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How Might Entrepreneurs Help Unlock Youth Jobs And Power Growth | The Youth Cafe

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How Might Entrepreneurs Help Unlock Youth Jobs And Power Growth | The Youth Cafe

Young African entrepreneurs urged to make their voices heard in business policy-making across the continent and called on governments to implement friendlier tax policies, improve access to finance and boost support for youth-led businesses to create jobs.

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Addressing Skills Mismatch in Skills For The Youth | The Youth Cafe

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Addressing Skills Mismatch in Skills For The Youth | The Youth Cafe

The second day of the 2019 African Economic Conference, exploring ways to create jobs for Africa’s youth,  focused on the youth skills gap issue across the continent.

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Listen To The Youth To Create Jobs For Africa’s Next Generation | The Youth Cafe

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Listen To The Youth To Create Jobs For Africa’s Next Generation | The Youth Cafe

It needs governments to work together and share experiences; international organizations to join hands, the private sector to work with policymakers, the youth to voice their concerns, and researchers to share policy-relevant evidence that will inform policies.

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The Do’s And Don’ts Of Youth Employment | The Youth Cafe

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The Do’s And Don’ts Of Youth Employment | The Youth Cafe

African governments, working with civil society and the private sector, should formulate deliberate policies to boost employability, particularly of the continent’s youth, according to regional surveys presented at this year’s African Economic Conference (AEC) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

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Third Africa Business Forum To Tackle Links Between Climate, Energy And Health | The Youth Cafe

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Third Africa Business Forum To Tackle Links Between Climate, Energy And Health | The Youth Cafe

The Africa Business Forum is an annual event that brings together heads of states, policymakers, industry leaders, thinkers and private businesses to discuss the role of private sector in Africa’s development; cutting hedge and innovative ideas for financing sustainable development in Africa; and partnerships between African private and public sectors.

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African Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum 2020 | The Youth Cafe

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African Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum 2020 | The Youth Cafe

The Science, Technology and Innovation Forum is part of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, which was established by the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and launched by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Sixth Session Of The Africa Regional Forum On Sustainable Development | The Youth Cafe

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Sixth Session Of The Africa Regional Forum On Sustainable Development | The Youth Cafe

The Youth Cafe is taking part in the Regional Forum from 24-25 February, 2020. The Forum is an intergovernmental platform convened by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and the United Nations system to review progress, share experiences and lessons learned, and build consensus on recommendations in the form of key messages to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 of the African Union.

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Because We Are The Future, The Present And Ready To make A Change Now! | The Youth Cafe

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Because We Are The Future, The Present And Ready To make A Change Now! | The Youth Cafe

As part of my internship with The Youth Cafe’s External Communications and Stakeholder Engagement, I was given a unique opportunity to attend the 19th OIDP conference in Itztapalapa, Mexico on Monday, 09.12.2019. The main topic of the conference was Participatory Democracy and its vision, scope, and obstacles.

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Seventh Annual Athens Democracy Forum | The Youth Cafe

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Seventh Annual Athens Democracy Forum | The Youth Cafe

The Youth Cafe took part in the annual Athens Democracy Forum which was held on 9-11 October 2019, in association with The New York Times, the UN Democracy Fund and the City of Athens. This year’s programme centred around the theme Reinventing Democracy: New Models for our Changing World.