Boosting decent jobs and enhancing skills for youth in Africa’s digital economy

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – in support of the African Union (AU) and under the umbrella of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth – are implementing a programme to empower African youth, ensuring they benefit from new opportunities in the digital economy and steer it forward with their energy and creativity.

Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme in partnership with Huawei

Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) is an exciting programme to engage, empower, and inspire young digital leaders and changemakers. GCYLP aims to support young visionaries from around the world who propose creative, far-reaching, innovative, and feasible community-driven projects aimed at creating a more inclusive and empowered digital future.

Gran Cha​co Project in the Americas

The Youth Digital Inclusion project led by the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau, in partnership with the local Gran Chaco Foundation, was developed to promote ICT capacity development activities for young people from local communities in the Gran Chaco region. Over 300 individuals from local communities in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay received digital and soft skills training in the scope of this project.