Young people under 35 make up over half of Kenya’s population, yet most face unemployment or underemployment, limiting their ability to act at scale. Still, youth across the country are actively driving environmental conservation, advocacy, and innovation.
African Youth Lead Policy Paper
This paper draws on several months of national, regional, and continental youth consultations hosted by the African Union Office of the Youth Envoy (OYE) in collaboration with Africa CDC. These include the virtual youth consultations held from23rd March 2020 to 11 June 2020; as well as focus group consultations carried out by member networks of the African Youth Front. The aim of these consultations were to collect opinions and recommendations from youth leaders, with a view to inform policy briefs that were shared with Africa CDC. The consultations collected original data from online discussions with participants using Zoom and Facebook Live, as well as polls and surveys.