Pan-African Youth Empowerment Conference: Supporting young people to shape their own future

The conference will feature high-level officials, private sector representatives and young people from 47 African countries to lead the process of formulating a roadmap that seeks to foster youth employability and entrepreneurship on the continent. SOS Children’s Villages Botswana is represented by 2 young people who are currently doing their second year of study at Baisago University.

According to recent figures from the African Development Bank, there are 480 million young people on the continent today (a number is expected to grow to 850 million by 2050), with 10 million to 13 million entering the job market every year. But only 3 million are getting wage employment. “Across Africa, young people are facing challenges finding decent employment and climbing out of poverty.