Youth Centred and
youth-led programmes
Building the structures that make youth leadership sustainable across Africa.
YouLead Summit
Africa's Youth Leadership Convening
An annual climax event providing a forum for young leaders to craft responses to challenges and opportunities facing African youth and to work toward solutions for a prosperous continent.
- Five days of dialogue, skills and Pan-African networking
- Direct engagement with heads of state, ministers and CEOs
- Policy communiqués submitted to AU and UN bodies
Africa Unplugged
Listening to the Continent in Its Own Voice
Africa Unplugged documents conversations, lived realities, leadership journeys, and community experiences shaping the future across Africa. Through storytelling, dialogue, podcasts, interviews, and reflection, the platform preserves the human dimensions behind policy conversations, leadership spaces, and regional transformation.
EAC Youth Fellowship
A structured leadership programme designed to engage and empower young people from across the East African Community in regional integration, governance, and enterprise development. The programme consists of a three-month virtual learning phase before transitioning into an immersive in-person residency that deepens each Fellow's capacity to lead, collaborate and act. Through a combination of foundational leadership development, applied learning, business innovation and policy engagement, Fellows are equipped not just with knowledge, but with the practical skills, regional networks and strategic thinking needed to creating sustainable impact.
Lead(H)er Fellowship
Empowering Young Women in Africa
Women and girls remain underrepresented in the leadership spaces where Africa's most consequential decisions are made. To address this gap, the Lead(H)er Fellowship is dedicated to equipping young women with the skills, networks, and confidence to lead in their communities, their sectors, and across the continent. The fellowship provides a structured, supportive, and rigorous environment where young women develop their leadership identity, strengthen their capacity for advocacy and decision-making, and build relationships with a community of peers and mentors committed to the same long-term vision of inclusive African leadership. Since 2021, the fellowship has trained 134 fellows and built a network of women leaders driving change across the continent.