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Enterprise for Peace Scholarship - 2022

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Enterprise for Peace Scholarship - 2022

The Youth Café is partnering with One Young World to promote the Enterprise for Peace Scholarship for 2022 for delegates to participate in the global Summit around creating youth employment opportunities for prosperous and peaceful societies. The One Young World Summit 2022 will see 2,000 young leaders from 190+ countries descend to Tokyo for the global forum for young leaders. During the Summit, delegates will present and debate solutions to our time’s most pressing issues alongside senior leaders.

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Strengthening Rural Women’s Contribution To Sustainable Food Systems Through The African Continental Free Trade Area | International Day of Rural Women

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Strengthening Rural Women’s Contribution To Sustainable Food Systems Through The African Continental Free Trade Area | International Day of Rural Women

The Youth Café and Africa Union Commission commemorated the International Rural Women Day under the theme Strengthening rural women’s contribution to sustainable food systems through the African Continental Free Trade Area. The purpose was to target different stakeholders that are involved in supporting the empowerment of rural women such as Member States, Regional Economic Communities, Academics, Financial Institutions, Development Partners, Women Right Champions, UN Agencies and Civil Society Organizations.

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Magnifying Visibility Of Youth Leaders

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Magnifying Visibility Of Youth Leaders

International Republican Institute, The Youth Café and partners are working on a project aimed to enhance the skills of Kenyan youth to gain influence within the political establishment and to serve in civic and political leadership roles. To accomplish this, the project will hold a series of capacity-building training to increase the technical skills of Kenyan youth to successfully participate in the party primaries and contest in the elections.

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Babacar Ndiaye Lecture 2021 | Importance Of Science, Technology And Innovation In Transformation Of African Economies Under The AfCFTA

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Babacar Ndiaye Lecture 2021 | Importance Of Science, Technology And Innovation In Transformation Of African Economies Under The AfCFTA

The Youth Café was privileged to have been invited to take part in this year’s Babacar Ndiaye Lecture, which took place virtually on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 at 4:00 p.m. Nairobi Time. This year's keynote lecture was under the theme "The importance of science, technology and innovation in the transformation of African economies under the AfCFTA" and was delivered by Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, first female President of Mauritius and 2007 laureate of the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards.

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Social Media And Youth Activism From A Global Perspective

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Social Media And Youth Activism From A Global Perspective

On the 29th of September, 2021, The Youth Café was invited to give a lecture to the honors students at the University of Illinois at Chicago about a Global Perspective on Social Media Activism. We discussed global Social Media Activism and highlighted some case studies in Africa, where we spoke about the role of the youth in social media activism and the role of social media in shaping the contemporary public sphere and our democracy.

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Global Media And Information Literacy Week 2021

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Global Media And Information Literacy Week 2021

Global Media and Information Literacy Week, commemorated annually, is a major occasion for stakeholders to review and celebrate the progress achieved towards “Media and Information Literacy for All”. Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2021, hosted by South Africa, will take place from 24-30 October 2021.

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The Youth Café Supporting SMTs Twitter Power Bootcamp

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The Youth Café Supporting SMTs Twitter Power Bootcamp

Activists, Campaigners, Unionists, Journalists: Free Twitter Power Boot Camp coming up to build people power. The Youth Café is supporting Social Movement Technologies, Africans Rising, Girls First Network from Africa and Laudato Si’ Movement to promote the Twitter Power Boot Camp for Activists and Campaigners waging justice against big adversaries and journalists across the world.

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Lessons Learnt From Humentum’s Administration Costs Research Project

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Lessons Learnt From Humentum’s Administration Costs Research Project

The Youth Café was privileged to participate in a research project “Administration Costs Research Project (ACRP)” conducted by Humentum. The Youth Café, through its staff actively took part in a series of recommendations and interventions led by Humentum to address insufficient cost coverage in project grants in ten countries around the world.

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Media Contest Physical Award Ceremony | Engaging Youth In The Fight Against Corruption

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Media Contest Physical Award Ceremony | Engaging Youth In The Fight Against Corruption

On 30th September 2021 The Youth Café conducted the physical video/photo award ceremony at their offices at Kitisuru Gardens to officially present the winners with their awards. The event was broadcasted live on our Facebook page. Several key players attended including the 3 finalists, members of The Youth Cafe, invited guests Amos Onyango and Nerima Wako-Ojiwa and our keynote speaker, Mr Samuel Kimeu, the Executive Director of Africa’s Voices Foundation.