Young Africa
@youngafricaint.bsky.social
Young Africa empowers youth with skills training, entrepreneurship and employability across Africa!
Why choose our FREE E‑Learning Platform? 🎓
✅ Flexibility: Learn when you want, where you are, no fixed classroom time.
✅ Relevant Skills: Across Africa, the gap between what young people learn and what employers need is huge.
So, are you ready to make the move? yaelearning.org/course/index...
✅ Flexibility: Learn when you want, where you are, no fixed classroom time.
✅ Relevant Skills: Across Africa, the gap between what young people learn and what employers need is huge.
So, are you ready to make the move? yaelearning.org/course/index...
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Why choose our FREE E‑Learning Platform? 🎓
✅ Flexibility: Learn when you want, where you are, no fixed classroom time.
✅ Relevant Skills: Across Africa, the gap between what young people learn and what employers need is huge.
So, are you ready to make the move? yaelearning.org/course/index...
✅ Flexibility: Learn when you want, where you are, no fixed classroom time.
✅ Relevant Skills: Across Africa, the gap between what young people learn and what employers need is huge.
So, are you ready to make the move? yaelearning.org/course/index...
Cooking with waste: the sustainable kind. 🌿
At Young Africa Zimbabwe, students at our Chitungwiza Centre are now cooking with biogas: renewable energy produced from organic waste. Read more about our greening journey here. youngafrica.org/young-africa...
At Young Africa Zimbabwe, students at our Chitungwiza Centre are now cooking with biogas: renewable energy produced from organic waste. Read more about our greening journey here. youngafrica.org/young-africa...
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Cooking with waste: the sustainable kind. 🌿
At Young Africa Zimbabwe, students at our Chitungwiza Centre are now cooking with biogas: renewable energy produced from organic waste. Read more about our greening journey here. youngafrica.org/young-africa...
At Young Africa Zimbabwe, students at our Chitungwiza Centre are now cooking with biogas: renewable energy produced from organic waste. Read more about our greening journey here. youngafrica.org/young-africa...
We are in full prep mode for our first-ever TVET Network Conference next week, where we’ll officially launch our new E-learning Platform, giving young people across Africa free access to vocational and life skills training, anytime, anywhere. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We are in full prep mode for our first-ever TVET Network Conference next week, where we’ll officially launch our new E-learning Platform, giving young people across Africa free access to vocational and life skills training, anytime, anywhere. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Each Friday this month reminded us that healing begins with something simple, someone who listens. 💚
In our wellness spaces across the federation, through the wellness nurses and peer supporters, young people found more than counselling.
In our wellness spaces across the federation, through the wellness nurses and peer supporters, young people found more than counselling.
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Each Friday this month reminded us that healing begins with something simple, someone who listens. 💚
In our wellness spaces across the federation, through the wellness nurses and peer supporters, young people found more than counselling.
In our wellness spaces across the federation, through the wellness nurses and peer supporters, young people found more than counselling.
“This business changed my life,” says Stela Sitangeleka, 23, from Luanda, Angola. Through the Skills2Live Women in Business program, she expanded her business, now shipping products.
📖 Read her full story: youngafrica.org/story/stelas...
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📖 Read her full story: youngafrica.org/story/stelas...
@minbz.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“This business changed my life,” says Stela Sitangeleka, 23, from Luanda, Angola. Through the Skills2Live Women in Business program, she expanded her business, now shipping products.
📖 Read her full story: youngafrica.org/story/stelas...
@minbz.bsky.social
📖 Read her full story: youngafrica.org/story/stelas...
@minbz.bsky.social
Mozambique’s agriculture employs about 80% of the population, yet 95% of farms depend on rainfall. 💧
At our Dondo Agri tech Centre in Mozambique young people are learning to become the farmers of tomorrow equipped with climate-smart skills to grow food sustainably. 🌳
At our Dondo Agri tech Centre in Mozambique young people are learning to become the farmers of tomorrow equipped with climate-smart skills to grow food sustainably. 🌳
October 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Mozambique’s agriculture employs about 80% of the population, yet 95% of farms depend on rainfall. 💧
At our Dondo Agri tech Centre in Mozambique young people are learning to become the farmers of tomorrow equipped with climate-smart skills to grow food sustainably. 🌳
At our Dondo Agri tech Centre in Mozambique young people are learning to become the farmers of tomorrow equipped with climate-smart skills to grow food sustainably. 🌳
"2, 275 young people have found healing and hope through Young Africa’s wellness spaces, from January to September 2025.
👉 Donate today. Help us reach ten times more young people. youngafrica.org/make-an-impa...
👉 Donate today. Help us reach ten times more young people. youngafrica.org/make-an-impa...
October 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"2, 275 young people have found healing and hope through Young Africa’s wellness spaces, from January to September 2025.
👉 Donate today. Help us reach ten times more young people. youngafrica.org/make-an-impa...
👉 Donate today. Help us reach ten times more young people. youngafrica.org/make-an-impa...
“I never thought I could grow more than cattle, but now my farm is thriving in new ways.” Dondo farmer
Since July 2024, 68 farmers at our YA Dondo Agritech Centre have been learning vegetable, cereal, and poultry production, as well as yoghurt processing - all using climate-resilient methods.
Since July 2024, 68 farmers at our YA Dondo Agritech Centre have been learning vegetable, cereal, and poultry production, as well as yoghurt processing - all using climate-resilient methods.
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“I never thought I could grow more than cattle, but now my farm is thriving in new ways.” Dondo farmer
Since July 2024, 68 farmers at our YA Dondo Agritech Centre have been learning vegetable, cereal, and poultry production, as well as yoghurt processing - all using climate-resilient methods.
Since July 2024, 68 farmers at our YA Dondo Agritech Centre have been learning vegetable, cereal, and poultry production, as well as yoghurt processing - all using climate-resilient methods.
Through our mobile training and wellness outreach, we bring more than vocational skills.
We bring hope & healing to young people and communities who might otherwise face their struggles alone.
We bring hope & healing to young people and communities who might otherwise face their struggles alone.
October 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Through our mobile training and wellness outreach, we bring more than vocational skills.
We bring hope & healing to young people and communities who might otherwise face their struggles alone.
We bring hope & healing to young people and communities who might otherwise face their struggles alone.
We continue our spotlight on women in business, and this time we’re in Angola.
Joana Cassoneco, 21, grew up in a neighbourhood where life was tough. Her father is blind, her mother’s income is small, and opportunities were few. But Joana had a dream.
Read more youngafrica.org/story/succes...
Joana Cassoneco, 21, grew up in a neighbourhood where life was tough. Her father is blind, her mother’s income is small, and opportunities were few. But Joana had a dream.
Read more youngafrica.org/story/succes...
October 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We continue our spotlight on women in business, and this time we’re in Angola.
Joana Cassoneco, 21, grew up in a neighbourhood where life was tough. Her father is blind, her mother’s income is small, and opportunities were few. But Joana had a dream.
Read more youngafrica.org/story/succes...
Joana Cassoneco, 21, grew up in a neighbourhood where life was tough. Her father is blind, her mother’s income is small, and opportunities were few. But Joana had a dream.
Read more youngafrica.org/story/succes...
In a region heavily scarred by war and climate disasters, choosing poultry farming is a symbolic choice.
That’s why Paulino in Montepuez, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, chose poultry farming, feeding his family, supporting his brother’s education.
👉 Read more: youngafrica.org/story/rising...
That’s why Paulino in Montepuez, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, chose poultry farming, feeding his family, supporting his brother’s education.
👉 Read more: youngafrica.org/story/rising...
October 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In a region heavily scarred by war and climate disasters, choosing poultry farming is a symbolic choice.
That’s why Paulino in Montepuez, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, chose poultry farming, feeding his family, supporting his brother’s education.
👉 Read more: youngafrica.org/story/rising...
That’s why Paulino in Montepuez, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, chose poultry farming, feeding his family, supporting his brother’s education.
👉 Read more: youngafrica.org/story/rising...
They’re learning how to work with what Zimbabwe has, plenty of SUNLIGHT. With support from the Postcode Loterij and its players, we’re going green across all our centres, equipping youth with the skills they need to be part of the solution.
July 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
They’re learning how to work with what Zimbabwe has, plenty of SUNLIGHT. With support from the Postcode Loterij and its players, we’re going green across all our centres, equipping youth with the skills they need to be part of the solution.
"We chose Nigeria because the youth are many and the opportunities are few. But more importantly, we see boundless potential and resilience in Nigeria’s youth.” @dorienbeurskens.bsky.social, CEO & Co-Founder, Young Africa
The full article is now live:
👉 youngafrica.org/young-africa...
The full article is now live:
👉 youngafrica.org/young-africa...
July 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"We chose Nigeria because the youth are many and the opportunities are few. But more importantly, we see boundless potential and resilience in Nigeria’s youth.” @dorienbeurskens.bsky.social, CEO & Co-Founder, Young Africa
The full article is now live:
👉 youngafrica.org/young-africa...
The full article is now live:
👉 youngafrica.org/young-africa...
Across the YA Federation, youths are cleaning up their communities & starting green businesses
We documented these stories in our latest newsletter. Not as PR — but as proof that skills make the difference.
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We documented these stories in our latest newsletter. Not as PR — but as proof that skills make the difference.
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July 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Across the YA Federation, youths are cleaning up their communities & starting green businesses
We documented these stories in our latest newsletter. Not as PR — but as proof that skills make the difference.
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We documented these stories in our latest newsletter. Not as PR — but as proof that skills make the difference.
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18 job offers, 10 internships. 75 young dreams all in motion.
In Mozambique, we watched something powerful unfold. Through the Skills2Live youth entrepreneurship bootcamp, young people came face-to-face with employers and they showed up with ideas, with courage, with purpose.
In Mozambique, we watched something powerful unfold. Through the Skills2Live youth entrepreneurship bootcamp, young people came face-to-face with employers and they showed up with ideas, with courage, with purpose.
July 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
18 job offers, 10 internships. 75 young dreams all in motion.
In Mozambique, we watched something powerful unfold. Through the Skills2Live youth entrepreneurship bootcamp, young people came face-to-face with employers and they showed up with ideas, with courage, with purpose.
In Mozambique, we watched something powerful unfold. Through the Skills2Live youth entrepreneurship bootcamp, young people came face-to-face with employers and they showed up with ideas, with courage, with purpose.
Friday marked the final pitches of the climate change Hackathon during which youth from Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe worked together to generate new ideas to combat climate issues in their communities.
3 winning teams each walked away with $500 in startup support to grow their green ideas!
3 winning teams each walked away with $500 in startup support to grow their green ideas!
June 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Friday marked the final pitches of the climate change Hackathon during which youth from Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe worked together to generate new ideas to combat climate issues in their communities.
3 winning teams each walked away with $500 in startup support to grow their green ideas!
3 winning teams each walked away with $500 in startup support to grow their green ideas!
This past week we joined young minds in Cowdry Park, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to tackle the climate crisis. From waste management to green energy, over five days there was learning debating and dreaming big — guided by climate and sustainability experts.
June 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This past week we joined young minds in Cowdry Park, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to tackle the climate crisis. From waste management to green energy, over five days there was learning debating and dreaming big — guided by climate and sustainability experts.
“Avoid plastic pollution, preserve the environment” – Young Africa Mozambique marked this call with a powerful clean-up at Bisques and Estoril beaches, removing over 30 tons of plastic and waste from the shoreline.
🌱 Can we make plastic-free living a daily habit, not just a campaign?
🌱 Can we make plastic-free living a daily habit, not just a campaign?
June 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
“Avoid plastic pollution, preserve the environment” – Young Africa Mozambique marked this call with a powerful clean-up at Bisques and Estoril beaches, removing over 30 tons of plastic and waste from the shoreline.
🌱 Can we make plastic-free living a daily habit, not just a campaign?
🌱 Can we make plastic-free living a daily habit, not just a campaign?
Hope is taking root in four corners of Nigeria. 🌱
In Abuja, Lagos, Ondo, and Anambra, 500 young people have already begun vocational and entrepreneurial training through the Youth Employability Booster (YEB) Project in partnership with Mastercard Foundation.
In Abuja, Lagos, Ondo, and Anambra, 500 young people have already begun vocational and entrepreneurial training through the Youth Employability Booster (YEB) Project in partnership with Mastercard Foundation.
June 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Hope is taking root in four corners of Nigeria. 🌱
In Abuja, Lagos, Ondo, and Anambra, 500 young people have already begun vocational and entrepreneurial training through the Youth Employability Booster (YEB) Project in partnership with Mastercard Foundation.
In Abuja, Lagos, Ondo, and Anambra, 500 young people have already begun vocational and entrepreneurial training through the Youth Employability Booster (YEB) Project in partnership with Mastercard Foundation.
In rural Zimbabwe, 1 in 3 girls is married before 18.
(Source: ZIMSTAT, 2023)
At 16, Lisa was a wife, a mother, and out of school. Today, at 20, she runs her own salon and dreams big — thanks to training supported by SERVE and Irish Aid.
(Source: ZIMSTAT, 2023)
At 16, Lisa was a wife, a mother, and out of school. Today, at 20, she runs her own salon and dreams big — thanks to training supported by SERVE and Irish Aid.
May 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In rural Zimbabwe, 1 in 3 girls is married before 18.
(Source: ZIMSTAT, 2023)
At 16, Lisa was a wife, a mother, and out of school. Today, at 20, she runs her own salon and dreams big — thanks to training supported by SERVE and Irish Aid.
(Source: ZIMSTAT, 2023)
At 16, Lisa was a wife, a mother, and out of school. Today, at 20, she runs her own salon and dreams big — thanks to training supported by SERVE and Irish Aid.
Scaling youth empowerment together
At YA, we don’t just train youth—we empower communities. All models are open for collaboration with likeminded organisations.
👉 Click to find out how we can work together: youngafrica.org/partners/yam...
At YA, we don’t just train youth—we empower communities. All models are open for collaboration with likeminded organisations.
👉 Click to find out how we can work together: youngafrica.org/partners/yam...
May 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Scaling youth empowerment together
At YA, we don’t just train youth—we empower communities. All models are open for collaboration with likeminded organisations.
👉 Click to find out how we can work together: youngafrica.org/partners/yam...
At YA, we don’t just train youth—we empower communities. All models are open for collaboration with likeminded organisations.
👉 Click to find out how we can work together: youngafrica.org/partners/yam...
🔨 Spotlight on Solomon – Mastercraftsman and Mentor in Mt Darwin, Zimbabwe
As part of our Mobile Training Model, Young Africa Zimbabwe partnered with Solomon, a local carpenter and entrepreneur, to deliver hands-on training in Carpentry to youth in Mt Darwin. Thanks to Serve & Irish Aid
As part of our Mobile Training Model, Young Africa Zimbabwe partnered with Solomon, a local carpenter and entrepreneur, to deliver hands-on training in Carpentry to youth in Mt Darwin. Thanks to Serve & Irish Aid
May 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🔨 Spotlight on Solomon – Mastercraftsman and Mentor in Mt Darwin, Zimbabwe
As part of our Mobile Training Model, Young Africa Zimbabwe partnered with Solomon, a local carpenter and entrepreneur, to deliver hands-on training in Carpentry to youth in Mt Darwin. Thanks to Serve & Irish Aid
As part of our Mobile Training Model, Young Africa Zimbabwe partnered with Solomon, a local carpenter and entrepreneur, to deliver hands-on training in Carpentry to youth in Mt Darwin. Thanks to Serve & Irish Aid