Youth Economic Opportunity

As more young people in rural East Africa turn to agriculture, visionaries like Samson Mwaikenda are modernizing their farming operations for a more prosperous future.

Rural youth in Karnataka, India, are learning to treat farming as a business and are reaping the rewards.

In fragile environments like northern Uganda, opportunities for youth are a vital pillar of lasting economic development.

TechnoServe has developed a new interactive tool to share lessons from our work.

We caught up with Gloriose Uwayezu, a rural youth empowerment program participant, for an update on her brickmaking business three years after its launch.

In Mumbai, young people are providing peer mentorship to help other youth join India's workforce and contribute to the country's economic growth.

A young entrepreneur, equipped with a new understanding, provides for his family and inspires a generation through his rock quarry business in Rwanda.

When underprivileged youth have access to the skills and opportunity to break into formal-sector employment, benefits spread to their families and communities.

In Nairobi, volunteers from Citibank mentored young shopkeepers participating in the PAYED program, giving expert advice to help them build profitable enterprises for a better future.

Closing the gender gap is essential to economic growth in Africa, where women generally have less access to education, training, financial services, and assets than men do. Dace Mahanay, TechnoServe's Regional Director for the STRYDE program, discusses keys to supporting young women's business success.