Purpose

Preparing youth in Africa with the skills to succeed in today’s economy.

Mission

To develop young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa.

 What We Do

 

Educate! tackles youth unemployment by partnering with youth, schools and governments to design and deliver solutions that equip young people in Africa with the skills to attain further education, overcome gender inequities, start businesses, get jobs, and drive development in their communities. Our goal is to design skills-based, post-primary education and employment solutions which impact youth life outcomes sustainably and at scale.  

 
 

We’ve built a scalable approach that measurably impacts youth, especially girls.


Vision

Educate!'s vision is to
measurably impact millions of youth
across Africa each year.

 
 

The Opportunity

Africa will be 40% of the world by 2100—its population is expected to grow from 1.2 to 4 billion and the continent could have more youth at that time than the total population of the US. As many as 90% of African youth are projected to work in the informal sector. These demographics, along with a scarcity of jobs, have led to dramatic rates of youth unemployment. Education systems in Africa already face challenges meeting young peoples’ needs–current curricula and teaching methods don’t consistently prepare students for what’s to come following graduation. Despite an eagerness and commitment to learn, even students who finish secondary school often find themselves lacking the skills needed to attain further education, overcome gender inequities, and secure one of the few available jobs, leading to unemployment and underemployment.

The Solution

Educate! believes that by transforming post-primary education and the transition to employment, we can equip youth with the skills to disrupt the systemic problem of youth unemployment. By creating new skills-based educational models that change what young people learn and how they learn it, Educate! is empowering youth with the skills to drive measurable change. Educate!’s experiential models help youth to build the 6Cs — the essential soft/ transferable skills like communication, creativity, and critical thinking. On top of those foundational transferable skills, we layer the hard skills of business by providing opportunities for youth to learn and practice each aspect of starting and running a business in the real world, like opportunity identification, business planning, and financial literacy.