Young Africa Works is an initiative funded by Mastercard  Foundation. Our (CICan) specific project is Young Africa Works – Kenya: Youth Employability through TVET. It’s largely a partner-driven project where we mobilize the resources of our Canadian college partners, to partner with Kenyan TVET institutions to build capacity in those institutions to deliver market-relevant, industry-responsive, gender sensitive TVET programs.

• Young Africa Works-Kenya: Youth Employability through TVET Program (Young Africa Works in Kenya-TVET): key component of the Mastercard Foundation new strategy: Young Africa Works.
• Will strengthen the quality of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions and systems in Kenya.
• 5-year program (2020-2025) implemented through a partnership between CICan and Mastercard Foundation and in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education, relevant Government of Kenya agencies, and the private sector.
• Partner-driven participatory approach;
• Develop Centres of Excellence (COEs) as model institutions;
• Increase participation of young Kenyans, particularly women, in market-relevant skills training programs to ultimately increase the number of youth in dignified and fulfilling work in the Big Four and digital sectors.