capacity building

Youth Participation in Political and Electoral Processes in Africa | Participants Manual

Youth Participation in Political and Electoral Processes in Africa | Participants Manual

This participants’ manual will assist participants in following the sessions related to the African Governance Architecture (AGA) capacity-building training of trainers’ program for youth participation in political and electoral processes. The participant manual also provides information on methodologies and strategies to be adopted during training sessions. The youth needs to note that training content for youth participation must be context-specific. The content of this manual must be adjusted to the local, social, geographical, cultural, and political circumstances, and there is no standard training methodology and approach that can be replicated everywhere on the continent.

The Youth4Climate Manifesto

The Youth4Climate Manifesto

The Youth4Climate Manifesto highlights youth voices under 4 main themes; 1) Youth Driving Ambition, 2) Sustainable Recovery, 3) Non-State Actors’ Engagement, 4) Climate-Conscious Society. The Youth Café, as a youth-led and youth-serving organisation with a focus area in Environmental Preservation and Climate Change, fully supports The Youth4Climate Manifesto.

Strengthening Youth Livelihoods And Enterprise Innovation In Africa’s Digital Era

Strengthening Youth Livelihoods And Enterprise Innovation In Africa’s Digital Era

The Youth Café has cross-published this report in partnership with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). This publication is the second of two to explore the findings and insights from an online global consultation, held in July 2020, exploring young Africans’ use of digital technologies in different areas in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. More specifically, this paper discusses the topics of the second day of the consultation, when participants delved into employment in the gig economy, business and tech innovation, and financial inclusion.

Our Theory Of Change | A Pathway For Action, Sustainability, Results, Learning, And Adaptation

Our Theory Of Change | A Pathway For Action, Sustainability, Results, Learning, And Adaptation

We welcome the opportunity to develop and refine our Theory of Change as part of organizational Performance Improvement within Youth Excel, a 5-year USAID global flagship youth development program centered on Implementation Research. Our intended outcome is to build a practical theory to underpin our ambitious youth-led community transformation efforts. This Theory of Change is based on organizational performance improvement as an approach to build the capacity of The Youth Café which focuses on achieving our strategies. We recognize that high performing youth-led and youth-serving organizations like we desire to be, need to be exceptional in four domains identified by our Performance Improvement framework: Efficiency, Effectiveness, Relevancy, and Journey to Self-Reliance (J2SR).