Equipping the Youth with Adaptive Education and Skills for Employment

“The development of a society is determined by the investments it makes in youth.”

H.E. Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor
AU Commissioner for Human Resources, Science & Technology
@ATJ2017

“The medium age in Africa is 19.5 years. This young population is greatest asset the continent has ever had.”

Dr. Aggrey K. Mlimuka
Executive Director, Association of Tanzanian Employers
@ATJ2017

“We want to make a difference. We want to go from theory to practice. From ‘AfricaTalksJobs’ to ‘Africa makes Jobs’.”

Dr. Stefan Oswald
Head of Directorate Sub-Saharan Africa, German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
@ATJ2017

“African & European youth share aspirations: they want to make a difference in their life and their societies!”

H.E. Ranieri Sabatucci
Head of the EU Delegation to the African Union
@ATJ2017

Africa Talks Jobs

Equipping the Youth with Adaptive Education and Skills for Employment and Entrepreneurship

Africa Talks Jobs (ATJ) is a dialogue platform for showcasing and exchanging successful and innovative approaches for supporting young Africans in practice-oriented higher education, TVET, non-formal education, and entrepreneurship. It is jointly hosted by the African Union Commission, the NEPAD Agency and Business Africa.

The platform brings together the relevant continental stakeholders from government, business, and third sector to develop policy input with a particular focus on strengthening the voice of Africa’s youth in the process.

The foundation of the activities taking place under ATJ is the African Union Roadmap of the Decade for technical, professional, entrepreneurial training and youth employment.

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Africa Talks Jobs 2018

In order to address youth unemployment, more than 160 representatives of youth, business, investment, education, policy-making and civil society from all African regions as well as European partners convened at the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa from 30 to 31 October 2018. The participants discussed how to provide Africa’s next generation with relevant skills that increase businesses’ productivity – including ways to engage the private sector in skills development – and how to promote entrepreneurship and youth-led start-ups.

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“The development of a society is determined by the investments it makes in youth.”

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