Two global consortiums have been selected to drive civil society engagement and youth leadership in advancing health systems under the GFF x CIVIC Platform. Their work will strengthen community influence, promote domestic resource mobilization, and integrate community-led solutions into national systems to improve outcomes for women, children, and adolescents.
Pan-African Leaders Adopt Landmark Call To Action On Health, Environment, And Climate
Africa has taken a major step toward strengthening the continent’s climate and health resilience following the successful conclusion of the Pan-African Conference on Environment, Climate Change, and Health, held in Nairobi.
The conference brought together scientists, policymakers, health professionals, environmental agencies, development partners, civil society, and youth representatives. Participants reaffirmed a unified commitment to safeguarding human health and protecting Africa’s ecosystems in the face of rising climate threats.
The gathering culminated in the adoption of the Pan-African Call to Action on Enhanced Leadership in Health, Environment, and Climate Action (HECA), a comprehensive declaration that sets the direction for coordinated, Africa-led climate and health interventions.
African Statistics Day 2025: The Youth Café’s Participation And Key Reflections
The Youth Café is pleased to share highlights from our participation in African Statistics Day 2025, commemorated on 18 November 2025 under the leadership of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). This annual event brings together statisticians, policymakers, development practitioners, and civil society to emphasize the crucial role of data and statistics in driving Africa’s sustainable development.
This year’s theme, “Leveraging innovations in data and statistics to promote a just, peaceful, inclusive and prosperous society for Africans”, strongly aligned with our mission to champion youth-centered, evidence-based development across the continent.
Letter To President Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa’s G20 Presidency Must Deliver Debt Justice
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.
First Draft | Outcome Document Of The Fourth International Conference On Financing For Development
The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), is scheduled to take place from 30 June to 3 July 2025 in FIBES Sevilla Exhibition and Conference Centre, Spain. FFD4 aspires to build a renewed global financing framework that will unlock greater volumes of capital at a lower cost. In Sevilla, and through a renewed global financing framework, leaders are taking action to deliver an SDG investment push and to reform the international financial architecture to enable the transformative change that the world urgently needs.
Human Rights and Democracy Festival 2023 | Freedom, Justice and Equality for All
On December 8, 2023, The Youth Cafe, collaborating with other partners, ForumCiv, Badili Africa, and Africa Uncensored, organised a national Human Rights celebration event at the Daystar University Auditorium on Valley Road, Nairobi, Kenya. The theme, "Navigating the Consequences of Economic Shocks on Human Rights: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All," occurred from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. This gathering drew a diverse audience of at least 300 participants, representing a cross-section of society, including youth, community members, persons with disabilities, and women.
76th World Health Assembly and Strategic Roundtable on Immunization
The Youth Café Takes Part In The Africa - Europe Week.
In the margins of the 6th European Union - African Union summit on 17 and 18 February 2022, over 10,000 delegates from Europe, Africa, and beyond participated in the first Africa-Europe Week together with 15,000 delegates in the 7th EU-Africa Business Forum (EABF). Hosted in a hybrid format in Brussels and virtually, during over 100 sessions, panel discussions, and concerts, the first edition of the Africa-Europe week was a key moment to bring together young people, civil society, and the private sector from Africa and Europe to discuss the aspects of the Africa-EU Partnership that matter to them the most. The Africa-Europe week aimed to strengthen the links connecting people from Africa and Europe.
Collaborative Futures Workshop | How New Technologies Can Support Social Justice Organizations In East Africa.
The Youth Café was invited for a 3-day Collaborative Futures Workshop, which is a hybrid hackathon and fellowship designed to help you, and fellow social justice organizations and leaders envision ways that emerging creative technology can expand your impact, understand how new technologies will shape your work and how we can change these technologies, and learn how to act on this knowledge in partnership with East Africa's boldest creatives and technologists using a Do It Yourself (DIY) ethos and active collaboration.
Civil Societies as agents of Change in Africa
Despite having strong research and accountability measures for government promises, the civil society is also prominent for various multi-million dollar grant-based projects that are community-oriented. There is a tendency for many civil institutions to work with volunteers who often bring vast resources, information or skills necessary for the achievement and development of many community projects. The unitary aspect that makes many civil societies excellent in what they do is the scope-centered approach that leads to identification of a specific thematic area or target group for action. The same way that The Youth café has identified youths as the organization’s core, there are other organizations that have specified their operation base in the same way. With the help of initiatives like Generation Equity Forum, many organizations are working towards specific sustainable development goals that unite them. Working with regional institutions has become easier and definitely, more sustainable.