Shaping the future
We believe that conceptually well-informed and empirically grounded research has the capacity to inform policies and strategies seeking to address youth unemployment in Africa.
We believe that conceptually well-informed and empirically grounded research has the capacity to inform policies and strategies seeking to address youth unemployment in Africa.
We aim to create contextually driven information necessary for young people to establish, manage, grow and sustain their livelihoods and enterprises
We draw on our networks of students, researchers, professionals and private institutions to campaign for the rights of young people and their greater participation in policy.
AYIF support Africa’s brightest youth, who cannot afford to pursue higher education at home to get equal access to quality university education abroad.
To promote youth development and or support interventions, programmes and policies that seeks to provide decent jobs and improve the life chances of Africa’s youth.
Training and skill acquisition is a core area of the activities of AYIF. We are at the forefront of providing life skills training for young people in Africa to take advantage of the opportunities open to them in their environment. THROUGH WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS and short term course modules on but not limited to business development, enterprises management and financial literacy and business sustainability, we aim to create contextually driven information necessary for young people to establish, manage, grow and sustain their livelihoods and enterprises
We empower African students to build a successful career through providing leadership, guidance and support services for them to identify their unique talents, abilities, and skills to pursue courses or programmes needed to realise their career plans and ambitions. We have a dedicated team who provide guidance for Africa students to proactively access, and apply for scholarship packages at the postgraduate/masters level in UK, USA and other countries abroad. We undertake voluntary based activities through visiting primary, and secondary schools in Africa, to interact and inspire the African child on ways to realise their potential and imagined futures. We provide guidance on career path based on young peoples’ own aspirations and guide them access the needed resources to realise their aspirations
