remote Talent Platforms, and Pan-African Innovation ecosystems could also contribute by sharing feedback, offering ideas, and exchanging insights. This collaborative flow of knowledge sharing will ensure that visionary organisations remain informed about what is taking place across the continent, thus creating a more connected and responsive landscape for youth-driven transformation.[37]

A UNIFIED CONTINENTAL ECOSYSTEM FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT

Image created by Policy Shifts[38]

2) Seamless Service Delivery:

By leveraging a seamless service delivery platform, educational training, mentorship, and remote job placement services can be unified within a single youth-facing portal to enable young Africans to navigate their journey from learning to employment with ease. Targeted technology programmes offered by Pan African Educational Initiatives, such as ALX and Remote Talent Platforms like Talenteum, could be integrated with Pan African Innovation Ecosystems like AfriLabs. These types of combinations could enable more localised support structures for Africa’s youth and amplify their impact across the continent.[39]

3) Collaborative Advocacy:

Collaborative advocacy provides a very impactful means to drive policy coherence across Africa, particularly in areas critical to youth empowerment, such as human and digital rights, education, labour mobility and civic participation, etc.[40] By coordinating efforts across Pan-African youth policy and advocacy networks like AfriNYE, youth governance labs like Restless Development, and Pan-African innovation ecosystems like AfriLabs, it enables a powerful amplification of youth priorities and collective capacity to influence regulatory frameworks and shape inclusive development agendas that reflect the aspirations of Africa’s youth.[41]

Such an approach could also strengthen Africa’s position in global governance forums, ensuring that Africa’s youth perspectives inform international norms and resource flows.[42] Moreover, through collaborative advocacy, these visionary organisations could align their organisational voices to mobilise funding through shared platforms and campaigns and shape public narratives through collaborative media and thought leadership.[43]

Embracing a new era of innovative frameworks

Old, outdated legacy systems can no longer serve the needs of Africa’s dynamic and growing youth population. To unlock their potential, new innovative frameworks will have to be developed so that Africa’s youth can thrive on a global scale. Visionary organisations that are building intentional, purpose-driven systems that reflect the energy, ambition and ingenuity of Africa’s youth are no doubt embracing this new era by reimagining possibilities. By proposing an alignment of their distinct strengths within a unified continental ecosystem, we can further amplify their collective impact to reshape governance, education and economic development across the continent, as the future is not something to wait for, but rather an opportunity to design.

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[1] CHERYL-ANNE SMITH is the Founder of Policy Shifts. She has worked within the Information and Technology Services Industry, occupying positions in Strategic Intelligence and Management Consultancy. Her portfolio of work can be accessed via Linktree: https://linktr.ee/cheryl007 or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-anne-smith-007796252/. Contact CHERYL-ANNE SMITH at annecheryl@proton.me

[2] “Africa’s Youth Futures: Resilience, Challenges and Opportunities,” The Youth Café, September 19, 2025, https://www.theyouthcafe.com/tools-and-publications/africas-youth-futures-resilience-challenges-and-opportunities-in-2024; Zoe Zapata, “Navigating the effects of a rising youth population in Africa,” Vision of Humanity, November 13, 2023, https://www.visionofhumanity.org/navigating-the-effects-of-a-rising-youth-population-in-africa/

[3] Chido Mpemba and Chido Munyati, “How Africa’s youth will drive global growth,” World Economic Forum, August 16, 2023, https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/08/africa-youth-global-growth-digital-economy/

[4] Hicham El Habati, “Why Africa’s youth hold the key to its development potential,” September 19, 2022, https://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/09/why-africa-youth-key-development-potential/

[5] “Editorial: Alarming rate of youth unemployment attributable to the youth bulge,” Business and Financial Times Online, February 27,2025, https://thebftonline.com/2025/02/27/alarming-rate-of-youth-unemployment-attributable-to-youth-bulge/; “The Challenge of the Youth Bulge in Africa and the Middle East: Migration and the Brain Drain,” Nato Strategic Direction South Hub, April, 2021, https://thesouthernhub.org/topics/socio-economic/youth-bulge-in-africa-the-middle-east--migration-the-brain-drain; Temidayo Ofusori, “The Challenge of Youth Unemployment and its Implications for Democractic Stability in Africa,” Democracy Development Program,https://ddp.org.za/blog/the-challenge-of-youth-unemployment-and-its-implications-for-democratic-stability-in-africa; Teboho J. Lebakeng and Koliswa Matebese-Notshulwana, “ Demographic Youth Bulge and Unemployment as Potential Violence and Insecurity in Africa with Special Reference to South Africa,” Commonwealth Youth and Development, July, 2024, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382524214_Article_Demographic_Youth_Bulge_and_Unemployment_as_Potential_for_Political_Violence_and_Insecurity_in_Africa_with_Special_Reference_to_South_Africa ; Zoe Zapata, “Navigating the effects of a rising youth population in Africa,” Vision of Humanity, November 13, 2023, https://www.visionofhumanity.org/navigating-the-effects-of-a-rising-youth-population-in-africa/; “Youth Bulge in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Peacebuilding-Insights from Zimbabwe’s Empowerment Programs,” African Researchers Magazine, December, 2023, https://www.africanresearchers.org/youth-bulge-in-africa-challenges-and-opportunities-for-peacebuilding-insights-from-zimbabwes-empowerment-programs/; Shari Bryan, “ The Youth Bulge in Africa Opportunities for Constructive Engagement in Political Processes,” The National Democratic Institute, October 27, 2010, 1, https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/Youth_Bulge_Africa_102710_1.pdf

[6] Zoe Zapata, “Navigating the effects of a rising youth population in Africa,” Vision of Humanity, November 13, 2023, https://www.visionofhumanity.org/navigating-the-effects-of-a-rising-youth-population-in-africa/

[7] Aiysha Jackson, “Building South Africa’s Future: An Ecosystem Where Youth Thrive, ALX Africa, September 25, 2025, https://www.alxafrica.com/building-south-africas-future-an-ecosystem-where-youth-thrive/; “Youth Bulge in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Peacebuilding-Insights from Zimbabwe’s Empowerment Programs,” African Researchers Magazine, December, 2023, https://www.africanresearchers.org/youth-bulge-in-africa-challenges-and-opportunities-for-peacebuilding-insights-from-zimbabwes-empowerment-programs/; “AfriLabs to Spotlight Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building at Bridge Africa Summit 2025,” AfriLabs, July 18, 2025, https://www.afrilabs.com/afrilabs-to-spotlight-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-building-at-bridge-africa-summit-2025/

[8] Anusha Naicker, “ Fighting the Odds: Backing South Africa’s Youth,” Empower, June 16, 2025, https://empowerweb.org/news-events/news/fighting-the-odds-backing-south-africas-youth

[9] Chido Mpemba and Chido Munyati, “How Africa’s youth will drive global growth,” World Economic Forum, August 16, 2023,https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/08/africa-youth-global-growth-digital-economy/; Joshua Muhammed, “Why Africa’s Youth Surge will Reshape the Global Order,” African Leadership Magazine, July 01, 2025, https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/why-africas-youth-surge-will-reshape-the-global-order-2/

[10] Chido Mpemba and Chido Munyati, “How Africa’s youth will drive global growth,” World Economic Forum, August 16, 2023, https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/08/africa-youth-global-growth-digital-economy/

[11] Joshua Muhammed, “Why Africa’s Youth Surge will Reshape the Global Order,” African Leadership Magazine, July 01, 2025, https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/why-africas-youth-surge-will-reshape-the-global-order-2/

[12] Chido Mpemba and Chido Munyati, “How Africa’s youth will drive global growth,” World Economic Forum, August 16, 2023, https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/08/africa-youth-global-growth-digital-economy/; Anusha Naicker, “ Fighting the Odds: Backing South Africa’s Youth,” Empower, June 16, 2025, https://empowerweb.org/news-events/news/fighting-the-odds-backing-south-africas-youth; Joshua Muhammed, “Why Africa’s Youth Surge will Reshape the Global Order,” African Leadership Magazine, July 01, 2025, https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/why-africas-youth-surge-will-reshape-the-global-order-2/; Moses Anibaba, “Creating an ecosystem of forward-thinking stakeholders to drive Africa’s youth ambitious agenda,” CIO Views, March 18, 2022, https://cioviews.com/creating-an-ecosystem-of-forward-thinking-stakeholders-to-drive-africas-youth-ambitious-agenda/

[13] Nicolas Goldstein, “ Africa’s greatest resource isn’t oil and minerals. It’s people,” LinkedIn, October 2025, https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7381975631342792704/

[14] Ibid.

[15] “AfriLabs to Spotlight Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building at Bridge Africa Summit 2025,” AfriLabs, July 18, 2025, https://www.afrilabs.com/afrilabs-to-spotlight-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-building-at-bridge-africa-summit-2025/

[16] Tony Scott, “The Future in the Hands of Africa’s Young Innovators,” December 9, 2024, https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/the-future-in-the-hands-of-africas-young-innovators/; Anusha Naicker, “ Fighting the Odds: Backing South Africa’s Youth,” Empower, June 16, 2025, https://empowerweb.org/news-events/news/fighting-the-odds-backing-south-africas-youth

[17] “Youth Bulge in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Peacebuilding-Insights from Zimbabwe’s Empowerment Programs,” African Researchers Magazine, December 2023, https://www.africanresearchers.org/youth-bulge-in-africa-challenges-and-opportunities-for-peacebuilding-insights-from-zimbabwes-empowerment-programs/; “AfriLabs Releases 2024 Impact Report: Over 500 Innovation Hubs, 280,000 Lives Reached, and a $1 Trillion Vision for Africa’s Digital Future,” AfriLabs, 2024,

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[18] Chido Mpemba and Chido Munyati, “How Africa’s youth will drive global growth,” World Economic Forum, August 16, 2023,https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/08/africa-youth-global-growth-digital-economy/; Anusha Naicker, “ Fighting the Odds: Backing South Africa’s Youth,” Empower, June 16, 2025,https://empowerweb.org/news-events/news/fighting-the-odds-backing-south-africas-youth; Joshua Muhammed, “Why Africa’s Youth Surge will Reshape the Global Order,” African Leadership Magazine, July 01, 2025, https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/why-africas-youth-surge-will-reshape-the-global-order-2/; Nkhensani Nkhwashu, “UNDP: Africa’s young innovators are ready-but governments must act on AI,” ITWEB, October 6, 2025, https://www.itweb.co.za/article/undp-africas-young-innovators-are-ready-but-governments-must-act-on-ai/mYZRX79g1KKqOgA8

[19]“AfriLabs to Spotlight Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building at Bridge Africa Summit 2025,” AfriLabs, July 18, 2025, https://www.afrilabs.com/afrilabs-to-spotlight-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-building-at-bridge-africa-summit-2025/; “AfriLabs Releases 2024 Impact Report: Over 500 Innovation Hubs, 280,000 Lives Reached, and a $1 Trillion Vision for Africa’s Digital Future,” AfriLabs, 2024, https://www.afrilabs.com/afrilabs-releases-2024-impact-report-over-500-innovation-hubs-280000-lives-reached-and-a-1-trillion-vision-for-africas-digital-future/

[20] Anusha Naicker, “ Fighting the Odds: Backing South Africa’s Youth,” Empower, June 16, 2025, https://empowerweb.org/news-events/news/fighting-the-odds-backing-south-africas-youth; Joshua Muhammed, “Why Africa’s Youth Surge will Reshape the Global Order,” African Leadership Magazine, July 01, 2025,https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/why-africas-youth-surge-will-reshape-the-global-order-2/; Charles Dominic and Meli Imelda, “ 30+ African AI Startups to Watch in 2025,” Tech Culture Africa, May 6, 2025, https://techcultureafrica.com/african-ai-startups;“AfriLabs Releases 2024 Impact Report: Over 500 Innovation Hubs, 280,000 Lives Reached, and a $1 Trillion Vision for Africa’s Digital Future,” AfriLabs, 2024, https://www.afrilabs.com/afrilabs-releases-2024-impact-report-over-500-innovation-hubs-280000-lives-reached-and-a-1-trillion-vision-for-africas-digital-future/

[21] Anusha Naicker, “ Fighting the Odds: Backing South Africa’s Youth,” Empower, June 16, 2025, https://empowerweb.org/news-events/news/fighting-the-odds-backing-south-africas-youth; Joshua Muhammed, “Why Africa’s Youth Surge will Reshape the Global Order,” African Leadership Magazine, July 01, 2025, https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/why-africas-youth-surge-will-reshape-the-global-order-2/; Charles Dominic and Meli Imelda, “ 30+ African AI Startups to Watch in 2025,” Tech Culture Africa, May 6, 2025, https://techcultureafrica.com/african-ai-startups

[22] “About AfriNYPE,” African Network of Policy Experts, 2014-2025, https://afrinype.org/about-us/

[23] Ibid.

[24] “Youth policy Labs Toolkit,” EU4: Coordination and policy Support,2023-2026,https://euneighbourseast.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/youth-policy-labs_v3.pdf

[25] “ We are Restless: Young leaders creating a better world, “ Restless Development, https://restlessdevelopment.org/, “Restless Development Global Strategy 2022-2030,” Restless Development, https://restlessdevelopment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Restless-Development-global-strategy.pdf

[26] Richard Spencer, “The Educational Foundation of Pan-Africanism,” African Leadership Magazine, July 15, 2024, https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/the-educational-foundation-of-pan-africanism/

[27] “ We believe that everyone should have access to the limitless potential of opportunity,” ALX, https://www.alxafrica.com/about/; Aisha Jackson, “Building South Africa’s Future: An Ecosystem Where Youth Thrive,” ALX Africa, September 15, 2025, https://www.alxafrica.com/building-south-africas-future-an-ecosystem-where-youth-thrive/

[28] “From Idea to Impact,” ALX Ventures, https://alx-ventures.com/;Aisha Jackson, “Building South Africa’s Future: An Ecosystem Where Youth Thrive,” ALX Africa, September 15, 2025, https://www.alxafrica.com/building-south-africas-future-an-ecosystem-where-youth-thrive/

[29] “ We believe that everyone should have access to the limitless potential of opportunity,” ALX Africa, https://www.alxafrica.com/about/; Aisha Jackson, “Building South Africa’s Future: An Ecosystem Where Youth Thrive,” ALX Africa, September 15, 2025, https://www.alxafrica.com/building-south-africas-future-an-ecosystem-where-youth-thrive/

[30] “ The Role of Remote Job Platforms in Global Talent Access,” Enicomp Media, August 10, 2025, https://enicomp.com/the-role-of-remote-job-platforms-in-global-talent-access/

[31] Nicolas Goldstein, “ Africa’s greatest resource isn’t oil and minerals. It’s people,” LinkedIn, October 2025, https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7381975631342792704/

[32] “Enabling Africa’s Innovation Ecosystem,” AfriLabs, 2011-2025, https://www.afrilabs.com/

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[34] “ Unified Ecosystem,” Sustainability Directory, April 4, 2025, https://sustainability-directory.com/term/unified-ecosystem/

[35] “Africa Knowledge Network,” United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on Africa, https://www.un.org/osaa/what-we-do/africa-knowledge-network/about

[36] “ALX Accelerates PYEI Youth Employment Mission Through Tech Training,” Africa.com, February 20, 2025, https://africa.com/alx-accelerates-pyeis-youth-employment-mission-through-tech-training/

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