Starting in October 2016 up to February 2017, the African Development Bank held a series of Regional Ministerial Conferences on youth employment and entrepreneurship for each sub-region of Africa. The meetings intended to share with the Ministers of Finance, Ministers of Youth, Ministers of Labour and Employment as well as other dignitaries the Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Program and to help the countries’ in aligning with the continental outcomes. The meeting also aimed to facilitate results oriented policymaking in support of programs and projects that boost youth employability and entrepreneurship, with a focus on prioritising sustainable human capital development and promote high quality jobs.
The conferences were held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (October 18th 2016); Tunis, Tunisia (October 30th 2016); Nairobi, Kenya (November 30th 2016); Yaoundé, Cameroon (February 7th 2017); and Pretoria, South Africa (February 27th 2017). 140 Ministers and Government delegates from 40 African countries agreed to work with the African Development Bank to promote and scale-up significantly all efforts to implement the Jobs for Youth in Africa and contribute to achieving the target of 25 million jobs created and 50 million youth equipped by 2025.
