Kenya

Build the capabilities and resilience of young people and institutions across Kenya to enable 7 million young people to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030. Of these, 70% (approximately 5 million) will be young women, 5% Persons with Disabilities (PWD), and 100,000 refugees and displaced persons.

As large cohorts of young people enter the work market each year (over 800,000 per year), a combination of macro and micro factors has tended to limit the creation of formal work opportunities. Young people from low-income communities, particularly young women, suffer the brunt of these realities and are forced to take up informal or low-productivity jobs in vulnerable conditions.

Young Africa Works in Kenya is based on a comprehensive root-cause analysis of the systemic barriers that limit opportunities for young women and men. While taking into consideration the vision and efforts of the government of Kenya, including Vision 2030, it articulates a comprehensive set of investments targeting shifts in national systems (e.g. social, economic, technological), mindsets, institutions, and policies that will catalyze, incentivize, scale- up, and sustain dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for young women and men and the associated ripple effect benefits for their families and communities.

These sectors include Agribusiness, Green Economy, and the Digital Economy.