In October 2025, as the global debt and development crisis deepens, civil society and global debt justice organizations have written to His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and current President of the G20, to express grave concern over the worsening debt and development situation facing many countries in the Global South, particularly in Africa.
TYC At The Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) | Accelerating Global Climate Solutions | Financing For Africa's Resilient And Green Development
The ACS will bring together leaders from Africa and beyond: Heads of State and Government, development partners, intergovernmental organizations, private sector, academia, Indigenous Peoples, civil society organizations, women, and youth.
This diverse gathering aims to design and catalyze African-led solutions for climate change and deliberate on how to leverage both domestic and international climate financing, rooted in African priorities and local innovation, to accelerate implementation of existing commitments.
Youth 360 Hackathon | Young Innovators Reimagine Financing For Development At FfD4 2025
The Youth 360 Hackathon, hosted at the FIBES Sevilla Conference Centre, brought together over 50 participants from Africa, Europe, and beyond. Organised by The Youth Café and supported by the Africa-Europe Innovation Platform (AEIP), this high-energy event served as a unique convergence of youth-led organisations, development agencies, and innovation hubs. The hackathon exemplified AEIP’s mission to bridge continents by fostering Pan-African and European collaboration.
Africa Climate and Health Alliance COP29 Call To Action
As Conference of Parties (COP29) convenes in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11st to 22nd November 2024, the globe is greatly impacted by the accelerating impacts of climate change with floods, droughts, hurricanes, and heatwaves after human lives and ecosystem in addition to destruction of infrastructure and properties. These effects are felt most in the poorest and most vulnerable nations and communities especially in Africa which lack the resources to adapt and protect themselves. The impact of climate change has not spared the Health sector with destruction of health infrastructure, health commodities and loss of lives in Africa with flooding affecting Southern and East African countries, drought ravaging Horn of Africa and the Sahel Region countries in Africa, Water-borne and Malaria diseases affecting countries in Central, West and Southern Africa.
Youth Recommendations On International Partnerships For The next European Commission | Global Gateway High-Level Youth Event
These are Youth Recommendations on International Partnerships elaborated through a participative process by young people engaged in the implementation of the Youth Action Plan in EU External Action and under the initiative of the members of the EU Youth Sounding Board for International Partnerships. They have been presented at the Global Gateway High-Level Youth Event that took place in Brussels
on 9 and 10 October 2024.
The Youth Cafe Joins Kenya Climate Change Working Group | Youth And Climate Justice
Announcing An Open Call On Community Engagement In Data Science Research In Africa
The open call is being organized by the REDSSA (Research for Ethical Data Science in sub-Saharan Africa) group, with the goal to identify stakeholder-driven ways to increase community engagement on data science in health research in Africa. The organizers are seeking creative ideas for how to raise awareness among communities that sensitive individual health and location information is being collected and shared as part of large, anonymized data sets for research.
The Youth Cafe Becomes A Member of The Global Waste Cleaning Network
The Youth Cafe has become member of the Global Waste Cleaning Network o for 36 months running from 01 August 2022 till 30 September 2025. The Global Waste Cleaning Network (GWCN) plays a vital role in the growing worldwide movement to reduce the impact of Environmental pollution on the society via advocacy and the implementation of evidence-based programs to reduce pollution in Oceans, Coastlines, Lands, and the Atmosphere. The purpose of the Global Waste Cleaning Network is to support environmental activities, showcase, connect and train the network members, contribute to ecological debates, foster environmental research, and spread environment-related information.
The Youth Month | Accelerating Youth Empowerment
The Youth Cafe in partnership with AIESEC is organizing a youth month; the largest youth-centered event in Kenya. Youth Month is an annual event organized by AIESEC in Kenya founded in 2022, where the Country Managers, members, and youths in general from all over the country meet to build new projects, network, learn new skills, ensuring we solve the problems youths in the country face.